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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 29, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On Christmas Eve 2018, there was a fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke plant in the world. A study released Wednesday by the University of Pitts...
Monongahela: Coffee With a Cop set next week
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 29, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in and around Monongahela will get to meet their local police officers and even share a friendly chat over a cup of coffee Wednesday. The Monongahe...
Yurkovich working to fulfill his NFL dream
By Mon Valley Independent 
April 29, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Like any young boy in the Mid-Mon Valley, Rostraver Township native Dave Yurkovich had dreams of playing in the National Football League. Now, at the age of 36, he...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 29, 2021
Nora Lee Osborne, 93, of Roscoe, passed away on Wednesday April 28, 2021. She was born in Roscoe on July 23, 1927, a daughter of Charles and Bessie Hileman Osborne. Nora was employed by National City ...
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By obits 
April 29, 2021
Karen S. Curcio, 73, of Newell, passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in her residence. She was born April 13, 1948, in Charleroi, daughter of Harry A. Hough and Lois Irene Roy Hough. She was a membe...
Shelton Henry Jones  – Charleroi
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By obits 
April 29, 2021
   Once again on April 24, an angel-driven chariot stopped in the Mon Valley and ushered Shelton Henry Jones, 63, of Charle- roi, on board with final destination, Heaven. He was born Feb. 14, 1958, in...
Monessen blaze damages 2 houses
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 28, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen firefighters were on the job again Wednesday morning when a fire was reported on Ninth Street in the city that involved two houses. It was the second thi...
DEP fines Rostraver Township landfill as part of agreement
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 28, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fines have been levied against the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill as part of a consent order and agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection...
State university system advances consolidation plan
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 28, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Wednesday voted to move a plan to merge six state universities into two universities...
McKeesport Area to host vaccine clinic for students
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 28, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area is gearing up for the end of the school year, and district leaders are elated to host year-end activities that were canceled or altered last year due t...
Serra Catholic goes hitless in non-section loss to Neshannock
By Jeremy Sellew 
April 28, 2021
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports As the WPIAL playoffs approach next month, Serra Catholic has gotten a good taste over their last few games of what they’re going to see in the postseason. The results have...
Cougars edged by  Titans in extra innings
By Jeremy Sellew 
April 28, 2021
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A questionable play at the plate led to extra innings and an eventual West Mifflin walk-off win as the Titans captured a 2-1 victory over Yough in eight innings of a Section...
Linhart walks it off for SA
By Jeremy Sellew 
April 28, 2021
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The South Allegheny softball team dedicated its game against Southmoreland Wednesday to a fellow classmate who is battling cancer. Then, the Gladiators did some battl...
Palmer outduels Quigley, Frazier tops Charleroi
By Jeremy Sellew 
April 28, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When asked to talk about his freshman pitcher Nicole Palmer, Frazier head coach Don Hartman put it as simply as he could. “She’s a pitcher, not a freshman.” Palmer...
Yolanda Greco McCarthy
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By obits 
April 28, 2021
When God said...“find me an angel loved by all,” Tuesday morning His wish was fulfilled when he called our Yolanda to fill the bill. This Donora- born child claimed Jan. 4, 1929, her official birthday...
Obituaries
By obits 
April 28, 2021
Walter A. “Wally” Barch Jr., 77, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born Dec. 26, 1943, in Charleroi, son of Walter A. Ba...
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By obits 
April 28, 2021
Donald T. ‘Duck’ Anderson Monongahela Donald T. “Duck” Anderson, 62, died suddenly April 22, 2021. He was born April 15, 1959, in Monongahela. Donald is the son of the late Fred and Ruth Anderson. He ...