Elizabeth Township: Residents want openness in comprehensive plan
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 28, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents didn’t hesitate to share their views Thursday evening in the third and final public meeting on the comprehensive plan. After a two-...
New murals will be part of Donora memorial
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 28, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Veterans Memorial in Donora will be the site of newly unveiled artwork this weekend. The Mon Valley Leathernecks will hold a Memorial Day comme...
Spurgeon captures nomination in Commonwealth Court race
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Judge David Spurgeon, a White Oak resident, has claimed the second Democratic nomination in the race for two seats on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court. In a post on h...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials continue to move forward with phase one of renovation projects to the high school’s natatorium and swimming pool. School d...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Live entertainment is slowly making its way back to venues across the Mon Valley.   With many bars and restaurants operating at nearly full capacity and occupancy li...
Area track and field stars head to PIAA meet
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By the Mon Valley Independent A pair of WPIAL track and field champions will be among the local athletes traveling to Shippensburg University this weekend for the PIAA state championships.   Belle Ver...
Father of Rostraver recreation, John DiVirgilio, dies at 93
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Residents of Rostraver Township and throughout the Valley are mourning Thursday after it was announced that “Johnny D” has died. John DiVirgilio was a mainstay for...
Magicians rally to beat defending champ Masontown
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Thanks to a late rally, Mitch’s Bail Bonds secured a 4-2 victory over Masontown in the season opener of the Fayette County Baseball League at Vets Field in Charleroi....
McKeesport Area honors Lopretto for D.A.R.E. program
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 26, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com Students, teachers, parents and police officers within the McKeesport Area School District recently marked an end-of-the-year activity that is looked forward to annuall...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 26, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sections of Rostraver Township without fire hydrants may soon have enhanced fire protection. The township commissioners Wednesday discussed using funds from the...
Public input sought on Pa. universities’ consolidation
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 26, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Public input continues to be gathered on the proposed integration of six state-owned universities into two, with changes to the plan being made in response to t...
Fallowfield Township homes may be condemned due to landslides
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 26, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Homes on Woodward Avenue in Fallowfield Township may soon be condemned. The properties, which sit on land owned by the township, have been vacant since 2018 when res...
Late rally leads Rams past Warriors
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 26, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Despite leading 4-1 heading into the seventh inning Wednesday, Elizabeth Forward will not have the opportunity to defend its WPIAL championship. Highlands scored t...
Randall ‘Randy’ Paul Carrick  – Fallowfield
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By obits 
May 26, 2021
Randall “Randy” Paul Carrick, 64, of Fallowfield, passed away unexpectedly on May 23, 2021. The son of the late James and Lena Kurnik Carrick, Randy was born on July 9, 1956, in Pittsburgh. For over 2...
Arron Lee ‘Cat’ Davis –  Monessen
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By obits 
May 26, 2021
Arron Lee “Cat” Davis, 52, of Monessen, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1968 to the late James Delmar Davis and Annette Clanford Davis. In addition...