Jane Rushe Miller – Pleasant Hills
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By obits 
September 22, 2022
Jane Rushe Miller, 78, of Pleasant Hills, went to sleep peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. She fought valiantly for 10 years with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. She was born on April 21, 1944, in McKeespor...
HS Roundup: Cougars beat Greyhounds; Jaguars top Rams
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 22, 2022
By the Mon Valley Independent Bella Carroto scored the game-winning goal five minutes into overtime to lift Charleroi past Monessen, 6-5, in Section 2-1A action at Memorial Stadium Wednesday night. To...
North Belle Vernon to crack down on speeders
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 22, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in North Belle Vernon plan to crack down on speeding. During a rescheduled voting meeting Wednesday, several residents complained about people driving over t...
Barry E. ‘Sunday’ Nartowicz – Rostraver Township
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By obits 
September 22, 2022
Barry E. “Sunday’’ Nartowicz, 76, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at home with his family by his side. Born in New Eagle on Dec. 21, 1945, he was the son of the late Edwa...
Three local standouts enshrined at St. Vincent
By Jeremy Sellew 
September 22, 2022
For the MV Independent Three local products can call themselves hall of famers after being enshrined at their college alma mater. Former Ringgold girls basketball star Kristen (Lancas) Manley – Class ...
Patricia A. Chunkala Travalena – Perryopolis
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By obits 
September 22, 2022
Patricia A. Chunkala Travalena, 85, of Perryopolis, Jefferson Township, passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, at Amber House, Mt. Pleasant. Born Sept. 23, 1936, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the ...
Ringgold senior asks district to revise cellphone ban
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 22, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ringgold High School’s senior class vice president urged district board members to revise parts of the new student cellphone ban during Wednesday’s board meetin...
Elizabeth Forward to expand musical theater program
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 22, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The show must go on at Elizabeth Forward School District. The school board agreed Wednesday to expand the musical theater program at the middle school by ope...
Allenport’s Howling Hills Corn Maze Adventures open for the season
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 22, 2022
By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent If you’re a fan of the board game, “Clue,” then Howling Hills Corn Maze Adventures will be fun for the whole family to partake in this fall season. I...
Obituaries
By obits 
September 22, 2022
Stella Filipowski, 93, formerly of Monessen, died on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Walden’s View Personal Care Home, North Huntingdon. Born in Canton Township on April 19, 1929, she was the daughter of...
Ex-Steelers lend a hand at Camp of Champions
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward’s gridiron was alive with activity Tuesday as high school life skills students from around the Greater Pittsburgh region — and a couple of Steelers S...
Olympus project hearing moved to next week
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The opposition camp in Elizabeth Township’s contentious fracking debate will have another week to prepare its cross-examinations of Olympus Energy witnesses....
John Francis Weldon, M.D. – Monongahela
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By obits 
September 21, 2022
John Francis Weldon, M.D., died on Sept. 19, 2022, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Weldon was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Charleroi, son of the late Owen Patrick and Anne O’Toole Weldon; ...
Leopards leap into first place with 2-1 win
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Dylan Rathway and Trevor Kovatch led the way as Belle Vernon earned a 2-1 win over McGuffey in Section 3-2A play on “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium on Tuesday.   Rat...
Students from Italy will visit Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com High school students from Italy will become Cougars for a day or two when they visit the Charleroi Area School District campus next month. Superintendent Dr. Ed Zeli...
Carroll James ‘C.J.’ Tisot – Northfield, Ohio
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By obits 
September 21, 2022
Carroll James “C.J.” Tisot, age 89, was the beloved husband of the late Sonja (née Gimbara); loving father of Jeff (Lisa), Kevin (Ingrid) and Lisa Taray (Terry); dear grandfather of Samuel Taray and R...
Donora mayor finally able to move into his office
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com After nine and a half months of protests from the public and appealing to council, Donora Mayor Don Pavelko has claimed the traditional mayoral office space in ...
Stanley F. Yunkun Jr. – Monongahela
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By obits 
September 21, 2022
Stanley F. Yunkun Jr., 68, of Monongahela, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born Jan. 30, 1954, in New Eagle, Stanley was the son of the late...
’Dores rally past Mikes
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2022
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Resiliency is a word that can be used to describe the 2022 Frazier volleyball squad. After Carmichaels took two of three opening sets Tuesday in Section 2-1A action, the Comm...