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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 14, 2019
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, delivered a celebratory certificate to recently retired area Police Chief Rick Encapera at Thursday’s meeting of Ca...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 14, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As winter weather begins to move into the area, students in the Ringgold School District won’t need to worry about making up snow days. The district has been ap...
Obituaries
By obits 
November 14, 2019
Charlene Kathryn Skriba, 77, of Charleroi, died peacefully on Tuesday at the home of her daughter, located in the Poconos, after a fierce battle with cancer. Born in Daisytown, she was the daughter of...
William Charles Downes – Stockdale
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By obits 
November 14, 2019
William Charles Downes, 59, passed away in his home in Stockdale on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, following a battle with liver and bile duct cancer. Born on Aug. 5, 1960, in Charleroi, he was a son of Charl...
Monessen Angel Trees to brighten the holidays
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 13, 2019
By Emily Bennett DiLullo ebennett@yourmvi.com The Monessen Police Department is teaming up with the Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel and the Monessen Family Center to be the best neighbors possible...
Carroll Township family upset over animal ordinance
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 13, 2019
By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent About two years ago, Josh Taylor and fiancee Danielle Femc Vogt found the perfect home for their family in Carroll Township. Across the street from t...
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 13, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi Mayor Edward Bryner and volunteer fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. gave borough council a brief update Wednesday night about a situation that has been causing re...
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 13, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council will consider a new mixed-use zoning plan that would leave the Monongahela Elementary Center and surrounding parcels as they are and would ins...
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 13, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For months prior to the Nov. 5 general elections, municipal and school board candidates spent countless hours campaigning and getting their messages across t...
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 13, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board Wednesday voted to table action on naming the middle school auditorium after being petitioned by parents and students in the district ...
By Jeremy Sellew 
November 13, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With a bit of a new-look roster, the Cal U women’s basketball team picked up a statement win in the early going of the 2019-20 season Wednesday. The Vulcans upset ...
Serra’s Black signs with St. John’s
By Jeremy Sellew 
November 13, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It was a highly anticipated moment, but Mark Black finally put the pen to the paper. The Serra Catholic baseball standout made his college commitment official Wednes...
Edith Jean ‘Baba’ Urwin – Fallowfield Township
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By obits 
November 13, 2019
Edith Jean ‘Baba’ Urwin Fallowfield Township Edith Jean “Baba” Urwin, 78, of Fallowfield Township, died suddenly at Mon Valley Hospital after a very brief illness on Nov.12, 2019. She was the daughter...
Joe E. Gorecki –  Charleroi
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By obits 
November 13, 2019
Joe E. Gorecki, 91, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Born on July 8, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Mary Kurty Gorecki. He was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church and...
Edna Patricia Garnic  – Roscoe
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By obits 
November 13, 2019
Edna Patricia Garnic, 83, of Roscoe, died peacefully with her family by her side on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. She was born Tuesday, March 17, 1936, in Clarksville, Pa., a daughter of the late Frank and ...
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November 13, 2019
Patricia J. Marraccini MONONGAHELA Patricia J. Marraccini, 84, of Monongahela, (Hazelkirk), died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Jefferson Hospital..She was born Sept. 19, 1935, in McKeesport, the daughter ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 13, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An odor of gas has returned in Charleroi, and Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said his crew has exhausted all options and resources to he...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 12, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new appointment allowed the Mon Valley Sewage Authority to resume business Tuesday night after several weeks of gridlock. Last week, Monessen City Council appointe...
Teen providing gift of warmth to the homeless
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 12, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Fifteen-year-old Devon McGhen wants to make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year for those who might not feel that special cheer year-round. For ...