Kenny R. Cox – Elco
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By obits 
November 3, 2022
Kenny R. Cox, 61, of Elco, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh. Born in North Charleroi on Nov. 26, 1960, son of the late Charles and Marguerite Volosin Cox. Kenny wa...
Sports Stew: ‘Sissy’ was tops in Valley gymnastics
By Jeremy Sellew 
November 3, 2022
By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports There aren’t too many grandmothers around who can still turn cartwheels, but Sissy Cieply Jochmann – a 1971 graduate of Monessen High School – can turn them perfectly. ...
Dogs can now join owners on Rostraver Township walking trail
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 3, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Dog owners — and their four-legged friends — are now free to enjoy the one-mile walking trail located within the John DiVirgilio Sports Complex in Rostraver ...
No property tax increase expected in McKeesport
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 3, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s mayor doesn’t anticipate asking city council for a property tax increase in the 2023 spending plan. He didn’t give dollar figures, but during the council ...
Obituaries
By obits 
November 3, 2022
Roberta Wilson, 85, of Carroll Township passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at The Residence at Hilltop. Born July 7, 1937, a daughter of the late Arthur and Martha Hoskines Skaine. Roberta was empl...
McKeesport Area High School choir to perform at Carnegie Music Hall
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 3, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood is, without question, a beautiful and esteemed venue. And, in a few days, student singers from McKeesport ...
Dolores J. Curran – White Oak
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By obits 
November 3, 2022
Dolores J. Curran, 69, of White Oak, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Lyle and Dolores Malena Hall Sr., she was born in Monongahela o...
Gerald F. ‘Galvie’ Gardner – Belle Vernon
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By obits 
November 2, 2022
Gerald F. “Galvie” Gardner, 83, of Belle Vernon, died peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at Wexford Healthcare Center in Wexford, Pa. Gerald was born in Fayette City on Oct. 6, 1939, and was the y...
Mary Patricia ‘Pat’ Henry – Charleroi
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By obits 
November 2, 2022
Mary Patricia “Pat” Henry, 78, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in the Upton’s Personal Care Home, Normalville, Pa. She was born Nov. 10, 1943, in Charleroi, daughter of the...
Joyce Frances Lynn Leech – Monongahela
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By obits 
November 2, 2022
Joyce Frances Lynn Leech, 49, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 1, 2022, at home. Born Sept. 27, 1973, in New Eagle, she is the daughter of Gary Leech and wife, Carol, of Monongah...
Andrew J. Rozik – Ellsworth
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By obits 
November 2, 2022
Andrew J. Rozik, 61, of Ellsworth, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Born in Charleroi, on Feb. 26, 1961, he was the son of the late Andrew and Helen Virginia Flannigan Rozik. Andrew was the owner/operato...
David Ronald Sala – Donora
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By obits 
November 2, 2022
David Ronald Sala, 60, of Donora, passed away on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was born March 4, 1962, in Donora, son of the late Dante Sala and the late Philomena Min...
Commodores reach WPIAL title game
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
Frazier volleyball players celebrate after defeating Mapletown in the WPIAL Class 1A semifinals at Peters Township High School.  
Monessen: Mozer presents vision for city to school board
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Mayor Ron Mozer talked to Monessen’s school board Tuesday about plans to revitalize the city, emphasizing collaboration between city leaders and school board me...
Carroll Township: No tax increase in preliminary budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors are looking to hold the line on taxes in 2023. During a business meeting Tuesday, supervisors Thomas Rapp, Kenneth Hillman and Gary Lenz...
Cook seeks fourth term in newly drawn 50th District
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The biggest change that legislative redistricting had in the Mon Valley this year is arguably the elimination of the current 49th District and introduction of the...
Robotics event challenges EF Middle School students
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward Middle School supercharged its robotics program by holding a VEX IQ Robotics Competition. Sixth-grade students used new VEX IQ Generation 2...
Frazier secures 1A title game berth with win over Mapletown
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the third time in program history, the Frazier girls volleyball team will play for WPIAL gold. The second-seeded Commodores, who last played for a championship i...
Charleroi outlasts Eden Christian to punch ticket to Highmark
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Throughout the entirety of the WPIAL playoffs, eighth-seeded Charleroi has defied the odds by outworking and pouncing on higher-seeded teams.   The Cougars continued t...