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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Ringgold High School officials have disabled student email access after becoming aware of inappropriate material circulated among the students. High school prin...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Three Charleroi residents are behind bars after two separate drug busts Thursday morning.   In the first raid, Keyonta McIntyre, 26, and Tequoia L. Youngblood, 26, b...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Police are searching for a Monongahela man accused of molesting a young girl. Bryan C. Gravatt, 29, is wanted on charges of corruption of minors and three counts of ...
Bearcats season ends at hands of Freedom
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 31, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com With a spot in the PIAA playoffs on the line, second-seeded Bentworth saw its season come to an end with a 7-2 loss to top-seeded Freedom in the WPIAL Class A consol...
Tigers prepped for Highlanders
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 31, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Experience playing against a style of offense could give a team an edge when playoff time comes around. It can also lead to your demise. For the McKeesport Tigers,...
Cougars expecting the unknown from Freedom
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 31, 2019
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Which Freedom football team will be waiting for the Charleroi Cougars to arrive Friday for their WPIAL 2A first round playoff contest? Will it be the Bulldogs squad that roar...
Jaguars headed to WPIAL championship
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 31, 2019
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports As Tanner Patrick sees it, the Thomas Jefferson volleyball team is too close to have lost on Wednesday. Seniors like Patrick, Abby Chalovich, Tyler Turk, Natasha Yanief and...
Shutout ends Leopards’ season
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 31, 2019
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports A steady downpour fell at Peters Township Wednesday as the Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team took on West Allegheny with a trip to the PIAA playoffs on the line. Un...
Ferdinand ‘Ferdie’ C. Rach – Fallowfield Township
Obituaries
By obits 
October 30, 2019
Ferdinand “Ferdie” C. Rach, 91, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on Oct. 29, 2019 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Ferdie was born on July 16, 1928 in Pittsburgh, the son of the late F...
Obituaries
By obits 
October 30, 2019
Raymond J. Roskos Sr. Monessen Raymond J. Roskos Sr, 72, of Monessen, passed away on Oct. 29, 2019, in the Transitions Health Care of Washington. He was born in Charleroi, on Oct. 2, 1947, a son of th...
Obituaries
By obits 
October 30, 2019
Rosita “Chicky” Nega yielded up her spirit on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Chicky was a lifelong resident of the Mon Valley, having lived most recently in Belle Vernon (Seldom Seen) and previously in Charl...
Monessen teen gets special treat after cruel trick
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 30, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An autistic Monessen teen who was attacked and had his candy stolen by a group of children while he was trick-or-treating received a special Halloween surprise by a ...
Obituaries
By obits 
October 30, 2019
William L. ‘Lumpy’ Buckery Clairton William L. “Lumpy” Buckery, 54, of Clairton, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in his home. Born Nov. 20, 1964 in McKeesport, he was the son of Carl S. Buckery Sr. of O...
Humane agents seize 150 cats from Donora, Monessen homes
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 30, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com About 150 cats and even dogs, chickens and gerbils were rescued from a woman’s properties in Donora and Monessen following a years-long investigation into...
WQED to premiere documentary about Monongahela WWII hero
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 30, 2019
By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com This spring, a World War II Army Air Force veteran finally returned home to Monongahela — decades after his plane was shot down in a combat mission. In April, the...
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several communities in southwestern Pennsylvania have decided to change the date and time of trick-or-treating because the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh has p...
Frazier edged by Avonworth in five sets
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 30, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After rallying back to tie their WPIAL quarterfinal match at one set apiece, the Frazier Commodores had all the momentum in the world. Instead of capitalizing on i...
Serra Catholic falls short in quarterfinal loss to Beaver
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 30, 2019
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A WPIAL championship wasn’t in the cards for the Eagles. Serra Catholic’s quest came up short in the quarterfinals with a 3-1 loss to Beaver on Tuesday night at Peters Towns...
EF embraces underdog role heading into matchup with Quips
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 30, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com On paper, a meeting between Elizabeth Forward and Aliquippa may look like a David versus Goliath type of matchup. A team that has relied heavily on underclassmen thi...