Falcons hold off Cougars, win in five sets
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 9, 2022
By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Sometimes volleyball can be a game of inches or a game of momentum swings. After rallying back from an eight-point deficit to take the opening set, Charleroi then dropped the...
Game of the Week: Hounds, Dores renew rivalry
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 9, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in more than a decade, the Monessen Greyhounds and Frazier Commodores will compete against one another on the gridiron tonight.   The Valley schoo...
Lawmakers address Pa. Turnpike debt
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 9, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Today, the Pennsylvania Turnpike has more debt than the entire state government of Pennsylvania, and the only way to pay it is to raise tolls.” That’s what state Audi...
Warriors snap Rams’ streak
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 8, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward used three goals in the opening 10 minutes of its match against Ringgold to earn a 4-0 win in Section 2-3A play at Joe Montana Stadium Wednesday. The...
Gladiators, Bearcats tie
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 8, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It’s never too early for a big game in the section standings and the Bentworth girls soccer team found themselves in one Wednesday at Section 2-A newcomer South Al...
Charleroi in search of new council member
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 8, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the second time in two months, Charleroi Council has been tasked with filling another vacant seat in council chambers after the abrupt resignation of Cathy Diess...
Vacant Monessen building continues to collapse
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 8, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The former Valley Independent building has only continued to collapse since it first began to fall Sunday. Mayor Ron Mozer said Wednesday afternoon the roof has c...
Washington County hosts final comprehensive plan open house
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 8, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Officials hosted a third and final open house Wednesday for Washington County’s 2022 Comprehensive Plan. The Washington County Planning Commission invited the p...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 8, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township will require Knox Boxes for all new commercial buildings. The board of commissioners amended its fire prevention ordinance Wednesday to ma...
Grant will benefit McKeesport’s Renzie Fire Station
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 8, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Council on Wednesday gave the OK for the city to accept a state grant benefiting the fire department. As a result, city firefighters will see upgrades to th...
Bonnie Gephart Swisher – Forward Township
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By obits 
September 8, 2022
Bonnie Gephart Swisher, 77, of Forward Township, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, at home. Born in McKeesport and raised in Elizabeth Township, she was the daughter of the late James a...
Bubbly start to the school day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2022
Charleroi Elementary Center welcomed students back from the Labor Day weekend break with a surprise. Alia Kalbaugh walks through thousands of bubbles that followed students into the front doors of the...
Elizabeth Twp. hearing set on Olympus request
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners will host a public hearing Thursday for a conditional use application submitted by Olympus Energy. The hearing ...
Stuff the Bus set for Bag Brigade
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Bag Brigade is moving full speed ahead for the start of the 2022-23 school year at Belle Vernon Area. Started seven years ago by Kathy Kelly and Ashley Eisengart...
Randy Gene Smith – Donora
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September 7, 2022
Randy Gene Smith, 68, of Donora, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. He was born Nov. 11, 1953, in West Newton, son of the late John Smith and...
Opportunity set to replace damaged license plates
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s been a push lately in Pennsylvania to have damaged or unreadable license plates replaced.   State Rep. Austin Davis is among the lawmakers partnering with law ...
Commodores sweep Pioneers away
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW Trib Total Media The Frazier volleyball team’s quest for its first section title in Class 1A got off to a good start Tuesday. The Commodores (2-0, 1-0) swept by visiting West Greene w...