Tales from three Valley stars
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2021
By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports Ben McCauley, Yough High School basketball star from the Class of 2005, has many memories of his playing days. He had to be pleased that an opposing coach, Seth Greenbe...
Mon Yough Chamber hosts golf event
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce were together Monday for a game of golf. MYAC, a busines...
Obituaries
By obits 
August 24, 2021
Diane C. Hoskin, 54, of Pittsburgh, formerly of New Eagle, died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Baldwin Health Center. Born Oct. 19, 1966, in Charleroi, she is the daughter of Liddy Marshall Hoskin of New...
Horse promenade delights spectators in Monongahela
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 23, 2021
The Monongahela Main Street Program and SydMor Arena co-sponsored a horse promenade Saturday in downtown Monongahela. The event was inspired by horse parades that were held 25 years ago when rodeos we...
Elizabeth Forward students to head back to classrooms
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 23, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Teachers return to Elizabeth Forward schools today, but they won’t be joined by the district’s students until Thursday. The teachers will spend the next several...
California Borough celebrates return of Riverfest
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 23, 2021
By Matt Petras For the MVI Canceling the California Riverfest last year due to the pandemic was incredibly disappointing, according to event organizer Michelle Kinsey. In 2021, there was some uncertai...
White Oak Vet Center appreciation picnic brings veterans together
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 23, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic has caused some changes to the way White Oak Vet Center provides counseling services to the region’s heroes who served or are actively serving...
Julia ‘Julie’ Svec Amendola – Monessen
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By obits 
August 21, 2021
Julia “Julie” Svec Amendola, 102, was called to the side of her Lord on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. She was born on March 2, 1919, and raised in Roscoe. She met Angelo “Orangie” Amendola at a dance at th...
Peter Paul Jankowski – Donora
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By obits 
August 21, 2021
Again, our hearts were made to be heavy. On Aug. 12, 2021, the angels from Heaven stopped in Donora to receive Peter Paul Jankowski, 68, the son of the late Pe-ter Jankowski and Mary Ann Walkowski. Am...
Gregory Gibson Kenney – Charleroi
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By obits 
August 21, 2021
Gregory Gibson Kenney died peacefully at home on Aug. 8, 2021, after a period of illness. He was born Oct. 14, 1957, at Charleroi Hospital, the son of George and Ruth Minnie Kenney. Greg graduated fro...
Memorial honors Casey Jackson
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Nine years in the making, a memorial to Army Spc. Casey Casteel Jackson was unveiled Friday in Belle Vernon. The memorial sits along Route 906 as a tribute not ...
Football at sunset
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2021
Members of the California Area High School football team look on as the sun sets behind them during practice at Trojans Stadium.
Irene Metro Mahalko – Monessen
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By obits 
August 21, 2021
Irene Metro Mahalko, 96, of Monessen, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Indiana, Pa. Irene had lived there with her daughter and son-in-law for the past five years and was blessed to have died...
Donora eyes new approach to code violations
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Borough of Donora, like the majority of Mon Valley communities, wants to find new ways to target blight and property maintenance and clean up the town. After ...
Bernard J. ‘Sacks’ Sosnak – Coal Center
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By obits 
August 21, 2021
Bernard J. “Sacks” Sosnak, 89, of Coal Center, West Pike Run Township, passed away Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in his home. He was born Feb. 5, 1932, in Granville, Pa., son of the late Joseph and Beatric...
Turner happy to be ‘home’ at Cal U
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com During his playing career at Cal U, Jawan Turner was more than just a standout defensive lineman and all-PSAC West selection for the Vulcans.   He developed into a c...
McKeesport: Transportation study underway
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A city in the Mon Valley is calling on its residents to answer a question: “How do you move around McKeesport?” Thanks to an Active Allegheny grant of more than $80,00...
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By obits 
August 21, 2021
Veronica “Virginia” Hayduk Horvath, 88, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at her home. Born Aug. 11, 1933, in Belle Vernon, she was the daughter of the late Ste...
WCCF announces $250,000 grant to Food Helpers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2021
For the MVI The Washington County Community Foundation awarded a $250,000 matching grant to Food Helpers, the new umbrella organization for the Greater Washington County Food Bank.   In July, Food Hel...