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Mold removal ongoing at Monessen middle/high school
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Mold removal ongoing at Monessen middle/high school
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 23, 2026
A decision on when staff and students can return to the middle/high school could come this week. Monessen City School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Motte released an update Tuesday on the progres...
Monessen Lions to recruit members at Oct. 6 event
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Monessen Lions to recruit members at Oct. 6 event
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 23, 2026
The club is hoping to acquire more manpower to deliver more projects for the area. The Monessen Lions Club doesn’t have a shortage of ways to help its community. What the 78-year-old organization coul...
Falling into the season
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Falling into the season
September 23, 2026
Mark Cook displays a large pumpkin Tuesday at The Cook Farm Market to Remember in Washington Township on the first day of fall. The farm market, located in the property’s historic springhouse, feature...
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Clairton council lifts residency requirement for police, public works
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Clairton council lifts residency requirement for police, public works
September 23, 2026
It was affecting the city’s ability to fill job openings. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI Clairton council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to lift the residency requirement for city police offi...
Celebrate history and fall at Apple Fest & Log House Days
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Celebrate history and fall at Apple Fest & Log House Days
September 23, 2026
The annual celebration of local history will take place Saturday. By the MVI Greenock Log House Days and Apple Fest will be celebrated in Elizabeth Township on Saturday. Hosted annually by the Greenoc...
Fire damages vacant McKeesport house
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Fire damages vacant McKeesport house
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 23, 2026
Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at a vacant home in McKeesport early Tuesday morning. The fire broke out in the 2900 block of Jersey Street. Emergency crews were dispatched after multiple calls ...
Sports
Charleroi scores late to tie Seton LaSalle
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Charleroi scores late to tie Seton LaSalle
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 23, 2026
Adolph Noel scored the tying goal for the Cougars with 11:50 remaining in regulation. When the top two teams in Section 4-2A met Tuesday at Charleroi’s Myron Pottios Stadium, it turned out exactly how...
Rams, Warriors, Titans pick up section wins
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Rams, Warriors, Titans pick up section wins
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 23, 2026
Ringgold struck just three minutes into the match and added two more goals after halftime to bounce back with a 3-0 Section 2-3A victory over Uniontown. Cole Scheponik scored twice for the Rams (5-2-1...
After dropping opening set, Leps cruise past Titans
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After dropping opening set, Leps cruise past Titans
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 23, 2026
It’s no secret that emotion is a big part of volleyball. When a team is flat, bad things usually happen. But when there’s energy and fire, good things tend to follow. Belle Vernon Area shook off a slu...
G-Force fighters split in Clairton boxing show
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G-Force fighters split in Clairton boxing show
September 23, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent G-Force AC came away with a split result Sept. 19 as two of its fighters stepped into the ring during an outdoor boxing show in Clairton. Charleroi’s Tommy Pendland picke...
Obituaries
Nicholas Zolak – Lock Haven, Pa.
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Nicholas Zolak – Lock Haven, Pa.
September 23, 2026
Nicholas Zolak, 60, of Lock Haven, Pa., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at his resid ence, Nick was born May 26, 1966, in Monessen. He was a son of the late John Zolak Jr. and Mary Ann Miralles ...
Gloria Jean Wineland – Monongahela
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Gloria Jean Wineland – Monongahela
September 23, 2026
Gloria Jean Wineland, 85, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at AHN Jefferson Hospital, where she passed peace fully surrounded by her loving family. Born Feb. 25, 1941, ...