Obituaries
By obits 
March 2, 2020
Edward Anthony Scarpari Jr. Tours, France Edward Anthony Scarpari Jr., 51, of Tours, France, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020. A 1986 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School, he attended Musking...
Betty L. Sinclair –  Donora
Obituaries
By obits 
March 2, 2020
Betty L. Sinclair Donora Betty L. Sinclair, 88, of Donora, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Transitions Healthcare, Washington, Pa., with her loving family by her side. She was born...
Priest installed in Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
Heather Hart / Mon Valley Independent Bishop David Zubik, left, of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, visited St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Donora on Sunday for an installation ceremony for the Rev. Kevin ...
Democrats stage rally in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Democratic officials from the state and local level convened in Monessen Saturday to encourage fellow Democrats from the state’s 58th Legislative District to urge thei...
McKeesport NAACP holds annual pancake fundraiser
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The NAACP McKeesport Unit celebrated Black History Month on Saturday with its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.   McKeesport Councilwoman LuEthel Nesbit, who has be...
California Area students set Pennies for Patients record
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California Area School District students set a record this year by raising more than $11,000 through a Pennies for Patients fundraiser. From Feb. 3 to 21, students a...
EF students capture 2 awards in manufacturing video contest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A team of middle school students in the Elizabeth Forward School District won two honors in the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” video competition. “They wo...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 19-year-old man was listed in critical condition Sunday night following a shooting earlier that day in McKeesport. Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Depart...
Weightman captures WPIAL gold
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By Dan Palm MVI Sports Belle Vernon Area sophomore Cole Weightman’s decision to move up in weight prior to the postseason paid off Saturday.   Weightman, who went from 195 to the 220-pound weight divi...
Leopards fall to top-seeded Rams in Class 4A title game
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Belle Vernon boys basketball team accomplished more than anyone could have anticipated this season.   The Leopards’ run to the WPIAL Class 4A championship game, w...
BVA’s confidence grew after Uniontown loss
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It’s not often that a team feels reinvigorated after a loss.   That, however, was the case for the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team when it suffered a tough 59...
Whitlock joins 1,000-point club
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Scoring 1,000 career points in less than two seasons doesn’t happen often at the high school level.   It’s so rare that even a veteran coach like Joe Salvino, who ha...
Ronald S. Godla – Monessen
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By obits 
March 1, 2020
Ronald S. Godla - Monessen Ronald S. Godla, 74, of Monessen, died Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born on July 3, 1945, in North Charleroi, the son of the late Stephen ...
Obituaries
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March 1, 2020
Georgetta ‘Dolly’ Mary Wiles Rostraver Township Georgetta “Dolly” Mary Wiles, 86, of Rostraver Township, died Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Born in Rostraver Township on Jan. 10, 1934, she was the daughter...
Marie A. Sickles –  Monessen
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March 1, 2020
Marie A. Sickles Monessen Marie A. Sickles, 93, of Monessen, died Saturday Feb. 29, 2020, in Mon Valley Care Center. She was born on June 14, 1926, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Frank and Ther...