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By Stacy Wolford 
October 29, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Findings of a performance audit for the Belle Vernon Area School District confirmed a majority of the board did not act recklessly in its investigations t...
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 29, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The president and owner of Pennsylvania Coach Lines says his company will do its best to comply with a court order to continue to provide transportation to stud...
Obituaries
By obits 
October 29, 2019
Audrey Jean Hunt, 95, of California, Pa., died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. She was born Saturday, June 21, 1924, in Granville, a daughter of the late Bertram and Florence Gotta Duvall. Her life was very fu...
Nicholas Charles Ursta – Versailles and White Oak
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By obits 
October 29, 2019
Nicholas Charles Ursta, 52, of Versailles and White Oak, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. He was born in Pittsburgh on Oct. 29, 1967 and is the son of Geraldine Montgomery Ursta and the late Charles Ursta...
Mars ends BVA’s WPIAL title hopes
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Top-seeded Mars entered Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A semifinal matchup with No. 5 Belle Vernon Area having scored 14 total goals in playoff wins over Trinity and Thomas J...
Pritts’ 2 goals lift Yough into championship game
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2019
By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media The Yough girls soccer team recorded only two shots on goal over the first 43 minutes of its WPIAL Class AA semifinal against Freeport on Monday at Mars. But the Couga...
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL released the 2019 WPIAL football championship brackets for all six classes Monday during its annual pairings meeting at the DoubleTree hotel in Greentree...
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2019
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Three… two… one… liftoff, for Thomas Jefferson volleyball. The Jaguars launched their 2019 bid for a state championship with a 3-1 quarterfinal win over Chartiers Valley at ...
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2019
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports There were large stretches Monday when it looked like Elizabeth Forward could go toe to toe with South Fayette. In other stretches, South Fayette dominated the Warriors. Th...
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Second-seeded Bentworth’s hopes of advancing to its second straight WPIAL Class A championship game were dashed with a 5-1 loss at the hands No. 3 Shady Side Academy...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 28, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area Education Association members showed up in red once again to protest stalled contract negotiations at Monday’s school board meeting.   B...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 28, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Allegheny County judge has issued an injunction ordering Pennsylvania Coach Lines to continue to provide service to the Elizabeth Forward School District. Ju...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 28, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, who co-authored Senate legislation to permit hunting on three Sundays per year, said he is encouraged that the bill is advancing...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 28, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT District 11 advised motorists Monday that line-painting operations have begun on various roadways in Allegheny County. PennDOT crews will paint lines on severa...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 28, 2019
For The MV Independent Students planning a self-sustaining small coffee shop in the Media Room at Belle Vernon Area High School are getting more help. Directors of the Belle Vernon Area Charitable Fun...
Edward Capozza – Donora
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By obits 
October 28, 2019
Edward Capozza, 93, of Donora, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at Mt. Vernon of Elizabeth. He was born June 11, 1926, in Monessen, the son of the late Egidio and Frances Fella Capozza. Ed was the owner op...
Obituaries
By obits 
October 28, 2019
Eleanor F. Greco, 99, of Monessen, passed away on Sunday Oct. 27, 2019, in LaFayette Manor, Uniontown. She was born on May 30, 1920, in East Liverpool, Ohio, the daughter of the late Joseph and Rose D...
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By obits 
October 28, 2019
William Koster III, 70, of Donora and formerly of Charleroi, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born in Gillespie on Dec. 14, 1948, a son of William an...
Obituaries
By obits 
October 28, 2019
John “Ed” Martin Jr., 70, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. A son of the late John “Ed” Martin Sr., and Freeda Casteele Martin, he was born in Washington Township, Na...