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September 24, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough officials are considering options to make Second Street a safer place to live and to shop. Resident Robin Schmidt told borough council Tuesday...
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September 24, 2019
For the MVI Tony Necciai has had many jobs in his life, from working on cars to installing carpeting to being a steelworker and a construction worker. But because of a heart condition, the Monongahela...
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September 24, 2019
By Patrick Varine Michael Godzak joined Rostraver Township Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 (Webster) as a junior member at age 12. For the next 47 years, the Webster native rose through its ranks, ser...
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September 24, 2019
By Madasyn Lee Four students in the Yough School District have been treated for possible impetigo since the beginning of the school year, Superintendent Janet Sardon said Tuesday. “The Yough School Di...
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September 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela man has pleaded guilty in federal court on a charge of child pornography. According to a release from the Department of Justice, Eric Allard, 48, plead...
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September 24, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Music students at Jefferson Hills Intermediate School in the West Jefferson Hills School District may soon get relief from the school’s shortage of space. Th...
Obituaries
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September 24, 2019
Susan H. Hays Haburchak, 96, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, in Westmoreland Manor, Greensburg. Born March 13, 1923, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of William and Susanna Sarnosky ...
Mother Eloise McDowell – Charleroi
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September 24, 2019
Mother Eloise McDowell, 104, of Charleroi, was ushered by angels into eternal life on Sept. 22, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Greensboro, Ala., on Dec. 23, 1914. She was the d...
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September 24, 2019
Ronald G. O’Dell, Sr., 83, of Monongahela, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. A son of the late Robert J. and Vivian Chester O’Dell, he was born in Monongahela on Feb. 17, 1936. A lifelong resid...
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September 24, 2019
Funeral services were held for Dorothy M. Strong, 83, of West Newton who died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in The Greenery Specialty Care Center, Canonsburg. Dorothy was born Jan. 9, 1936, in Glassport a...
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September 24, 2019
Barbara L. Trumpie, 66, of Monongahela died Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in her home. Born Dec. 15, 1952, in Bunola, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Mildred Taylor Trumpie. Barb was a member o...
Crash shears off front of house
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September 24, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A mother and her son are staying with family members after a dump truck crashed into their Speers house Monday morning, injuring three people and forcing gas...
BVA teachers protest lack of contract
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September 23, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com An estimated 150 teachers from the Belle Vernon Area School District wore red to protest stalled union negotiations at Monday’s school board meeting.   We...
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September 23, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com At a special meeting Monday, the Ringgold School Board rescinded action it took at a meeting last week to sell district property known as the Race Track. The bo...
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September 23, 2019
By Mary Pickels Another store is planning to close in the Countryside Plaza in East Huntingdon. Signs advertising “mega closing event” began appearing in the Peebles department store windows not long ...
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September 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the past 18 years, Mc-Keesport has been the only community in Southwestern Pennsylvania to host an HIV awareness walk. That tradition will continue Oct. 5 with the...
Skobel, Cougars earn first win
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September 23, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Much to the chagrin of Charleroi girls head coach Traci Fleming, her Cougars will not actually be heading to Walt Disney World this week. But that’s the type of ce...
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September 23, 2019
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Jake Caldwell said early on he had a putt that would establish what kind of day he was going to have in the WPIAL Class AAA semifinal golf tournament at Hannastown Golf Club ...
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September 23, 2019
By ZACK ZEIGLER MVI Sports The Ringgold girls soccer team was on the attack against McKeesport Monday. The offensive pressure paid off for the Rams, lifting them to a 4-0 non-section win at McKeesport...
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September 23, 2019
By DAN PALM MVI Sports The Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team continues to roll, staying undefeated in Section 2-3A after a 4-0 win over Laurel Highlands at James Weir Stadium Monday. Coming off of a...