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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 10, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s department will hold two satellite events in Forward Township next month.   The firearms license to carry and project D.U.M.P. event w...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 10, 2019
Grace Ann Zubricky, 88, of Charleroi, Fallowfield Township, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Cambridge Creekside, Charleroi. She was born Feb. 8, 1931, in Belle Vernon, the daughter of Amerigo and Ann...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 8, 2019
Gary William Hoover Jr., 30, of Vestaburg, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 6, 2019. He was born Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1988, in Silver Spring, Md., the son of Gary W. Hoover Sr. and Shirley M. Gedma...
Black, Glumac carry Eagles over Rebels
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Alex Glumac isn’t the biggest guy on the field for Serra Catholic’s baseball team. On the mound, he probably doesn’t throw the hardest, either. But the young man c...
Warriors bring out the sticks to beat Jaguars
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward coach Harry Rutherford stood and watched Monday as his team struggled early against Thomas Jefferson pitcher Bella Bucy.   Their first time through...
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent The Monessen Greyhounds brought their bats to Memorial Stadium for Monday’s Section 2-A baseball game. And the result was a 16-1 rout in a game called in the bott...
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By the Mon Valley Independent Kylie Quigley tossed her second no-hitter of the season in Charleroi’s 10-0 mercy-rule victory over Beth-Center in Section 3-2A play Monday afternoon.   Quigley walked fi...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 8, 2019
Rita M. Popelas, 92, of White Oak, died April 3, 2019, at Allegheny General Hospital. Born May 3, 1926, in East McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late Guy W. and Julia Ann Betz Hampton and the w...
Car crashes into Charleroi building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi firefighters were called to the corner of 11th Street and McKean Avenue after a vehicle crashed into the Charleroi Russian Club building Monday afternoon. ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The American Civil Liberties Union confirmed Monday that it is moving forward with a lawsuit against the Mc-Keesport Area School District. ACLU Pennsylvania Legal Dire...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Nearly two years after their cases were dismissed in Washington County Court, the parishioners of St. Agnes and the former St. Anthony churches will once again ha...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors made a monetary contribution to an organization taking part in a trap/neuter/return project to help reduce the number of cats in several...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water will invest $13 million to replacing aging and undersized water mains in southern Allegheny County this year. On Monday, the company anno...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By Kaylie Moore and taylor brown kmoore@yourmvi.com, tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Mid-Mon Valley student writers recently earned national awards for their original works.   Belle Vernon Area Middle School e...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By Natasha Lindstrom A McKeesport woman took a plea deal Monday to avoid the death penalty for suffocating her 17-month-old son out of anger when she believed her boyfriend was cheating on her. Christ...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 8, 2019
Doris J. Risley, 86, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 6, 2019. A daughter of the late William H. and Florence M. Anderson White, she was born in Denbo, Pa., on Oct. 1, 1932...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 8, 2019
By the Mon Valley Independent The BVA Charitable Fund is underwriting costs of establishing a “school store” as part of its latest round of grants to students and staff. The board of directors has app...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 7, 2019
Lanny R. Bradley, 62, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019, after a short illness. A son of the late Mildred Bradley, Sandy Balsam and Arnold Bradley, he was born in McKeesport ...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 7, 2019
Alice LaVerne Williams, 89, of North Charleroi, passed away Friday, April 6, 2019, in Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born Aug. 28, 1929, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late Albert a...