SummerFest 2019 at Penn State Greater Allegheny on Saturday
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s a summer celebration going on Saturday at Penn State Greater Allegheny and Mon Valley residents from near and far are invited to converge upon the McKeesport c...
Carrie Levinia ‘Viney’ Yuille Callahan – Monessen
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By obits 
July 24, 2019
Carrie Levinia “Viney” Yuille Callahan, 91, of Monessen, departed this life on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Born on March 18, 1928, she began her life of community service in Naruna, Va., where she was th...
Stuff-the-bus school supply drive kicks off in Charleroi
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Once again, Charleroi Area School Board Director Thomas Nutting is on a mission to collect pencils, tablets and other school supplies before the new school year star...
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Feral cats are creating problems for residents in the Magic City — but hopefully not for much longer. To address this issue, Charleroi borough council is partnering ...
Tri-County shoots down Union Cleaners
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Tri-County Realty has made a habit out of coming out of the gates slow in games this summer.   Considering, however, they entered Tuesday in a tie for first place in...
BeeGraphix upsets Farmers with spirited effort
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By JOE SABOLEK For the MV Independent BeeGraphix surprised everyone in the opening game of Grebb League action as they rolled over Farmers Insurance, 81-49, at Mechanic Street Playground in California...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Spirits were high at Tuesday’s meeting of Elizabeth borough council, as Vice President Chad Rager’s motion to move forward into phase six of the waterfront revita...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An 18-year-old McKeesport resident who was staying at Auberle is in Allegheny County Jail after allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy. The alleged victim told his mother ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By PAUL PEIRCE A Jefferson Hills man was arrested in Washington County on Friday after witnesses reported they saw him retrieve a cocker spaniel that jumped out of his pickup by grabbing its neck and ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Dravosburg man has been charged after allegedly threatening a McKeesport man and cutting a rope that was tethering his boat to a dock at the McKees Point Marina. Jos...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced the honorees for its annual awards banquet. Each year, the chamber recognizes four community members or groups ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Assistance is available for service members facing emergency circumstances such as extraordinary temperatures or flooding. After a heat wave and wet weather swept th...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District is hoping to land another grant to enhance safety.   Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich announced Tusday that he and administrators appl...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport-based Consortium for Public Education is looking for adult volunteers who can help students from three schools in the Mon and Turtle Creek valleys think...
Col. J.R. Conti USAF (Ret.) – Melbourne, Fla.
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By obits 
July 23, 2019
Col. Julius R. “Bud” Conti of Melbourne, Fla., died Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. Col. Conti was born in Monessen Aug.6, 1928, to Carrie Mitchell and Ju-lius R. Conti, a pharmacist who man...
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By obits 
July 23, 2019
Theodore Michael “Ted” Visnic, 89, of Ridgeway, Va., died Monday, July 22, 2019. He was born Sept. 18, 1929, in Versailles, son of the late Michael and Mary Posick Visnick. In addition to his parents,...
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By obits 
July 23, 2019
Helen Mae Weyer, 86, of White Oak, died July 19, 2019, at her home. Born Dec. 21, 1939, in McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Anna Mae Coulter Holden and the wife of James Weyer....
Alan A. Beregi – Monessen
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By obits 
July 22, 2019
Alan A. Beregi, 75, of Monessen, died Saturday, July 20, 2019, in his home. Born in North Charleroi on Dec. 3, 1943, he was the son of the late Sandor and Ann Prokop Beregi. He retired from the Allenp...
Greco’s return sparks BV Dairy Queen
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 22, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Dairy Queen kept its playoff hopes alive with a slim 33-30 victory over Lee Supply in J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summer Basketball League girls action Monda...
Marjorie O. Howis – Donora
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By obits 
July 22, 2019
Marjorie O. Howis, 96, of Donora, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019, in the Hallsworth House, Monessen. Born in Donora on Feb. 17, 1923, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Ethel Butter...