Leopards survive scare from rival Rams
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After Monday’s Belle Vernon Area and Ringgold girls soccer game, Leopards head coach Tracy Lovett had a simple question for Rams head coach Olivia Wilkerson. “How ...
Beinlichs, Warriors blitz Titans
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward girls soccer coach Brandon Gerba didn’t want to see his players with their heads down after suffering a 7-0 nonsection loss to Belle Vernon Area Sa...
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Charleroi picked up its fourth consecutive shutout victory with a 4-0 triumph over McGuffey in Section 3-2A play Monday.   Eben McIntyre netted a pair of goals, whil...
Top of the slide
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
Cousins Novella Kovalchuk, 3, of Belle Vernon and Calin Kovalchuk, 4, of North Charleroi play on a slide at Cedar Creek Park Monday afternoon.
Gov. Wolf vetoes school sports bill
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com School districts will have to follow guidelines set forth from the state Department of Health — despite a bill the Legislature passed allowing them to make individua...
Belle Vernon seeks help finding Brewer Field vandals
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon officials are hoping for help in identifying vandals who ransacked buildings at Brewer Field over the weekend.   Mayor Gerald Jackson said the incident ...
‘Sgt. Hamilton’ film wins Emmy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley was in the national spotlight over the weekend as a filmmaker received an Emmy Award for his documentary focusing on a local military hero. Th...
Re-enactors bring local history alive at Greenock Log House Days
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
For the MVI Greenock Log House Days will host colonial re-enactors and 40 artists and vendors Saturday at the home built around 1790 at 1235 Greenock Buena Vista Road in Elizabeth Township. The 8th Pa...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite one councilman expressing his disapproval, White Oak council on Monday gave trick or treating the green light. After reminding his fellow council members that ...
Barbara Ann ‘Barb’ Colotto Gowans – Belle Vernon
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By obits 
September 21, 2020
Barbara Ann “Barb” Colotto Gowans, 77, of Belle Vernon, passed away Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at her home alongside her loving family. Born March 15, 1943, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the l...
Barry Patterson – Donora, formerly of West Chester, Pa.
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September 21, 2020
Barry Patterson, 81, of Donora, formerly of West Chester, Pa., died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Donora. He was born Dec. 11, 1938, in Donora, the son of the late Ottis L. and Gladys Dixon Patterson. Ba...
Carol J. Schumm Steiner – Baldwin Borough
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September 21, 2020
Carol J. Schumm Steiner, 81, of Baldwin Borough, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Beloved wife of the late George A. Steiner Sr. Cherished mother of Diane (John) Smith, Sharon (Shawn) Welsh and George A. ...
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September 21, 2020
Karen G. Hartman, 71, of North Charleroi, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at UPMC Presbyterian. She was born in North Charleroi on April 28, 1949, the daughter of Raymond and Audrey Hall McCrory. Karen...
Alan Lee Roberts Jr. – West Newton
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September 21, 2020
Alan Lee Roberts Jr., 26, of West Newton, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, as a result of an automobile accident. Born Sept. 29, 1993, in Monongahela, he is the son of Alan L. Sr. and Paula Lusk Roberts o...
Cleaning up Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 20, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The streets of Monessen are a little less cluttered thanks to city officials and volunteers who took time over the weekend to beautify their community. A city-wide c...
Cal U reports increase in enrollment
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 20, 2020
By Deb Erdley Trib Total Media Early enrollment numbers from two local public universities suggest the global pandemic is yielding a silver lining where graduate school enrollment is concerned. Offici...
WomanTour cyclists enjoy their stop in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 20, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Sixteen women who come from various corners of the United States passed through McKeesport on bicycles Friday by way of the Great Allegheny Passage Trail. “We’re a bic...
Elizabeth gets money for more business district improvements
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 20, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Funding has been approved for the next round of improvements to Elizabeth’s central business district. State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Finleyville, said he helped t...
Parent says meals aren’t getting to enough Ringgold students
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 20, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District offers free breakfasts and lunches, but some parents say the meals aren’t reaching enough students. At Wednesday’s school board ...