Neighbors seek help with roach problem in Donora
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August 14, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A major roach infestation is once again a topic of frustration for Donora residents. This time it’s in the area of the 200 blocks of Meade Street and Castner Aven...
Robert Stephen ‘Seeds’ Popovic – Port Vue
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August 14, 2021
Robert Stephen “Seeds” Popovic, 83, of Port Vue, died on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. He was born in Port Vue on May 10, 1938, and is the son of the late Stephen, who died in 1983, and Helen (Tutko) Popov...
Bag Brigade benefits from girl’s birthday gifts
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 14, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Every year since she turned 4, Kennedy Curcio has used her birthday as a way to give back to others. At her birthday party last month, Kennedy, an incoming fourth-gr...
Cameron excited to lead young Cougars
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 14, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com At a recent workout, Charleroi girls soccer coach Tom Cameron put talented sophomore Bella Carroto alone on the goal line. In front of her were 10 teammates and he...
Aaron M. Oblack – Belle Vernon
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August 14, 2021
Aaron M. Oblack, 52, of Belle Vernon, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. He was born on Aug. 6, 1969, in Pittsburgh, the son of John R. Oblack and Carole Nelson Oblack of Belle Vernon. He ...
Masks to be optional in McKeesport schools
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August 14, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students in the McKeesport Area School District get to choose whether they wear a mask in school for the 2021-22 school year. In a 6-3 vote at Wednesday’s meeting, McK...
Youth summer league crowns six basketball champions
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August 14, 2021
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports When Yancey Taylor was putting together his We Care for Kids Sports Summer Basketball League, he admitted he was pretty much winging it. “I didn’t know all the ins and outs o...
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August 14, 2021
Dolores J. Mayllen Stankovich, 82, of Monessen, passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, at Country Care Manor, Fayette City. Born Dec. 28, 1938, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Ali...
Clairton Education Center reopening held
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August 14, 2021
By Matt Petras For the MVI After closing like other districts around the country at the start of the pandemic, Clairton School District brought its elementary students back full-time in the fall of 20...
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August 14, 2021
Edmund Elder, 84, of Summerville, S.C., formerly of Charleroi, husband of the late Josephine “Josey” T. Elder, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at Low Country Community Hospice House. Ed was bor...
Straight from the frog’s mouth
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 13, 2021
Rylee Sartori, 4, of Richeyville slides down the frog on a hot Thursday afternoon at Pine Cove Beach Club. More warm weather is in the forecast for today.
Donora names police chief
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August 13, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council voted to reinstate the position of police chief and then to promote an officer to fill the role, while keeping police Superintendent Jim Brice in h...
McKeesport: Water advisory lifted for Lower 10th Ward
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 13, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For 26 days, people at five addresses in McKeesport’s Lower 10th Ward were unable to drink water from the tap. On Thursday morning, they got refreshing news. Following...
Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteers sought in Charleroi
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August 13, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Volunteers are needed to help kick start the second year of Big Brothers Big Sisters in the Charleroi Area School District.   Pam Slomiany, program manager for the C...
George Thorogood felt destined for rock stardom
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 13, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For veteran blues rocker George Thorogood, it wasn’t a question of if he’d ever become a rock star, but a matter of when. “When I was 19 or 20, my parents sh...
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August 13, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a humid day where the temperature neared 100 degrees, heavy storms poured onto the Mon Valley Thursday night. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh spent th...
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August 13, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Ego, the California Borough K9 officer, is officially a retiree today. The 9-year-old Belgian Malinois will settle into civilian life with his career partner, P...
Rams using disappointment as motivation
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August 13, 2021
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports If it seems like the Ringgold girls soccer team will be going into the season with a chip on its shoulder, it’s because the Rams are. A year ago, Ringgold won its last three ...
Eagles thriving with pass-happy offense
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 13, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As Max Rocco prepares to take a snap, whether it be in practice or in a game, he often looks to his left, glances to his right and feels at ease.   Backed by a stron...