Rain brings flood watches to Mon Valley

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

A power outage Sunday evening affected several homes in North Charleroi.

Heavy rain over the weekend sparked several flood warnings throughout the area, with river levels rising around the Mon Valley and Pittsburgh.

From Saturday to Sunday morning, Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland and Greene counties were under a flood watch. According to the National Weather Service, by 8 a.m. Saturday, the Pittsburgh region had received 1-2 inches of rain.

Levels for the Monongahela River remained stagnant thr...

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Roadway around Century III Mall closes to traffic

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

April 10, 2025

Many motorists were caught by surprise when they were greeted with road closed signs on Century III Mall boulevard and Clairton Road. The property owners of Century III Mall decided to close Century I...

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CHARLEROI COUGAR FANS SHOW SUPPORT

April 10, 2025

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Ringgold rejects bid for stadium improvements

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

April 10, 2025

The school board voted 8-1 to reject a nearly $2.6 million bid for work at Joe Montana Stadium. Ringgold School Board rejected a nearly $2.6 million bid for proposed improvements to Joe Montana Stadiu...

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Flags at half-staff for fallen Monessen firefighter

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

April 10, 2025

The family launched an online fundraiser to help with Carl Watson’s funeral expenses. A Monessen firefighter passed away unexpectedly, and the family needs help covering funeral costs. Carl Watson, wh...

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FRIDAY

April 10, 2025

Find out what happens at the Donora and Monessen council meetings in tomorrow’s MVI.

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E-INDEX

April 10, 2025

online only Some food aid restored E1 Iran’s nuclear bomb claim E2 National Politics E3 Spring celebrations E4 Sports Overtime E7-9

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THE AGENDA

April 12, 2025

Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...

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POLICE LOG

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April 12, 2025

• Tamara Lee Taylor, 31, of Donora was charged with use/possession of drug paraphernalia stemming from an alleged incident Friday, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Distric...

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April

April 12, 2025

TODAY IN HISTORY 12 Today is Saturday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2025. There are 263 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human i...

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Hits & Misses

April 12, 2025

At sundown, the first night of Passover begins. This major Jewish holiday celebrates the most momentous event in Jewish history — the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. But, for th...

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Markets to GOP: We won’t save you from Trump’s folly

April 12, 2025

John Maynard Keynes famously said, “Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” The point being that, even if you’re right about where the stock market is bound to go eventually...