Obituaries
By obits 
September 7, 2020
Susan K. Vargo Rabatin, born Jan. 18, 1947, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, surrounded by her loving, but annoying family at the age of 73, after courageously battling cancer ...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 7, 2020
Helen Jean Kmetz Makovics, 96, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Sept.7, 2020. Born in Sutersville on April 11, 1924, she was the daughter of the late John G. and Anna E. Koroly Kmetz. Helen was a d...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 7, 2020
Samuel Suzich, 86, of Grantsville, Md., formerly of Roscoe, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. A son of the late Mike and Molly Bjelosh Suzich, he was born in Roscoe on July 11, 1934. He graduat...
In person or online, the Valley gets back to class
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 5, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com School looks a little – or a lot – different this year. For some students, the start of school meant sitting in a make-shift classroom inside of their living rooms w...
Gallo Lancas celebrates 100th birthday
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 5, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Angela Gallo Lancas is not one to gloat, but she has a lot to be proud of. After celebrating her 100th birthday Wednesday, she was hesitant to talk about her accolad...
Districts would get power in Senate bill
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 5, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The state Senate Education Committee on Friday voted 10 to 1 in favor of House Bill 2787, which would officially give local school districts the power to decide what f...
Washington County hires firm to handle CARES cash
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 5, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Washington County Commissioners voted to hire Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC to oversee the COVID-19 Relief Block Grant program in a special meeting held Friday. T...
No scrimmage, no problem for EF
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 4, 2020
By jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com While several local schools returned to the gridiron Friday for scrimmages, Elizabeth Forward’s football team did not.   Instead of scrimmaging Ligonier Valley, the ...
Donora’s Highland Terrace court receives much-needed renovation
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 4, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Two years ago, Yancey Taylor didn’t like what he saw at the Highland Terrace basketball court in Donora. There were cracks in the court, no fence in place to keep a ...
Ella Mae Pettyjohn – Rostraver Township
Obituaries
By obits 
September 4, 2020
Ella Mae Pettyjohn, 89, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in her home. She was born Feb. 26, 1931, in Cokeburg, daughter of the late Thomas Glenn and Catherine Harmon Glenn Lipscomb. ...
Handing out Chromebooks
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
Kinsey Wilson, a junior at Monessen High School, picks up her school-issued Chromebook from Assistant Principal DJ Madzey outside the school Thursday afternoon.
‘Tons’ of garbage being dumped in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council is seeking help from the public to identify a driver who is dumping contracting bags full of trash throughout town. “There are tons of them...
McKeesport gets guidance on Opportunity Zones
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Joe DeFelice participated in a roundtable discussion Thursday with area government...
Virus impacts MVH fundraisers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic has impacted two Monongahela Valley Hospital Foundation fundraisers this year, but foundation officials remain upbeat they will be a...
Washington County Commissioners seek fiscal review of all agencies
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The fiscal policies of agencies that handle programs for Washington County are being reviewed to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent not only legally, but resp...
Donora denies sewage authority request to meet in banquet hall
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite initial support for the idea, Donora council decided Thursday not to let Mon Valley Sewage Authority use its banquet hall for meetings due to COVID-19 con...
Jaguars to scrimmage with fans
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There’s at least one school in the area that has officially announced the return of fans for its athletic activities. In a letter posted on the district’s Facebook...
Eugene Neil Carlock Jr. – Donora
Obituaries
By obits 
September 3, 2020
Eugene Neil Carlock Jr., died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. He was born on July 9, 1954, to the late Eugene Neil Carlock Sr. and Mary Ann Moon Carlock at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Eugene lived the maj...
Linda L. Smith – Charleroi
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By obits 
September 3, 2020
Linda L. Smith, 74, of Charleroi, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born Aug. 13, 1946, in New Eagle, the daughter of the late Della Fawcett Corbet...
Janice P. Burke Stathers – NEW SALEM
Obituaries
By obits 
September 3, 2020
Janice P. Burke Stathers, 74, of New Salem, Pa., passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, at Uniontown Hospital. She was born on July 18, 1946, in Charleroi, daughter of the late Norman and Gertrude Rum...