Obituaries
By obits 
January 14, 2021
Joseph R. Uchelvich, 69, of Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Dec. 19, 1950, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Joseph and Edith Irene C...
Second quarter struggles doom Clairton in loss to GCC
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2021
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Clairton head coach Matt Geletko couldn’t have asked for a better start from his team Thursday night.   Fielding a different looking starting lineup with a few young...
Rams top Hillers to remain unbeaten
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2021
By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Despite allowing a goal 21 seconds into its game against Trinity Thursday night, the Ringgold hockey team bounced back to stay unbeaten with a 7-2 victory in PIHL Cla...
Legal fight finally over, Sen. Brewster sworn in
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster was officially sworn in Wednesday morning for his third term serving the 45th District. Brewster, a McKeesport Democrat, took the oath from All...
Charleroi fire captain credited for saving man’s life
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi firefighters saved a man’s life Wednesday morning in the middle of Crest Avenue. During a Charleroi Borough Council meeting Wednesday, fire Chief Robert Wh...
Trump impeached for historic second time
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2021
By staff and wire reports WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob s...
Monongahela OKs lease of 3 new police vehicles
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Police Department will have a different look to its police vehicles in the near future. At its meeting Wednesday, council approved the police...
Westmoreland County surpasses 500 COVID-19 deaths
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County crossed the threshold of 500 deaths due to COVID-19 Wednesday, setting a grim new record. There were 11 new deaths reported Wednesday, bringin...
Weightman dominant as Leopards drop dual with West Mifflin
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 13, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Cole Weightman began his quest for WPIAL and PIAA gold by doing what he does best Wednesday night: winning. The defending WPIAL Class 3A champion at 220 pounds, Weig...
Brown hired to revive Greyhounds football
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 13, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The search for a new football coach in Monessen has ended and the Greyhounds have their man. Wade Brown was hired Tuesday by the Monessen School Board to fill the ...
Monessen, California to co-op soccer programs
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 13, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com In an effort to battle dwindling numbers of participating athletes, Monessen and California announced they will begin a soccer co-op beginning next fall. According...
Not being neighborly: Tigers run wild on Gladiators
By Jeremy Sellew 
January 13, 2021
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Coming off a 58-53 loss to Latrobe on Monday, Eric Smith wanted to see major improvements from his team on Wednesday. McKeesport’s staple pressing defense needed to be bett...
Laura Ann LaRiccia – Charleroi, formerly of Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
January 13, 2021
Laura Ann LaRiccia, 85, of Charleroi, formerly of Monessen, died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Mon Valley Care Center. She was born on June 6, 1935, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Anthony and Vi...
Betty B. Dickie – Rostraver Township
Obituaries
By obits 
January 13, 2021
Betty B. Dickie, 93, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Born in Culbertson, Neb., on March 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late William and Martha Warren Baldwin. Betty was a wai...
Charleroi extends virtual learning
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 12, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi students will not return to the classroom as soon as they had hoped.   The Charleroi Area School District extended virtual learning through the new year, w...
Brewster to be sworn in after court ruling
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 12, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com After a week-long delay, Jim Brewster will be sworn in today as the state Senator for the 45th District. The McKeesport Democrat had his victory in the Nov. 3 e...
Shorraw alleges corruption in health insurance contract
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 12, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a state-of-the-city address Tuesday, Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw indicated that one of his accomplishments over the past year was uncovering corruption in loca...
Loss of smell nearly disastrous for Monessen woman
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 12, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Cindy Hebel was reading her Bible when smoke began to fill the second floor of her home Sunday, but because she was recovering from COVID-19 she couldn’t smell it. H...
New Eagle: Council moves toward making landlords cover garbage fees
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 12, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle is beginning the process of making landlords and owners of leased property responsible for payment of their property’s garbage fees. At a meeting T...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 12, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Virginia truck driver is being held without bond in the Washington County Correctional Facility on charges including homicide by vehicle related to a fatal ac...