Erica Leigh Franks – Brighton, Colo., formerly of Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
April 24, 2019
Erica Leigh Franks, 37, of Brighton, Colo., formerly of Monessen, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on April 12, 2019, from a rare blood disorder. She was a graduate of Monessen High...
Hounds back in playoff hunt
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 24, 2019
By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Don’t look now, but there’s another local softball team in the playoff hunt. With its 7-4 win over visiting Avella Wednesday afternoon, the Monessen softball team ...
Royals down Eagles, 4-1
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 24, 2019
By Ashley Chase For the MV Independent Serra Catholic saw its five-game winning streak come to a close on Wednesday at Renziehausen Park as a tough Vincentian Academy squad took its second win of the ...
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 24, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen baseball coach Billy Matush earned win No. 100 in his career as his Greyhounds cruised to a 13-3 win over Mapletown in five innings Wednesday.   The Hounds ...
Lonzo Charles Gardner Jr. – Monessen
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By obits 
April 24, 2019
Lonzo Charles Gardner Jr. - MONESSEN - FEB 17, 1957 - APRIL 13, 2019. Tragically on April 13, 2019, Lonzo was taken away from this Earth. He leaves to cherish his memory, wife Dawn “Bunny” Gardner; be...
Norma Jean Pasquinelli – Rostraver Township
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By obits 
April 24, 2019
Norma Jean Pasquinelli, 90, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Born on Sept. 9, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Mollie Pasquinelli. She was in the real e...
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April 24, 2019
Thomas G. Slavic, 64, of Ruffs Dale, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Born in Uniontown on Aug. 17, 1954, he was the son of Thelma Harris Slavic, who survives and resides in West Newton, and the late Alb...
John Anthony  Carney Jr. – Elizabeth Township
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April 24, 2019
John Anthony Carney Jr., 88, of Elizabeth Township, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019. He was born May 24, 1930, in Elizabeth Township, the son of the late John Anthony Carney Sr., and the late Sadi...
Edison Skippy Macosta – North Charleroi
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April 24, 2019
Edison Skippy Macosta, 87, of North Charleroi, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family, on April 20, 2019. He was born on Oct. 18, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pa., son of the late Frank ...
Elsie Mae Mascara – Davie, Fla., formerly of Belle Vernon
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By obits 
April 24, 2019
Elsie Mae Mascara, 105, of Davie, Fla., formerly of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. A daughter of the late Philip Muir and Clara Strenske Hency Muir, she was born in F...
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April 24, 2019
Services were held for Ocie L. Paige Jr., 80, of Mc-Keesport, who departed this Earthly life on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in UPMC McKeesport Hospital. He was born July 5, 1938, in Birmingham, Ala., s...
Obituaries
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April 24, 2019
Mark C. Patterson, 50, of Dayton, Ohio, died Wednesday, April 17, 2019. He was born in Charleroi on June 23, 1968. Mark was a 1986 graduate of Belle Vernon Area High School. He worked as a tree trimme...
Obituaries
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April 24, 2019
Joseph H. Schmidt, 95, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Monessen, died Saturday, April 20, 2019, at his home in Claremont Retirement Village. He was born on July 6, 1923, in Monessen, the son of the lat...
McKeesport school officials address suit
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District administrators claimed during a press conference Tuesday that they didn’t stand in the way of creating a black student union on the hig...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 24, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Plum Street in Elizabeth Borough will officially become a temporary town square this summer.   Borough council members voted unanimously Tuesday to close the roadway...
McKeesport to remember its namesake Merchant Marine ship
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The Merchant Marines aboard that ship brought aid to millions of people during World War II and thereafter.” That’s what U.S. Army veteran Frank Tarli of Glassport ha...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Lincoln Borough Police Department took delivery last week on an all-terrain side-by-side vehicle. The 2019 Polaris Ranger XP 1000 will be used as a patrol and resc...
Warriors start fast in rout of Ringgold
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 23, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com In its previous meeting with Ringgold, it took the Elizabeth Forward softball team some time to get its offense going. Only a few pitches in to Tuesday’s rematch, An...