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March 19, 2025

CHEERING FOR DAD ON OPENING DAY

California Area High School assistant baseball coach Ben Carson’s wife, Sarah, and their 2-year old son, Banks, of Charleroi attended the opening-day game against Jefferson-Morgan Tuesday afternoon. See story on B1. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

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WCHA says federal budget cuts unlikely to impact local services

March 19, 2025

The housing authority receives $24 million per year from the federal government. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County Housing Authority officials said Tuesday they expect cuts in federal f...

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Blaine Hill firefighters ready to try out new attack truck

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

March 19, 2025

They have been training on the state-of-the-art vehicle, which was paid for by Olympus Energy. Elizabeth Township and Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Department have a new attack truck to fight fires and h...

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BVA approves summer projects

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

March 19, 2025

They include restoration of the middle school roof and replacing Weir Stadium turf. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved several renovations for district facilities throughout the summer and ex...

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TRUCK FIRE ON INTERSTATE 70

March 19, 2025

Rostraver Central firefighters were called Tuesday morning to Interstate 70 west near Exit 46A to extinguish a fire in the cab of an unloaded freight vehicle. No injuries were reported. I-70 was restr...

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Monessen school board approves 2022-23 audit

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

March 19, 2025

District officials recently discovered that formal action hadn’t been taken. In a brief special meeting Tuesday, Monessen school board voted to approve an audit report of the district’s 2022-23 fiscal...

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Student charged in school fight

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

March 19, 2025

A Ringgold student has been charged after a fight broke out in a classroom. David Boyd McGavitt, 18, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment. According to an affidavit of pro...

Politics

Sunshine Week shines light on need for transparency

March 19, 2025

By JOYCE DAVIS Opinion Editor PennLive/The Patriot-News Now, more than ever, you need to know. You not only need to know about the chaos in Washington, but you need to know what’s happening in your ow...

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Dollywood owners to acquire Kennywood, Sandcastle & Idlewild

By By MICHAEL DIVITTORIO TribLive

March 19, 2025

Herschend doesn’t plan to make any immediate changes to the parks. Kennywood will soon be operating under new ownership whose other holdings include Dollywood and the Harlem Globetrotters. Atlanta-bas...

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CHARLEROI AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Another farmers market planned

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

March 19, 2025

The inaugural event, held in partnership with Highmark, was well attended in September. Charleroi Area School District will continue a partnership with Highmark to serve its students. Last fall, the d...

Council approves liquor license transfer for bar

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WEST MIFFLIN

Council approves liquor license transfer for bar

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

March 19, 2025

A date hasn’t been set for the opening. West Mifflin council held a short public hearing for an inter-municipal restaurant liquor license transfer request from R&HPGH LLC during its regular meeting Tu...