Obituaries
By obits 
January 25, 2021
Helen Wright, 97, of California, Pa., died peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.She was born Aug. 26, 1923, in California, daughter of the late Mary and Julius Boeckx. Helen was a retired administrativ...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 25, 2021
Persephone Fackiner-Riva, one day old, went to be with her maternal grandmother, Michelle Fackiner, and paternal grandfather, Richard Riva, in heaven on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Persephone was born on...
Obituaries
By obits 
January 25, 2021
Joseph A. Colosimo, 95, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Born in Charleroi on Dec. 19, 1925, he was the son of the late Ralph and Catherine Colosimo. Joseph was a truck driver and ...
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Playing just its second game of the season, Ringgold led Albert Gallatin late in the first quarter, but an 11-0 run by the Colonials was the turning point in the Rams’ 62-3...
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 25, 2021
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports During his high school football career at Monessen, few people stood out like Anthony J. Lombardo. He played for the Greyhounds in the mid-70s and even though Coach Joe Glady...
Food distribution in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
Robert C. Holmes, pastor of Christian Life Ministries, and Kevin Parker of Monessen unload a truck full of food for the MLK Day of Service distribution Saturday morning outside of Monessen City Hall. ...
Local projects recommended for LSA money
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee has made its official recommendations on which projects should be funded this year. The committee revie...
New treatment available in the fight against COVID-19
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Southwest Medical Center is helping COVID-19 patients stay out of the hospital, thanks to a new therapy being offered in its Bentleyville office.   Earlier this mont...
Valley teens can learn how to produce podcasts
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Whether it be listening to a soothing voice telling us fantastical stories, a celebrity discussing their life or hot topics, an investigator talk ing about crime, come...
Ringgold faculty, staff to participate in active shooter drill
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District Police Department will hold an active shooter drill at the middle school and high school on Feb. 3. The training will involve on...
Serra girls stay perfect with rout of Fort Cherry
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Serra Catholic never trailed Saturday on its way to a 61-41 victory at Fort Cherry.   The Eagles, who are undefeated through the first four games of the season, were led by ...
Lack of energy sinks Monessen against Beth-Center
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A slow start and lack of intensity are just two ingredients for the Monessen basketball team’s woes right now. The Greyhounds saw their losing streak hit three gam...
Barrage of 3-pointers lifts Charleroi past Waynesburg
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports After struggling with its shooting for most of the season, Charleroi exploded Saturday afternoon and nailed 13 threes in an 82-58 rout of Waynesburg in a Section 4-3A contest...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com As residents and elected officials in Rostraver Township continue to battle environmental issues related to the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, Protect PT, a no...
Emil (Pida) Peda –  Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
January 24, 2021
Emil (Pida) Peda, 93, of Monessen, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. Born in North Charleroi on Jan. 25, 1927, to the late Wasko and Julia Kovalsky Peda, Mr. Peda retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, M...
Bulldogs win dogfight with Greyhounds
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 24, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A slow start and lack of intensity are just two ingredients for the Monessen basketball teams woes right now. The Greyhounds saw their losing streak hit three game...
COVID-19 vaccines already hard to find
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 22, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Monessen resident Emory Terensky tried to get a COVID-19 vaccine this week, he was left with more questions, unanswered phone calls and no shot.   Terensky, a 7...
Free tests to be offered next week in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 22, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com COVID-19 testing will be available in Monessen next week.   From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, free tests will be offered to Mon Valley residents at the Monessen Civi...
Local school districts frustrated by vaccine process
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 22, 2021
By JEFF STITT  and TAYLOR BROWN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Department of Health rolled out an updated COVID-19 vaccination plan this week that has education workers in Phas...