BVA’s track and field success halted
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 15, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With its season wiped away with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a matter of what could have been for the Belle Vernon Area track team. Both the boys and girls teams...
Big 33, East-West football games canceled
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 15, 2020
By Bill Hartlep Trib Total Media Organizers for the Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game had hoped the annual all-star games could be contested over Memorial Day weekend. On Tuesday, those plans...
Remember When?: BVA humbles Elizabeth Forward with 4-2 victory
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 15, 2020
By RICK BRUNI JR. Sports Writer WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Elizabeth Forward softball coach Sandy Smith has heard that crow tastes a lot like chicken. Smith’s taste buds can only hope that rumor rang true ...
Obituaries
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April 14, 2020
Elizabeth C. Nonack Glemba, 93, of Charleroi, Fallowfield Township, died Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, at St. Clair Hospital. Her husband, Roman A. “Gumby” Glemba Sr., died on March 23, 2013. They we...
Stroller ride at City Park
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
Kiana Arvinger walks with Joey Lipscomb, who is pushing 4-month-old Joey Jr. in the stroller at Monessen’s City Park. Jenn Codeluppi /
Unemployed finding help hard to access
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Many Pennsylvania residents have been out of work for nearly a full month after COVID-19 hit southwestern Pennsylvania. A lot of those workers who were laid off or f...
Benefit concert to aid Taquino family
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A young local musician will host a virtual concert this week to help a Donora family who recently lost a loved one to the coronavirus. Devin Taquino, 47, passed away...
Monessen councilman objects to tonight’s in-person meeting
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen will have its regularly scheduled meeting tonight, but doors will be closed to the public and two council members don’t plan to attend in person. The city a...
6 states working together on economy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By the Mon Valley Independent Pennsylvania officials will begin working with leaders from five neighboring states to coordinate efforts to restore the economy and reopen businesses closed to help stop...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi is extending provisions to aid customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 13, ABC announced a series of policies and ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Big’s Sanitation and Mama Pepino’s Pizza in West Newton, along with two other area businesses, are partnering up to show appreciation for individuals “on the front lin...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By the MVI The staff at Monongahela Valley Hospital wants to express its appreciation to those donating food and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic.   “The Monongahela Valley is a unique region ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents looking for work during the COVID-19 pandemic have a new way to search. On Monday, the Department of Labor and Industry launched an online job portal. The ...
Football coaches trying to stay in touch
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While the coronavirus pandemic has closed local schools and canceled spring sports, it left a large void in the offseason preparation of local football teams. Inst...
Toast to Our Stars cancels banquet
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By the Mon Valley Independent The Toast to Our Stars Club in North Charleroi announced Monday the organization will not hold its annual awards banquet. The 70th annual Toast To Our Stars Achievement A...
Remember When?: Montana’s greatness no surprise
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2020
By The Valley Independent Joe Montana’s success hasn’t come as much of a surprise to Chuck Abramski, Jeff Petrucci, Fran LaMendola and John Kendra among others. They were the four coaches who worked w...
Obituaries
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April 13, 2020
Shirley A. Patrick, 85, of Charleroi, passed away, Saturday, April 11, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born March 8, 1935, in Charleroi, a daughter of the late Harold and Irma Topoly Hen...
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April 13, 2020
Beth Ann Sollosi, 53, of Fayette City, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020. She was born March 23, 1967, in New Eagle, the daughter of the late Agnes Innes Churba and Steve Sollosi, who survives and r...
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April 13, 2020
George Myers, 63, of Monongahela, formerly of Webster, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020, in his home. A son of the late Eli F. Jr. and Jean Bolden Myers, he was born on Nov. 20, 1956, in North Charl...
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April 13, 2020
Marion L. Stepoli, 81, of Monessen, passed away at her daughter’s home on Saturday, April 11, 2020, with her daughters at her side. She was born on March 23, 1939, in North Charleroi, the daughter of ...