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By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] More than 100 students from 14 area high schools got a chance to be “Senator for a Day” during a recent event sponsored by Sen. Pat Stefano earlier this month. Stefano, […]

By Ryan Deto Trib Total Media If the sight of over $4.30 a gallon for regular gasoline is cringeworthy, imagine $5.50 — or more — and having to fill a 150-gallon. Rising gas prices have […]

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The South Allegheny School Board last week approved filling a number of professional staff positions for the district’s elementary, and secondary summer programs. The elementary program will require one […]

For the MVI State. Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, together with The City Mission, Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Aid, and the Washington County Bar Association will host a free clinic, “Clean Slate Day,” for expungements or […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] A disco inferno broke out at The Boston Spectrum this past weekend.  The banquet hall played host to a night of music and dancing to benefit the Elizabeth Township Fire Department. […]

From left, David Grace, Meg Miller and Dimitri Apodiakos prepare for Friday’s performance of “The Addams Family” at Belle Vernon Area High School. The show will continue at 7:30 p.m. today and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Though they didn’t give many details, Mayor Ron Mozer and Solicitor Joseph Dalfonso said during a recent Monessen City Council meeting that progress is being made on reaching an agreement with […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Charleroi firefighters headed to the river Friday to learn the ropes of using sonar equipment. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] April will mark the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. At the Elizabeth Township Historical Society, the largest collection of vintage clothing in the region includes fashion artifacts from when […]

By Hannah Walden For the MVI From writing books held together with staples in sixth grade to having her first children’s book published last year, Chantelle Bellavance has long had the desire to be an […]