Bernard E. Soltis – Rostraver Township
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August 31, 2021
Bernard E. Soltis, 73, of Rostraver Township, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Born in North Charleroi, on Dec. 9, 1947, he was the son of the late George B. and Anne M. Onofrey Soltis. Bernard was a 1965 ...
Mike R. Petix – Charleroi
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August 31, 2021
Private services were held for Mike R. Petix, 95, of Charleroi, who passed away on Thursday, Aug. 26. 2021. Born on Nov. 11, 1925, he was the son of the late Angelo and Lena Petix. He joined the Army ...
Gloria J. Opatkiewicz – Monessen
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August 31, 2021
Gloria J. Opatkiewicz, 76, of Monessen, died Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Jefferson Hospital. Born May 14, 1945, in Forward Township, she was the daughter of the late Alex and Josephine Krizan Opatkiew...
Thumbs up for school in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 31, 2021
Dominic Shemansky and Reid Bilitski were ready to start second grade Monday morning at Charleroi Area Elementary Center.
Valley braces for remnants of Hurricane Ida
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 31, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hurricane Ida blasted ashore in Louisiana Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States. And although the storm is currently classified as a ...
Julia Ann Brudnik – Elco
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August 31, 2021
Julia Ann Brudnik, 90, of Elco, went to be with the Lord peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. She was born on Jan. 2, 1931, the daughter of Louis and Anna Sninchak Krivacek. J...
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August 31, 2021
Kenneth D. Farquhar, 70, of Perryopolis, passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Kenneth J. and Maude Bateman Farquhar, he was born in Connellsville, on Nov. 20, 1...
Help available for people losing jobless benefits
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August 31, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com More than half a million Pennsylvania residents will no longer receive unemployment benefits starting this weekend. Federal unemployment benefits will end Saturday f...
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August 31, 2021
Lillian L. Halinka, 86, of Monessen, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. A daughter of the late Maynard and Kathryn Rogers Foor, she was born in North Charleroi on Dec. 9, 1934. A residen...
Program will help college students remain in school
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August 31, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sometimes it’s the little things that get between a student and completion of a college education. Now, for students at three state universities including Calif...
Senior leadership key for BVA boys
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 31, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area boys soccer team enters the fall season with a new coach and a bevy of experienced players to depend on.   Alan Yeschenko enters his first seas...
Walsh takes over as Washington County DA
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 31, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A new Washington County district attorney has been sworn in after the passing of the late District Attorney Gene Vittone. Jason M. Walsh, who served as first assi...
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August 31, 2021
Robert T. Huber Sr., 81, of Bentleyville, passed away peacefully at Allegheny General Hospital’s Hospice Unit on Aug. 24, 2021. Born on July 1, 1940, he was the son of the late Harry and Louise Huber....
McKeesport girls ready to take next step
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 31, 2021
By Jeremy Tepper MVI Sports Over Anthony Jacobs’ first four years as McKeesport’s girls soccer coach, he’s talked a lot about building.   A program deep in the dumps, the Tigers needed to lay some gro...
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August 31, 2021
Shirley Anne Patten, 78, of Washington Township, went to live with our Lord on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. She was born Oct. 2, 1942, in Detroit, Mich., daughter of the late John and Frieda Hils Patten. S...
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August 31, 2021
Robert E. Vestrand, 68, of West Mifflin, died Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at his residence. He is the son of the late Edward L. and Helen Abraham Vestrand. He was employed as a laborer in maintenance. Ro...
A peck of peppers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 30, 2021
The final farmers market of the season was held Saturday at Renziehausen Park in McKeesport. The Resnik brothers, Cole, 5, and Carter, 8, hold up vegetables that were grown on their family farm, CCR G...
Monessen to change partial payment policy
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August 30, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The treasurer of the City of Monessen will no longer accept partial payments for property taxes or garbage bills or any other payments made to his office. At a sp...