Obituaries
By obits 
March 15, 2021
Harry W. Russell Jr. of Fayette City Road, Perryopolis, drove his Marmon straight through those pearly white gates to be with our Lord on March 15, 2021. He left behind a loving wife of 41 years, Mary...
Paul C. Tarabrella  Monongahela
Obituaries
By obits 
March 15, 2021
Paul C. Tarabrella, 98, of Monongahela, died Saturday, March 13, 2021, in his home. Born June 23, 1922, in Brownsville, he was the son of Carmen and Pearl Hendricks Tarabrella. A graduate of Monongahe...
A taste of Ireland
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 15, 2021
Father Kevin Dominik hands Irish coffee to Peggy Pellegrini, Rose Matianski and Tiffany Payne, all of Fallowfield Township after Sunday’s Irish prayer service at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Charl...
Pa. counties, municipalities will get money from relief bill
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March 15, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania is expected to receive $7.3 billion in discretionary funds through the federal American Rescue Plan stimulus bill, and local entities will be recei...
Paving on White Oak’s agenda
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March 15, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council is expected to vote on awarding a paving project at tonight’s meeting and to discuss what to do with a large pile of old asphalt millings. At last we...
No one hurt in Charleroi crash
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March 15, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Charleroi Fire Chief Bob Whiten Jr. is amazed there were no injuries Sunday in a car accident and fire along Route 88 in Speers. The accident occurred around 5:...
Monongahela: Local match, contract  extension OK’d for MMVTA
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March 14, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela council approved two motions last week concerning the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority. At Wednesday’s meeting, council members unanimously appro...
Historic opportunity for South Allegheny
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March 14, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Tony DiCenzo has made it very clear. His South Allegheny team isn’t just content with making it to the WPIAL championship game for the first time in program history....
Michael Kuvinka Jr. – Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
March 14, 2021
Michael Kuvinka Jr., 86, of Monessen, died Friday, March 12, 2021, in UPMC Family Hospice, Pittsburgh. He was born on July 1, 1934, in Monessen, the son of the late Michael and Helen Trusa Kuvinka Sr....
Renee Moeller Sandusky – Canonsburg, formerly of Whitehall
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March 14, 2021
Renee Moeller Sandusky, 45, of Canonsburg, formerly of Whitehall, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021, surrounded by her family. After graduating from Baldwin-Whitehall High School, Renee went on to...
Eagles get wings clipped
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March 12, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Second-seeded Serra Catholic fell short in its bid for the program’s fifth WPIAL title as it suffered a 54-44 loss at the hands of top-seeded Neshannock in the WPIAL...
Frazier’s Lawrence wins gold
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March 12, 2021
By JONATHAN GUTH & ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports It’s a toss-up deciding which was the more impressive feat for Frazier’s Rune Lawrence: Winning a PIAA Class 2A championship or his five-point slam after the...
Kovach resigns as Tigers’ head coach
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March 12, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After three seasons at the helm, McKeesport boys basketball coach Kevin Kovach announced he is resigning as the head of the Tigers program. Kovach said he informed...
Unhappy ending for Serra Catholic
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March 12, 2021
Grace Navarro reacts after Serra Catholic’s loss to Neshannock Friday night in the WPIAL Class 2A girls championship game at North Allegheny High School.
Seven new violations at Westmoreland landfill
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March 12, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Four inspections by the state Department of Environmental Protection over a 12-day period in February revealed seven violations at the Westmoreland Sanitary Lan...
Allegheny County: Money available for communities to address blight
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March 12, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Allegheny County councilman from the Mon Valley is urging local communities and others to look into applying for the ACT 152 Allegheny County Blight Removal Program...
MVI managing editor part of Sunshine Week event
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March 12, 2021
By the MVI Sunshine Week, set for March 14-20, encourages Americans to recognize the importance of open government to a robust democracy.   Access to meetings, minutes and records of our elected and a...
Drive-thru Easter egg  hunt set at Angelo’s II
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March 12, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com They decorate for Halloween and help Monongahela light up for Christmas, and this Easter, Angelo’s II and its employees will once again be the center of atte...