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September 10, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council received an update Monday on the status of flooding and a sewage-related problem that has been plaguing the borough since Sunday evening. Borough man...
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September 10, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Several Forward Township residents want to see members of the Elizabeth Forward football team standing on the sidelines for the national anthem. The team stayed in t...
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September 10, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Life’s Work of Western Pennsylvania employees are giving back to their community through a partnership with the Monessen Military Banner Tribute program. Located on ...
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September 10, 2018
TODAY IS SEPT. 11 Twenty years ago, that statement would probably have elicited a “So what?” comment from every American — unless of course if happened to be a birthday or anniversary. To read the res...
Valley spared worst of flooding
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September 10, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon sparked flood warnings for parts of the Mid-Mon Valley throughout the weekend. The National Weather Service issued a series of aler...
Going gaga over goats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A herd of goats named after pop music star Lady Gaga and her songs — including one called “Baaad Romance” — have taken over a hillside on the McKeesport-based Penn Sta...
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September 10, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com West Penn Power removed a security camera from a telephone pole near the incinerator and former illegal dump site on Pine Alley in Donora because the electric com...
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September 10, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The effects of a new initiative to further creativity and expression in towns along the Monongahela River will soon be seen around the Valley thanks to a Pittsburgh-...
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September 10, 2018
RANDY DIPIAZZA didn’t waste any words in announcing his departure from Charleroi council. He informed his colleagues at Thursday night’s meeting by leaving a handwritten note on his desk that simply r...
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September 10, 2018
By George guido For the MV Independent Up by just seven and facing a third-down situation early in the second half, Charleroi needed a big play. The Cougars got it when quarterback Geno Pellegrini wen...
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September 10, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Cam Frolo led the way for Monessen in a 6-0 shutout victory over Washington in nonsection play Saturday. Frolo scored the Greyhounds’ lone first half goal and added ...
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By the MV Independent California University was outscored, 15-7, in the second half of a 34-31 loss to Kutztown Saturday at Andre Reed Stadium. The Vulcans (0-2) held a 21-19 lead at halftime before a...
Snaps go awry as BVA falls to TJ
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 8, 2018
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com In a battle of two of the top teams in Class 4A, Belle Vernon Area head coach Matt Humbert was determined to treat the Leopards’ matchup with visiting Thomas Jeffe...
EF’s Benedek runs over Burrell
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September 8, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward head football coach Mike Collodi is well aware of what quarterback Zach Benedek brings to his offense. The senior possesses above average arm stren...
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September 8, 2018
BY DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. For the MV Independent 158-0. That’s this season’s score differential for Ringgold’s football team following Friday night’s loss to visiting Indiana. To read the rest of this st...
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September 8, 2018
By JAMIE RANKIN For the Mon Valley Independent Neither of McGuffey’s opponents managed to score on the Highlanders in the past two weeks. Frazier was able to do that and then some, staying even with v...
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 8, 2018
By JEREMY SELLEW  and JOSE NEGRON jsellew@yourmvi.com, jnegron@yourmvi.com Don’t look now, but here come the Greyhounds. Monessen is off to a 2-0 start after hammering visiting Springdale, 40-0, in th...
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September 8, 2018
By Trib Total Media News Wire Services A final group of United Steelworkers members were scheduled to vote last night to give union leaders permission to call a strike. Locals in Indiana met throughou...
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September 8, 2018
By Paul Peirce A Donora couple was jailed Friday after state police and agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrested them for having a package containing suspected fentanyl delivered ...
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September 8, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf and state Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, announced Friday the state is releasing funding to help two cities in the Mon Valley reduce gun violence. Brew...