Neighbors provide help in McKeesport water crisis
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Three women from Mc-Keesport’s Lower 10th Ward say they’re trying to remain positive and keep a sense of humor, but morale is getting low in the neighborhood as reside...
Charleroi OKs students’ return in back-to-school plan
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District is ready to welcome students back to class next month. During a business meeting Tuesday, school board directors approved a reopen...
Club Serenity to answer questions in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen residents and Club Serenity representatives will meet at 6 p.m. Friday at city hall on Donner Avenue to discuss the recovery home in the 1200 block of Na...
BVA board considers changes to code of  conduct
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board discussed possible changes to the district’s code of conduct at Tuesday’s agenda meeting. The most significant change   would...
Campy’s Pizza back in the hunt
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Campy’s Pizza completed a huge second half come back in thrilling fashion, pulling out an 80-78 victory over Elite Physical Therapy. Elite PT held a 56-41 halftime lead but ...
James B. Ferguson – Donora
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July 21, 2021
James B. Ferguson, 66, of Donora, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in North Charle- roi on Feb. 15, 1955, he was a son of the late William C. and Mary Ann B...
Farmers routs Howard Hanna
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Howard Hanna Wilson Baum was in control early Tuesday night against Farmers Insurance. An early run fueled their offense, giving Howard Hanna a nine-point lead after ...
Dolores E. ‘Dee’ Cook – Coal Center
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July 21, 2021
Dolores E. “Dee” Cook, 91, of Coal Center, passed away in her home surrounded by family on Friday, July 16, 2021. She was born on April 7, 1930, at home in Ellsworth, daughter of the late George Olive...
Donora debates OT policy that has police working solo
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July 21, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A move to purchase a new backhoe for the Donora street department turned into a debate over the borough’s police contract at a special council meeting this month....
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July 21, 2021
Roberta “Bobbi” Loos, 61, of Monongahela, died Monday, July 19, 2021, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center, surround by her family and loved ones. She was born Nov. 23, 1959, in McKees Rocks. One of 1...
PONY League World Series returning
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thousands of baseball fans from around the globe will descend upon Washington County next month when the county hosts the 69th annual 2021 Dick’s Sporting Go...
White Oak makes progress with late garbage bills
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July 21, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s solicitor gave an update at Monday’s council meeting on where things stand with collection of delinquent garbage bills stretching back to 2018. She said th...
Mission store back in Monongahela
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July 20, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com After months of anticipation, City Mission has returned to Monongahela. The Christian-based operation held the grand opening of its newest thrift store, loca...
Washington Twp. Dollar General moves forward
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July 20, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Washington Township Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday to recognize a conditional use application for a proposed store as completed and recommend it to t...
North Charleroi: Mayor says garbage rules being ignored
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July 20, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com With a new garbage hauler in North Charleroi, many residents are still not abiding by the borough’s refuse policies. During a business meeting Monday, Mayor Steve He...
Plaque in Monessen will honor Josh Gibson for 1938 home run
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Homestead Grays legend Josh Gibson hit what became the second-longest home run of his career out of Monessen’s Page Park Ballfield on July 24, 1938. At 10 a.m. Th...
Maria L. Horton – Donora
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July 20, 2021
Maria L. Horton, 78, of Donora, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. She was born in New Eagle, on Feb. 14, 1943, daughter of the late Amador and Anit...
First-place Cedarbrook dominates again
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July 20, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Another night of Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League girls action, another dominant win for first-place Cedarbrook. Three players hit double figures fo...
Daly, Grado lead AMD Industries past Monessen Florist
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For only the second time this summer, AMD Industries played Monday without the services of Trinity’s Eden Williamson, one of the top scorers in the Mon Valley Indepe...