Senators hope to help restaurant, tavern owners
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 25, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sens. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, and Pam Iovino, D-Mt. Lebanon, have announced a comprehensive proposal to provide emergency relief to Pennsylvania’s restaurant...
Coaches see both sides of soccer and COVID-19
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 25, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area girls soccer coach Tracy Lovett and Charleroi boys coach Jon Ducoli share their passion for coaching with their passion for their jobs in the hea...
Joseph F. Kennedy Jr. – Belle Vernon
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By obits 
July 24, 2020
Joseph F. Kennedy Jr., 36, of Belle Vernon, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 19, 2020. The son of Joe and Brenda Kennedy of Belle Vernon and Lisa and Scott Federer of Powhatan Point, Ohio, he ...
John ‘Jake’ Kelly Young – formerly of Monessen
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By obits 
July 24, 2020
John “Jake” Kelly Young, 51, formerly of Monessen, died unexpectedly on Wednesday July 22, 2020, at his home in St. Charles, Ill. He was born on June 5, 1969, in Pittsburgh, son of the late Margaret I...
BeeGraphix captures first place with big win
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 24, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There’s a new team atop the boys division standings in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League. Thanks in part to another forfeit loss by Farmers Insur...
Campy’s Pizza holds off pesky Union Cleaners
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 24, 2020
By jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It wasn’t the performance Naz Victoria wanted to see from his team, but a win is a win.   Campy’s Pizza put an end to a four-game losing streak by outlasting winless...
TJ wallops Leopard Nation
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 24, 2020
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson didn’t initially intend on being patient at the plate Thursday. In fact, Jaguars coach Tim Vickers urged for a more aggressive approach. But as it turned o...
Farm to hold first Sunflower Festival
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Schwirian Farm in Forward Township will open to the public for the first time this weekend. The farm, which Leslee Schwirian and her husband, Jay, describe as a drea...
City Park play area gets makeover
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When a city resident posted photos of the muddy and unkempt play area at Monessen’s City Park this week, the long-neglected spot got some quick attention. Patty A...
BVA to consider back-to-school options
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board will vote on the reopening plan for the fall semester next week, with a variety of options available. Superintendent Dr. Mich...
Mon Valley Initiative seeks nominations for annual awards
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
For the MV Independent Is there a community volunteer or organization in your neighborhood who deserves a little bit of extra recognition this year? Mon Valley Initiative is accepting nominations for ...
Ringgold students’ artwork on display in Monongahela
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Recent Ringgold High School graduate Reilly Neely was looking forward to the school’s annual art show in April that would have allowed her and her fellow sen...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One person has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred inside a Family Dollar store in McKeesport in October. Allegheny County Police Departmen...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 33-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting another woman in McKeesport last month was taken into custody Wednesday by U.S. marshals in Chicago. Gabrielle Parker i...
Tracey L. Johnston –   Donora
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By obits 
July 23, 2020
Tracey L. Johnston, 45, of Donora, was called home to be with the Lord on July 17, 2020. She was born on July 31, 1974, in Mt. Pleasant. She is survived by her mother, Vicki Johnston; sons, Nathaniel,...
Unbeaten AMD rolls past State Farm
By Jeremy Sellew 
July 23, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com AMD Industries used advantageous defense and two long runs to strengthen its grip on first place in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League Girls Divis...
Volunteers on a mission to ‘adopt a homeowner’
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 22, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic may have thrown a wrench in The Crew Missions’ volunteer season, but it won’t stop them from helping homeowners around the Mon Valley. Founded ...
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 22, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, Ringgold students are looking at a delay to the start of their 2020-21 school year. During Wednesday’s virtual school boa...
Allegheny County to monitor businesses with virus compliance team
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 22, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com On the same day Allegheny County saw its new coronavirus case count dip below 100 for the first time in a week, the health department introduced a team that will ...