Business is a snap for 13-year-old  photographer
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By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Not many business owners start by borrowing equipment from their mother, but most businesses aren’t begun by 13-year-olds. “My mom had her own camera and I was ...
Retired police horses enjoy new life at Round Hill Park
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By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Retirement is often referred to as being put out to pasture; for one group of Allegheny County Police retirees, that’s exactly what it is. Horses retired from t...
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By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora will crack down on dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets. Borough Administrator Terri Petroske and Councilman Joe Greco said they’ve received many...
EF uses big plays to top Mt. Pleasant
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By Paul Schofield Trib Total Media Friday’s first-place showdown in the WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference was filled with big plays. No. 3 Elizabeth Forward (5-0, 4-0), led by senior Nico Mrvos, ma...
Leopards continue mastery over Trinity
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area’s yearly dominance over Trinity continued Friday night at Hillers Stadium.   The Leopards scored 50-plus points for the second straight week and fo...
Thompson’s kickoff return sparks McKeesport
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports The course of McKeesport’s (5-1, 4-1) game against Laurel Highlands (1-5, 1-4) changed when the ball was kicked to Kanye Thompson. Fresh off a touchdown drive that ended wi...
Turnovers cost Charleroi in loss to Washington
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com If there’s anyone out there who likes turnovers, Friday’s Class 2A Century Conference game at Myron Pottios Stadium between Charleroi and Washington was just the g...
TJ tops Rams, moves closer to Big Eight title
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Two teams on opposite ends of the Big Eight Conference met Friday night at Joe Montana Stadium. Thomas Jefferson was the veteran squad with a lot of size up front and a lot o...
5 TDs for Fine on senior night
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Every high school football player has fond memories of senior night, but Frazier’s Kenny Fine will never forget his special day after scoring five touchdowns Friday in the ...
Epps brilliant as South Allegheny beats South Park
By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports South Allegheny got the win it needed Friday to keep any hopes alive for a wild card appearance in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. A gladiator-like effort from senior running b...
Marcia Heatherington Pabis –  Edinboro, formerly of McKeesport
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By obits 
October 16, 2020
Marcia Heatherington Pabis, 58, of Edinboro, formerly of McKeesport, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at Select Specialty Hospital, Erie. She was born in McKeesport on Nov. 8, 1961, the daughter of the late...
New flags in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
Mikayla Speck and Marley Evans of Monessen Fire Department No. 1 are shown with one of the 70 new flags purchased thanks to donations from a community fund drive. The fire department thanked citizens,...
Shorraw is asked to explain bankruptcy accusation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In response to Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw’s claims that someone may have intentionally tried to bankrupt the city, the three council members who ran the governme...
Toys for Tots effort saved
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Thanks to volunteers at the New Eagle Fire Department, Christmas has been saved for hundreds of Mon Valley children.   Last week Wally Fronzaglio, long-time organize...
Scandale sentenced to house arrest, probation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Former Washington County Clerk of Courts Frank Scandale was sentenced Thursday to 24 months of house arrest and seven years probation after pleading guilty to c...
Charleroi Community Days: Live music returning to borough building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in decades, music will flow from the third floor of the Charleroi Borough Building. A virtual concert series for Community Days — instead of a str...
Mascara retiring after 45 years with SPHS
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than four decades of helping Mon Valley residents, Jeff Burks Mascara will retire as executive vice president/CEO of Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Servi...
Ringgold gets revenge on Hillers
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Ringgold avenged a season-opening loss to Trinity by downing the Hillers, 2-1, in Section 2-3A play Thursday at Joe Montana Stadium. Freshman Elizzabeth Wilson scored...
Cougars dominate Hounds
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While the Charleroi and Monessen rivalry will always continue, there may not be a more lopsided part of it than in girls soccer. The Cougars dominated the Greyhoun...
Game of the Week: Warriors prepare to battle for crown
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com When Elizabeth Forward travels to Mt. Pleasant for an Interstate Conference showdown tonight, the Warriors will be playing for more than just an edge in the race for...