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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 19, 2019
By Tom Davidson Douglas Berry confided to other inmates at the Allegheny County Jail that he killed Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and needed to get out of jail so he could dispose of her body using sulfuric ac...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Pittsburgh woman who allegedly led McKeesport, White Oak and North Versailles police on a high-speed chase over the week...
James ‘Jim’ Kenneth Hart – Webster
Obituaries
By obits 
September 19, 2019
James “Jim’’ Kenneth Hart, 79, of Webster, Rostraver Township, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, surrounded by his family after a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was bo...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 19, 2019
Mary Jane Neidermeyer, 84, of Monongahela, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2019, in her home. Born Sept. 8, 1935, in Bunola, she was a daughter of the late John and Martha Jenkins Crocci. A homemaker, Jane was...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 19, 2019
Thelma Mae Nichols, 89, of Fayette City, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Country Care Manor. Born in Layton on March 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Mary Thomas Fleming. A homemak...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 19, 2019
Cecilia V. Pardus, 89, of Monessen, died peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in her home surrounded by her five children. Cecilia was born in North Charleroi on April 26, 1930, daughter of the lat...
Vozar nets first hat trick as Jaguars topple Hillers
Local Sports
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 19, 2019
BY JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent The adjustment to high school sports can be a trying one for most freshmen. Oftentimes, it takes time to adjust to the speed of the game, wipe out nerves and si...
Hounds trounce Prexies for Caterino’s first win
Local Sports
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 19, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It took a little longer than he had hoped, but Donnie Caterino will certainly take it. In his team’s eighth game of the season, the first-year coach picked up his fi...
Butchki, Reader lead BVA past EF
Local Sports
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 19, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the opening 20 minutes, Elizabeth Forward’s girls soccer team gave defending section champion Belle Vernon Area all it could handle Wednesday. But the Leopards...
Parents pack Elizabeth Forward board meeting
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT and CHRISTINE HAINES jstitt@yourmvi.com chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward administrators and school board directors faced a standing-room-only crowd Wednesday as parents demanded to ...
Latest News
By Stacy Wolford 
September 19, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A former Monongahela police officer is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with a woman while he was on duty, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Wed...
Elizabeth Township town hall draws crowd
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 19, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Several Elizabeth Township residents are petitioning their state legislator asking for a forensic audit to be done of the township finances by state Auditor Gen...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 18, 2019
Gilbert R. Chuboy, 83, of Perryopolis, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Gilbert’s professional funeral arrangements are incomplete, will be announced tomorrow and have been entrusted to the BLAI...
Robert ‘Pidge’ Cunningham – Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
September 18, 2019
All the traffic stopped while the Angels walked the crossing guard “Pidge” across the street to the waiting arms of Jesus on Sept. 14, 2019. Robert Cunningham, 68, of Monessen, was born July 31, 1951,...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 18, 2019
Maxine Gregorini, 93, of Monongahela, died Sept. 18, 2019, in the Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born on Dec. 29, 1925, in Rochester, the daughter of Maxwell and Cecelia Matteo Otley. Ma...
Leopards’ winning streak hits 8
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 18, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A win is a win.   That was Belle Vernon Area head coach Rob Miele’s message to his soccer team. Despite missing two starters from his back line and shuffling a few...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 18, 2019
It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Kelley Vitale, on Sept. 12, at the age of 37. Kelley is the wife of Tracy Burgoon, the daughter of Stan and Maryann Vitale and daughter-in-la...
Serra Catholic picks up another shutout
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 18, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic boys soccer coach Chad Bruns has become accustomed to watching his team earn shutout victories this season. The Eagles’ three wins have all come in sh...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 18, 2019
Miranda K. Bogochenko, 55, of Scenery Hill, passed away Sept. 14, 2019. She was born April 20, 1964, in Beaufort, N.C., a daughter of Ethel Heady Dawson (Ben) of Mulberry, Fla., who survives. Mrs. Bog...