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April 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Monessen residents charged following a November drug bust have been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Dimond S. Jackson, 25,   was held for ...
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April 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Area residents in municipalities dealing with drug problems can do their part to dispose of prescription medication today during the 17th annual National Drug Take B...
Warriors roll past Titans, near section title
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 26, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com According to the standings, Thursday’s Elizabeth Forward-West Mifflin softball game had the billing as one of the top games of the season. It wasn’t. Anna Resnik h...
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 26, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Coming off an uncharacteristic loss Tuesday to Carmichaels, Frazier softball coach Don Hartman admits his team was heartbroken. It was a game in which the Commodor...
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April 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Heading into his fifth month as director of operations for the Mon Valley Alliance, Ben Brown will soon begin a new chapter with the organization. The board of direc...
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April 25, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s police department will soon have three new police Interceptor SUVs thanks to the long-awaited funds from a settlement paid by ArcelorMittal over air po...
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April 25, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a four-month hiatus, the Our Communities of Elizabeth group met Thursday night at Rock Run Inn to talk about happenings within the communities that comprise the ...
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April 25, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students will sing, twirl and dance the night away tonight during the annual Spring Talent Show. The show will begin at 6:15 p.m. with a performance f...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 25, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists who frequently travel along state Route 148 in McKeesport near the city’s border with Versailles borough will soon see a new traffic light go up. Under the d...
Obituaries
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April 25, 2019
Helen G. Brautigam, 91, of Monessen, died Wednesday, April 24, 2019. She was born in Arnold City on March 25, 1928, daughter of the late Joseph N. and Frances Wolcholk Grunwald. She was the wife of th...
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April 25, 2019
Mildred Berliner Linzer, 91, of Monroeville, formerly of White Oak, died on Thursday, April 25, 2019. She was the beloved wife of the late, Sidney Linzer and the daughter of the late Herman and Bertha...
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April 25, 2019
Eve Ethel M. McKeon, 89, of Monessen, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in UPMC Mercy following a short illness. She was born Wednesday, March 26, 1930, in California, Pa., daughter of the late John and H...
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April 25, 2019
Wendi C. Mosier, 59, of Greensburg, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Born in North Charleroi on Nov. 25, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Edwin F. and Dorothy B. Gira Mosier. Wendi worked in a mort...
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April 25, 2019
Florence Louise Oslowski Anders died on April 19, 2019, at age 90, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. “Flo,” also known as “Nana,” dedicated her life to her faith and entire family. She...
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April 25, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lawsuit settlement talks between the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and McKeesport Area School District’s special counsel are looking bleak, according ...
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April 25, 2019
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Roscoe American Legion Post 801 will host a 100th anniversary celebration Saturday, featuring a parade filled with veterans.   “I think it’s impressive that the L...
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District police are investigating after a bullet was found by a group of young students at a school playground. Ringgold Elementary School North Princi...
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth borough man accused of illegally possessing two guns and several concoctions of drugs was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh. He is ch...
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April 24, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Mon Valley students will once again enter the arena as California University of Pennsylvania hosts the 14th annual BotsIQ Robotics Competition.   A gladiator-style r...
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Auberle of McKeesport has been selected as Comcast and NBC Universal’s 2019 Comcast Cares Day honoree. Local Comcast and NBC Universal employees and their families, fr...