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March 27, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A raffle ticket led police to the Donora man accused of stabbing three people at a North Belle Vernon bar.   Eric Demont Cook, 43, of Market Street was arrested Wedn...
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March 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport woman was charged Tuesday with criminal homicide after a 72-year-old man she allegedly struck with a vehicle in July died March 15 as a result of injuries...
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March 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board approved a resolution Wednesday supporting   two bills that would require families to pay out-of-pocket tuition for their child to attend ...
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March 27, 2019
By Tom Davidson A McKeesport man responsible for watching a young boy who was found wandering the streets of Duquesne is in Allegeheny County Jail on charges of child endangerment, drug possession and...
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March 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man has been charged with carrying a firearm while allegedly knowing that his concealed carry permit was revoked. Jared Abraham Ogrosky, 21, of Bowman Ave...
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March 27, 2019
By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Mid Mon Valley Council of Governments is one meeting closer to being officially up and running.   The Mon Valley Alliance announced it would be revitalizing the M...
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March 27, 2019
By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new look this week.   The chamber revealed its new logo and website at a rebrand launch party Tuesday at Off th...
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March 27, 2019
For the MV Independent Protect Elizabeth Township, a community organization focused on advocating for the protection of resident rights while striving to help build a better community, is collaboratin...
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March 27, 2019
By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Charleroi Area Elementary Center’s parent-teacher association will be receiving help from Google to provide a digital education workshop for area families.   Last wee...
Obituaries
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March 27, 2019
FORMERLY OF DONORA Lucia Sanchez, 94, formerly from Donora, Pa., passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Sanchez Jr. She is survived by...
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March 27, 2019
MONESSEN Mary F. Hornack, 96, of Monessen, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. Born in Charleroi on July 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John and Justine Falibota...
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March 27, 2019
MONONGAHELA Sharon M. (McCarty) Harmon, 77, of Monongahela (Valley Inn) passed away Tuesday March 26, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Dec. 24, 1941, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter...
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March 27, 2019
MONESSEN Gilda I. Figler, 92, of Monessen, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Grande Village Manor in Twinsburg, Ohio. Born in Dunlevy, Pa., on Dec. 21, 1926, she was the daughter of the late ...
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March 27, 2019
FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP Richard Lee Russell, 83, of Fallowfield Township, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at the Cambridge Hillside Personal Care Home in North Charleroi. Dick was born on May 25, ...
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March 27, 2019
Donald J. Ondulick, 81, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Mon Valley Hospital, Carroll Township. A triplet born May 24, 1937, in Monessen, Pa., he was the son of the late ...
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March 27, 2019
Elizabeth Schmidt, 93, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Monessen, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at her home in Claremont Retirement Village. She was born on Oct. 6, 1925, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of t...
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March 27, 2019
Michael J. Stasicha, 65, of Charleroi, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019. Born on Nov. 6, 1953, he was the son of the late David Sr. and Virginia (Latour) Stasicha. He was a graduate of Charleroi ...
Hat makers send gifts of love to area hospitals
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March 26, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of 11 “Angels” who have created their own community at The Oaks Retirement Residence in White Oak say making hats for babies and cancer and dialysis patients a...
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March 26, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A shuttered Mon Valley steel mill site may soon serve a new purpose.   Thanks to a $4 million state grant, Allenport’s former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. site is...
Sombo new police chief in Elizabeth
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March 26, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Residents packed the meeting room at Elizabeth Learning Center Tuesday night to welcome the new leader of the Elizabeth Borough Police Department. Council voted 6-0 ...