Ringgold teachers have new contract
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District announced Wednesday that negotiations between the district and the teachers’ union have resulted in a new five-year contract. To re...
Butler indicted by federal grand jury
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly three years after being sentenced for admitting to stealing thousands of stamp bags of heroin from the evidence room of the Elizabeth Borough Police Departmen...
Allen back with Fighting Irish
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After five years on the west coast, Charel Allen is returning home.   Allen, the Monessen native and second all-time leading scorer in WPIAL history, was named an ...
EF board member opposes Olympus project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com School board member Scott Henry is the first Elizabeth Forward School District official to publicly oppose an Olympus Energy fracking project that would be s...
Carole Ann (Martin) Hall – North Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
Carole Ann (Martin) Hall, was born March 11, 1958, in North Charleroi, Pa., to the late Robert (Pete) and Louise Martin. Carole was educated in the Monessen City School District and graduated in 1976....
Sports Stew: Musial still ‘The Man’
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports Donora will honor one of its most famous natives, Stan Musial, July 30 when the city   unveils a historic marker. So it’s time to take another look at this most remarka...
Three-count on the wrestling mat
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
Koree Wright, 7, of Clairton practiced his referee skills on his wrestling action figures Tuesday evening while hanging out at Court Time Sports during MVI Summer Basketball League games.  
BVA School Board approves new member
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board has appointed a new member to fill the vacancy created by the death of Joe Grata.    Jason Gross was voted into immediate ...
Regular-season title belongs to Elite
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com If Elite Physical Therapy had a list of goals on a whiteboard, they’d be crossing one off after Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League action. T...
Joseph L. Chilzer – Carroll Township
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
Joseph L. Chilzer, 73, of Carroll Township, Pa., died Monday, July 18, 2022, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born Nov. 7, 1948, in North Charle- roi, Pa., the son of the late Jo...
Westmoreland internet access being mapped
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Westmoreland Broadband began a data collection and broadband feasibility study Monday to accurately map internet access throughout the county. To read the rest ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
Charlotte A. (Chadwick) Rodriguez, 95, formerly of Donora, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2022, in Hallsworth House PCH, Monessen. She was born July 11, 1927, in the family home at 424 McCrea Ave....
North Charleroi: Animal control officer sought
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Along with hopes of hiring a new code enforcement officer in the near future, North Charleroi is also searching for someone to take over animal control in the boroug...
BeeGraphix nips State Farm to tie for third spot
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com With a chance to tie the game up at the dying seconds, Dax Thomas State Farm was unable to get a shot off allowing BeeGraphix to come away with an 84-81 win thanks to ...
Civil War demonstration will feature cannon fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com If you’re in Rostraver or Washington townships on Aug. 9 and you hear the sound of cannons and see folks in farm fields dressed in 1800s duds, don’t worry — you haven’...
Enjoying a break from the dog days of summer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 19, 2022
Kim Shaver, her dog Stormy and Beverly Crookham sit outside Monongahela Manor and enjoy the cooler temperatures Monday evening. The break won’t last long as the forecast calls for highs in the 90-degr...
North Charleroi votes to switch EMS provider
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 19, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi is the latest Mon Valley community to utilize Rostraver/West Newton Emergency Services for medical coverage.   To read the rest of the story, please ...
Darryl Lynn Koster – Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 19, 2022
Darryl Lynn Koster, 64, of Charleroi, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2022. Born on Aug. 26, 1957, he was the son of the late William and Betty Koster. He was a member of Charleroi Baptist Church. Dar...
Antoinette Homa – Bunola
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 19, 2022
Antoinette Homa, 90, of Bunola, died Saturday, July 16, 2022, at her daughter’s home. She was born April 9, 1932, in Bunola, the daughter of Casmiro and Asunta Tipi Piergiovanni. Antoinette was employ...
White Oak council hears sewage water complaint
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 19, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council heard Monday night from a Circle Drive resident who is worried that sewage water is flowing onto the road from an unoccupied home across the street f...