Trash Bash fills 3 dumpsters
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than three dumpsters of trash were pulled from the banks of the Monongahela River this weekend.   M & N Heating and Cooling and AirTight Duct Cleaning owners Ma...
North Charleroi agrees to hire code enforcement officer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi is in immediate need of a code enforcement officer. During Monday’s voting meeting, several residents spoke out against unsightly properties neighbor...
Edward Jones remains unbeaten
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Last season, Edward Jones and head coach Larry Cash won only two games in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League play. This year, the Black & Gold of the ...
Nicholas S. ‘Nick’ Bell Sr. – Monessen
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By obits 
June 21, 2022
Nicholas S. “Nick” Bell Sr., 33, of Monessen, sadly departed this earthly life unexpectedly on Monday, June 13, 2022. He was born March 6, 1989, in Carroll Township, son of Eddy (LarRie) Bell and Rebe...
Jeanne F. Detwiler Conchilla – Uniontown
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June 21, 2022
Jeanne F. Detwiler Conchilla, 95, of Uniontown, passed away on Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. She was born Sept. 5, 1926, in Uniontown, daughter of the late Earle G. ...
AMD squeezes by Monessen Florist
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Trinity’s Eden Williamson poured in a game-high 26 points to help AMD Industries remain unbeaten with a 49-46 win over Monessen Florist Monday in Mon Valley Independen...
Charles Richard Downes – Roscoe
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June 21, 2022
Charles Richard Downes, 95, of Roscoe, passed away on June 20, 2022, at the Mon Valley Care Center in Monongahela. Born in Canonsburg on March 10, 1927, he was the son of the late Samuel and Cora Comi...
Mary Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jackson – Charleroi
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June 21, 2022
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Jackson, 90, of Charleroi, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 20, 2022. A daughter of the late George and Clara Long Green, she was born in Brownsville on Aug. 8, 1931. Fo...
Andrew J. Kotcella Jr. – Conneautville, Pa.
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June 21, 2022
Andrew J. Kotcella Jr., 86, passed away on Dec. 21, 2021, at his home in Conneautville, Pa. Andrew, known as Andy to his family and friends, was born on Oct. 29, 1935, in Charleroi, to the late Agnes ...
Alexcia Leigh Matinsky – Monessen
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June 21, 2022
Alexcia Leigh Matinsky, 21, of Monessen, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022. She was born on May 1, 2001, in Monongahela, a daughter of Nicole Crouse Salvino and Stephen F. Matinsky. Surviving are he...
Blood drive inspired by young cancer patient
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Cam Jasso’s family is urging the Belle Vernon/Rostraver Township community to donate blood in response to a nationwide shortage and a devastating setback in ...
Beth Ann Menke Philburn – Finleyville
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June 21, 2022
Beth Ann Menke Philburn, 62, of Finleyville, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2022. She was born Dec. 24, 1959, in Mt. Lebanon, and was the daughter of the late Edward Ronald and Marian Louise Myers Me...
Patricia Ann Weld – Livingston, Mont., formerly of Brownsville
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June 21, 2022
Patricia Ann Weld, 80, of Livingston, Mont., formerly of Brownsville, died Sunday, June 12, 2022. She was born Thursday, March 19, 1942, in Charleroi, daughter of the late Willard and Ann Strelecki De...
Oliver B. West Jr. – Dawson
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June 21, 2022
Oliver B. West Jr., 74, of Dawson, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022, at Select Specialty Care in Latrobe. A son of the late Oliver B. and Eleanor Gregg West Sr., he was born on Feb. 20, 1948, in N...
Late runs sink Charleroi Legion
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Uniontown relied on some clutch hitting and a pair of costly wild pitches in the seventh inning of an 8-4 victory over Charleroi in American Legion baseball action a...
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June 21, 2022
Leslie E. Mankin, loving father and grandfather, 73, of Lowber, Fayette City, Pa., went to rest Saturday, June 18, 2022, at home, with his loving family by his side. He was born June 4, 1949, in Charl...
Impartation held to spread faith
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 20, 2022
By Joseph Augustine For the MVI A former Mon Valley resident hosted an impartation Saturday to inspire faith and activism in the area Marsha West-Wilson, who now lives in San Bernardino, Calif., hoste...
Rostraver Airport: Brake failure leads to controlled crash
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 20, 2022
By Megan Tomasic Trib Total Media No injuries were reported when the pilot of a Cessna 414 lost control of its brakes Sunday afternoon, causing the airplane to crash at the Rostraver Airport. To read ...
NBV concerned about access for emergency vehicles
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 20, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council has instructed the borough solicitor to draft an ordinance to deal with parking issues causing an issue to public safety. To read the rest o...
Mon Valley Initiative partners with AHN
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 20, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com For patients referred by the health care system, Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network have launched a multi-year initiative to create a high-performing so...