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November 2, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth-area veterans were honored Friday at a lunch sponsored by state Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Elizabeth Township. Certificates of appreciation were given to 1...
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November 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield Township man accused of holding his girlfriend at gunpoint last month will stand trial in Washington County Court.   Brenden T. Croup, 27, of Cooper Ro...
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November 2, 2019
By kristie linden klinden@yourmvi.com When “Homecoming: Sgt. Hamilton’s Long Journey” premieres at Ringgold Middle School next week, a panel discussion will follow that will include an anthropologist ...
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November 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Many Mon Valley residents will take advantage of getting an extra hour of sleep this weekend. However, local safety officials are asking residents to be mindful and ...
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November 2, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport-based Auberle is inviting the communities that surround its campus to attend a meeting that will provide an update on the organization’s progress and what t...
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November 2, 2019
By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Libraries usually mean quiet times, reading books and soft chatter with friends. But how about music and drinking wine? The Pleasant Hills Public Library is ...
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November 2, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Law enforcement agencies at the federal, county and local level worked together early Friday to arrest two people in McKeesport who were allegedly in possession of a l...
Deborah Elaine Reynolds –  MONESSEN
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November 1, 2019
Deborah Elaine Reynolds, 67, affectionately known to most as “Aunt Deb” or “Ms. Debbie,” went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 31. Debbie was the daughter of Rachael (Major) Turner and Frank (Catherin...
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November 1, 2019
Wilma J Kerestes Monessen Wilma J Kerestes, 91, of Monessen, died Friday, Nov. 1, in the loving hands of staff and many friends at Riverside Care Center of McKeesport. She was born April 11, 1928, in ...
Virginia F. Waggett  –  Belle Vernon
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November 1, 2019
Virginia F. Waggett, 91, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. A daughter of the late Humbert and Matilda Kretschmer Peroney, she was born in Pricedale on July 27, 1928. A...
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November 1, 2019
Robert Leo “Bob” Thompson, 86, of Elizabeth, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 31. Born Nov. 17, 1932, he was the son of the late Harry F. and Margaret Irene Zumbro Thompson. Bob was a 1950 graduate of Ro...
Luke Gregory McCay – Charleroi
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November 1, 2019
Luke Gregory McCay, 38, of Charleroi, passed away Thursday, Oct. 31. He was born Jan. 8, 1981, in McKeesport and was the son of John W. (Becky) McCay Sr. of Parker and Coleen (Jerry) McCay of Fallowfi...
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November 1, 2019
Jacqueline R. Hoffman Charleroi Jacqueline R. Hoffman, 80, of Charleroi, died Thursday, Oct. 31, in her home. She was born Aug. 31, 1939, in the home of her grandmother in Hazelwood during the Great D...
BVA set to defend its beach from arriving Hurricanes
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November 1, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area head coach Matt Humbert doesn’t like to use cliches when speaking about his team. But when it comes to Friday’s WPIAL quarterfinal against New Ca...
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November 1, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com There is only one way Thomas Jefferson plans on ending its tenure in the 2019 WPIAL playoffs: By hoisting the WPIAL Class 4A championship trophy at Heinz Field.   Bu...
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November 1, 2019
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Zaier Harrison will be a marked player when California takes on Cornell in a WPIAL 1A first round playoff game tonight. Well, he’d better be. Harrison is the top player for C...
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November 1, 2019
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Clairton Bears face a familiar foe Friday in a WPIAL Class A quarterfinal. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart comes calling to nearby West Mifflin, after the game was m...
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November 1, 2019
By JEREMY TEPPER jtepper@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic has no problem being labeled as the underdog. In fact, they embrace it. The 13th-seeded Eagles will face off against fourth-seeded Neshannock in the...
Halloween was ‘hero’ day for Monessen students
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November 1, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Not all heroes wear capes.   Every Halloween, Monessen Elementary Center students from pre-K through fifth grade receive a visit from “heroes” to help int...
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November 1, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After a year of negotiations, a finalized agreement has been reached for new full-time Monessen employees related to health care costs.   According to cou...