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December 18, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen man has pleaded guilty to leading one of the largest drug trafficking rings in area history. Deaubre Lightfoot, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of cons...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com If a loved one were to need immediate CPR, would you be able to help them? Could you keep them alive until an ambulance arrived? A CPR session is set for ...
Epps brothers lead SA to lopsided win
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By Jeremy Tepper MVI Sports On and off the court, Antonio and Bryce Epps feed off each other’s energy.   When Antonio is acting a certain way at home, so too does Bryce, Antonio said.   And when one o...
Smith, Howell lead Greyhounds  to first victory
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By Joe Sabolek MVI Sports The senior duo of Marquell Smith and Dawayne Howell is one that Monessen head coach Dan Bosnic knew he would have to rely on before the season started.   In the Greyhounds’ f...
Diggs’ 27-point night leads McKeesport
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
Deamontae Diggs scored a game-high 27 points to help lead McKeesport past Greensburg Salem, 75-62, in Section 1-5A play Tuesday night at the Neenie Campbell Gymnasium.   Brison Kisan added 14 points a...
Obituaries
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December 17, 2019
Edrietta Harding, 90, of Bentleyville, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 25, 1929, in New Castle, the daughter of Everette and Martha Graham Young. Edriet...
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December 17, 2019
Paulette Joyce Lowther, 66, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. She was born on April 10, 1953 in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Petr...
Anna Mae O’Brien – Greenock
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December 17, 2019
Anna Mae O’Brien, 88, of Greenock, passed away Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. She was born Sept. 1, 1931, in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late James E. and Anna Kerston McKenna. She was a member of ...
Walter F. ‘Murp’ Balawajder – McKeesport
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December 17, 2019
Walter F. “Murp” Balawajder, 91, of McKeesport, died Dec. 15, 2019, at home. Born Feb. 18, 1928, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Stanley and Josephine Leonard Balawajder. Walter retired from...
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December 17, 2019
Helen Marie Sinko Brown, 91, of Rostraver Township, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Born in Van Voorhis on Sept. 28, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Baltous and Margaret Sinko. Helen was a long-tim...
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December 17, 2019
Daryle J. Gardner-Bonneau, 65, of Portage, Mich., died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in her home. She was born Dec. 25, 1953, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Arthur “Art” Maser and Dorothy Caske...
Building with gingerbread
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December 17, 2019
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Fifth-grader Rico Smith helps kindergartener Serenity Carney put the icing on the bottom of her gingerbread house Monday at Monessen Elementary Center
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December 17, 2019
Dolores J. Kolodziej, 88, of McKeesport, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in Kane Community Living Center in McKeesport. Born Nov. 4, 1931, in McKeesport, she was a daughter of the late Andrew an...
Rainy forecast could result in flooding
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO and CHRISTINE HAINES ebennett@yourmvi.com chaines@yourmvi.com Minor flooding could hit the Mon Valley over the next two days as the area is hit with rain. While a similar amou...
N. Charleroi nears deadline without a budget proposal
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There is currently no spending plan in the works in North Charleroi. During a council meeting Monday night, council briefly spoke of planning a January meeting to di...
No tax increase in Elizabeth Twp.
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There will be no tax hike or increase in sewage fees in Elizabeth Township in 2020. The commissioners Monday approved the budget ordinance, which calls for $7,4...
Pauline Kowalchuck Maleski – Grove City, Pa.
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December 17, 2019
Pauline Kowalchuck Maleski, 89, successfully completed her life’s call in being a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and aunt on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home in Grove ...
Monessen held interviews for authority appointments
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December 17, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Last week, Monessen City Council interviewed interested people for positions on authority boards –– something that hasn’t been done for quite a few admini...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 17, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 16-year-old Washington resident is charged as an adult with attempted homicide in the beating of a Monongahela man with an aluminum baseball bat. Christopher Ur...