Charleroi Regional Police officers retire after decades of service

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March 20, 2025

Charleroi Regional Police officers retire after decades of service

The Charleroi Regional Police Department board honored retired police Lieutenants Mike Polinski and Mark Yates for their years of service. Shown during Wednesday’s board meeting, from left, are Charleroi Mayor Gregg Doerfler, Yates (27 years of service), Polinski (29 years of service) and police Chief Chad Zelinsky. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

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Monessen home destroyed by fire

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

March 21, 2025

A GoFundMe account has been set up to aid the family who lived there. A family of four in Monessen was displaced by a fire that destroyed their home early Thursday morning. Monessen Municipal Fire Chi...

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Residents speak out against landfill permit

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

March 21, 2025

More than 50 people showed up for a DEP hearing Thursday night in Rostraver Township. Several Mon Valley residents expressed their frustrations and strongly opposed a permit request by the Westmorelan...

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West Mifflin approves controversial I.T. deal

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

March 21, 2025

The cost of services was negotiated down after last month’s meeting. West Mifflin Area School Board passed a proposal from Ford Office Technologies Thursday evening despite resident backlash. The prop...

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Monessen shooting under investigation

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

March 21, 2025

An early-morning shooting is under investigation in Monessen. Monessen Police and the Westmoreland County Detective Bureau responded to a shooting around 1:30 a.m. Thursday outside a private club on K...

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Charleroi announces new sanitation routes

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

March 21, 2025

The borough recently selected Pro Waste as its new garbage hauler. Charleroi officials are doing their best to help residents navigate changes to their sanitation service. In February, council chose P...

Harvest Bounty fundraiser set for Saturday

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CHARLEROI AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Harvest Bounty fundraiser set for Saturday

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

March 21, 2025

The program provides food for district students in need to take home. Charleroi Area School District’s biggest fundraiser for the Harvest Bounty Program will take over the entire elementary center fro...

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West Mifflin approves controversial I.T. deal

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

March 21, 2025

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Shock after harness driver’s death at The Meadows

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Hunter Myers of Ohio died following a crash Wednesday involving six horses. By JOE NAPSHA and HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive An experienced harness racer was killed this week in a large accident at The Mead...

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Woman burned while lighting furnace

March 21, 2025

A Monessen woman was badly burned Thursday in a fire caused by a furnace mishap. Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said a resident at 409 Reed Ave. was attempting to light a furnace in her home when t...

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Trump orders plan to dismantle Education Department while keeping some core functions

March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s be...

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Political attacks are shameful slides to gateway violence

March 21, 2025

THE U.S. HAS A LONG HISTORY of political violence, but there is a growing sense that the scope and frequency of political harassment, threats and violence are reaching new levels. That’s what’s happen...