Donora: Civil service commission vote sparks fireworks
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 17, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Dozens of Donora residents voiced grievances at a special council meeting Monday in proceedings that featured shouting, cursing and calls for accountability. To...
Tigers’ season ends with shutout loss
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 17, 2022
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Connellsville broke open a scoreless game by scoring three runs in the fifth inning before adding three more in the sixth en route to a 6-0 victory over McKeesport i...
John Joseph Elash – Mckeesport
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May 17, 2022
John Joseph Elash, 74, of McKeesport, died on Saturday, May 14, 2022. He was born in McKeesport on Sept. 28, 1947, and is the son of the late John Andrew and Ann Veronica Jakub Elash. He proudly serve...
William J. Howells – Monongahela
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May 17, 2022
William J. Howells, 73, of Monongahela, Valley Inn, passed away on May 15, 2022, in his home. A lifelong resident of Valley Inn, Bill was born on Dec. 19, 1948, in Pittsburgh, son of the late William ...
Anna May Hill Rudolph – Bentleyville
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May 17, 2022
Anna May Hill Rudolph, 76, of Bentleyville, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born June 9, 1945, in Washington, a daughter of the late Blaine Gilbert H...
Grace Ellen Naylor – Rostraver Township
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May 17, 2022
Grace Ellen Naylor, 92, of Rostraver Township, died Saturday, May 14, 2022. Born in Donora on Dec. 5, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Elsie Lee Cross. A homemaker, Grace was a member o...
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May 17, 2022
Thomas F. Might, 70, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2022, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in New York City on Sept 5, 1951, Tom is the son of the late George S. Might an...
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May 17, 2022
Virginia “Jean” M. Dwornick, 94, formerly of Forward Township, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 16, 2022. A daughter of the late Michael and Mary Madak Balog, she was born in McKeesport on Dec....
West Newton’s Avenue of Flags ready for Memorial Day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 16, 2022
By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com More than 100 people   showed up in West Newton Saturday to help with the 28th annual Avenue of Flags at West Newton Cemetery.   To read the rest of the story, ...
Demolition in Monessen nearly done
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 16, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com At Monessen council’s meeting last week, Mayor Ron Mozer said the demolition at 500 Donner Ave. is almost complete and crews are only working now to clean up the ...
Blessing of the Bikes
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 16, 2022
Carter Detman, 9, and his grandfather, John Yadlosky of Monessen, receive a blessing from Ed Gnoth and Pastor Zach Bohinsky at a Blessing of the Bikes held Saturday at Fells United Methodist Church.
Rostraver church to host 5-year birthday celebration
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May 16, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parishioners of the Bible Chapel in Rostraver Township are hoping the church’s five-year birthday party is well attended. To read the rest of the story, please subsc...
BizTown teaches business lessons to EF students
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May 16, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Sixth-grade students from Elizabeth Forward Middle School participated in Junior Achievement’s BizTown last week. To read the rest of the story, please subsc...
McKeesport ready for preliminary clash
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May 16, 2022
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in 22 years, the McKeesport baseball team will compete in a postseason game this evening.   To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or sub...
Prom night for Charleroi
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May 14, 2022
McKenna DeUnger gives the thumbs up as Nick Polinski carries her flowers as they leave the grand march Friday at Charleroi Area High School and head to the prom at the George Washington Hotel in Washi...
Rep. Puskaric facing challenge in primary
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The 39th Legislative District will be made up a little differently after this fall’s general election, but before then, Tuesday’s primary will likely decide wheth...
Philomena Iannotta Brams – Scott Township, Pa
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May 14, 2022
Philomena Iannotta Brams, 78, of Scott Township, passed away unexpectedly on May 7, 2022. “Phil” or fondly referred to as “Philly,” was born Feb. 26, 1944. She was the oldest daughter of Frank and Ros...
‘Buddy Benches’ new in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Hey buddy, what’s up?”   It’s a question McKeesport resident Jeff Anderson recognizes and thinks young students might need to hear if they are struggling with issues ...
Elizabeth Forward schools receive ‘lighthouse’ honor
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward School District was recognized this week by The School Superintendents Association, AASA, as a “lighthouse” system to serve as a model of t...
Eagles earn top spot
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2022
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Serra Catholic baseball team will head into the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs as the No. 1 seed after postseason brackets were released Friday afternoon.   To read the...