Obituaries
By obits 
July 13, 2022
Richard Schanning, 79, of Washington, Pa. formerly of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2022, in the South Hills Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Born on Aug. 3, 1942, in North Charleroi...
Turning cartwheels
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
Paisley Kovalchuk, 8, of Charleroi practices cartwheels Monday evening in the grass near Charleroi Elementary Center.
Spazak was on paid leave before retiring
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District’s former superintendent was on paid administrative leave prior to her retirement July 1, according to a separation agreement that to...
Elizabeth Township: New commissioner,  K-9 officer sworn in
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Three new trusted servants were sworn into duty and one official was rebuked by residents Monday in a dynamic Elizabeth Township board of commissioners meeti...
Forward Twp. inundated with right-to-know requests
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors said at Monday’s meeting that the township office has been hit with lots of Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law requests. To read the rest of t...
Bike Run & Car Show set Saturday
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A family-friendly community block party this weekend will benefit two local fire departments. The ninth annual Bike Run and Car Show, sponsored by Just A Tavern, Min...
Lee Supply downs AMD Industries
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Lee Supply took advantage of a depleted AMD Industries squad and defeated them convincingly with a 66-31 victory in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League gir...
Behrendt, Glasser lead Charleroi Legion in walk-off victory
By Mon Valley Independent 
July 12, 2022
By the Mon Valley Independent Chad Behrendt delivered some seventh-inning heroics and Lorenzo Glasser tossed a complete-game gem to help guide Charleroi Legion to a 1-0 victory over Connellsville in t...
Patricia Link – Carroll Township
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By obits 
July 12, 2022
Patricia Link, 81, of Carroll Township, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills. She was born Nov. 22, 1940, in Carroll Township, daughter of the late Michael Torh...
Frank Weir – Donora
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By obits 
July 12, 2022
Frank Weir, 85, of Donora, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022, after a short illness at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. He was born Aug. 18, 1936, in Donora, son of the late Jo...
Obituaries
By obits 
July 12, 2022
Laurine R. Weber, 94, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Mon Valley Care Center. A daughter of the late Joseph and Emily Protin Weber, she was born on Feb. 13, 1928, in North Char...
Ankle injury didn’t stop South Allegheny’s Bethany Matlos
By Jeremy Sellew 
July 11, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After suffering a devastating ankle injury while playing volleyball in 2018, South Allegheny’s Bethany Matlos was unsure if her life would ever be the same, let alone ...
Having fun at the Charleroi and Monessen No. 1 VFD fundraiser
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent The Charleroi and Monessen No. 1 volunteer fire departments hosted a cash bash fundraiser Saturday in Charleroi’s chamber plaza parking lot. The event featured foo...
Monessen at work on tax exoneration program
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is still working to finalize its tax exoneration program. Mayor Ron Mozer and Solicitor Joe Dalfonso’s work to retool the city’s tax forgiven...
Uniontown hands Charleroi Legion first tournament loss
By Jeremy Sellew 
July 11, 2022
By the Mon Valley Independent Charleroi suffered its first loss of the Fayette American Legion baseball double-elimination tournament as it dropped an 11-0 decision against top-seeded Uniontown Sunday...
Crews quickly knock down blaze at Monessen residence
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A cause has not been determined for an early morning structure fire Sunday in Monessen. Municipal Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said the call came in as an electrical fir...
City of McKeesport to invest in upgrading parks and playgrounds
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Memories of time spent as a child hanging out with all of the other neighborhood kids on the local playground often invoke smiles remembering great days gone by. For g...
Sunflower festival blooms again at Schwirians’ farm
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A Forward Township farm is making flower children out of thousands this week.   The third annual Schwirian Farm Sunflower Festival kicked off Friday and will...