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By Stacy Wolford 
January 17, 2019
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After many decades at its current location on Fallowfield Avenue, Citizen’s Bank in Charleroi will downsize and relocate to a different block in the Magic City. Work...
Forward Township fire victim identified
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 17, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of a man who died during a Tuesday night house fire in the Gallatin-Sunnyside section of Forwa...
Valley men advance to axe-throwing championship
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 17, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two of western Pennsylvania’s most “savage warriors” will represent the Mid-Mon Valley next month at the 2019 National Axe Throwing Championship in Toronto. James “F...
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 17, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although it has been more than a week since high levels of sulfur dioxide have been detected at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works, Mon Valley residents are still cautione...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 17, 2019
Nancy Jo Bridge, 59, of Belle Vernon, passed away in Mon Valley Hospital on Jan. 16, 2019. She was born in Charleroi, daughter of the late Dwayne and Virginia DiMichele Byron. Nancy enjoyed visiting w...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 17, 2019
Charlotte E. Clark, 87, of Donora, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 6, 1931, in Somerset, Pa., d...
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By obits 
January 17, 2019
Elizabeth F. Crabb, 77, of Monessen, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Mt. Vernon of South Park. She was born n March 10, 1941, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late Michael and Anna Duda...
Arthur F. Farrier – Lover
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By obits 
January 17, 2019
Arthur F. Farrier, 88 of Lover, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in the Mon Valley Care Center. He was born Feb. 2, 1930, in Masontown, the son of the late William and Mary Farrier. Mr. Farrier ...
Robert S. Greenlee – Carroll Township
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Robert S. Greenlee, 65, Carroll Township, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in his home. A son of the late S. Carl and Erma Walker Greenlee, he was born in Livingston, Mont., on July 20, 1953. Rob a...
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 16, 2019
By Jeff Oliver For the MV Independent In a tale of two matches, Ringgold held off Bethel Park, 40-32, in AAA Sec. 2B wrestling action on the winners’ mat Tuesday night. The Rams (2-3, 2-4) jumped out ...
Caroline Ann ‘Carol’ Perry Jericho – Carroll Township
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Caroline Ann “Carol” Perry Jericho, 80, of Carroll Township, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, surrounded by her loving family in the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. Born in New Eagle on Oct. 9, ...
Raiders rally past Cougars, 52-47
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 16, 2019
By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Foul trouble, missed free throws and missed shots. It’s a formula that can cost any basketball team in a close game. Wednesday at Charleroi, it was the host Cougar...
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 16, 2019
By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Just as the defending state champion Ringgold baseball team has begun turning the page into the 2019 season, another postseason accolade from last season has arriv...
Bertha ‘Bertie’ L. Bradford – Aiken, S.C.
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Bertha “Bertie” L. Bradford, 90, of Aiken, S.C., passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at her home at the Place of Pepper Hill. After living in her childhood home for 67 years, she moved to Ai...
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Lena Marie Jurkiewicz, 93, of North Charleroi, passed away on Jan. 15, 2019. Born on June 6, 1925, she was the daughter of the late George Harry and Theresa Benedetti Mahan, and was raised by her late...
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Diane E. Paris, 59, of Fayette City, passed away at home on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, surrounded by her family. A daughter of the late Ernest Reppert, she was born in North Charleroi on Sept. 14, 1959. D...
Donald James Robertson – Perry Township
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Donald James Robertson, 75, of Dawson, Perry Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Born in Elizabeth on April 10, 1943, he was the son of the late Virgil and Ethel Coughenour Robertson. Donald was re...
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Rev. Andrew George Slade, 86, of North Huntingdon, formerly of West Newton, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. He was born Jan. 23, 1932, in Monaca, son of the late Thomas and Mary Summers Slade. A graduate ...
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By obits 
January 16, 2019
Grace M. Stine, 82, of Monongahela, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. She was born March 13, 1936, in Washington Township, the daughter of John Irwin and Bessie Dav...
1 dead in Forward Township blaze
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com At least one person is dead and two firefighters are recovering from injuries following a fast-moving blaze that damaged two homes in the Gallatin-Sunnyside section of...