Hounds down Jayhawks to advance
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com After finishing the regular season with 15 consecutive wins and a Section 4 title, the Monessen boys basketball team continued its winning ways in its postseason ope...
William C. Ruozzi – Rostraver Township
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By obits 
February 23, 2022
William C. Ruozzi, 73, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Born in McKeesport on Nov. 10, 1948, he was the son of the late William and Enis Moia Ruozzi. Bill was an architectural engine...
‘Twos-Day’ celebration in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
Students at Charleroi Area Elementary Center celebrated “twos-day” (2-22-22) by bringing donations in for the Harvest Bounty Program. First graders Sophie Elliott, Gunner Fleming and Xavier Arnold wor...
Obituaries
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February 23, 2022
Warren J. Arleth, 77, of Bentleyville, passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, holding the hand of his loving wife of 43 years, Susan Lorenzo Arleth. He was born Oct. 25, 1944, in Evanston, Ill....
Elizabeth urged to move on hiring borough manager
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council was given a talking-to Tuesday. A team of consultants hired by Strategic Management Planning Program pressed the council to finally...
Markland, Brinson lead Warriors over Central Valley
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There may have been a little pressure on the Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team entering their WPIAL Class 4A first-round matchup against Central Valley. To r...
Charleroi student reviving debate club
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Debate club is coming back to the Charleroi Area School District.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-...
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February 23, 2022
Deborah Ann Phillips Eberts, 71, originally from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and a Belle Vernon resident for the past 30 years, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. On Dec. 30, 1950, Debbie was born to...
Offense sputters in Leps’ first-round loss to Quakers
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Heading into their Class 4A girls basketball first-round contest Tuesday night, Belle Vernon and Quaker Valley both featured stingy defenses that have limited the opposition ...
Obituaries
By obits 
February 23, 2022
Bruce M. Holderbaum, 90, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.  Born in North Huntingdon on Aug. 8, 1931, he was the son of the late William and Laura Myrtle Spahr Holderbaum. Bruce was ...
Meeting set on traffic study at Francis McClure school
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During her report at Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Ina Jean Marton said White Oak Police Department’s efforts to have a traffic study done in the area of Francis McC...
Potholes plague drivers on local section of I-70
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There have been potholes popping up along a section of Interstate 70 in the Mid-Mon Valley, and PennDOT District 12 confirmed Tuesday that it’s aware of the situation....
Obituaries
By obits 
February 23, 2022
Harold H. Herron Jr., 70, of Donora, fell off to sleep on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Harold H. and Vera R. Morton Herron, he was born on April 18,...
Dave Lessman – Fallowfield Township
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February 22, 2022
Dave Lessman of Fallowfield Township passed peacefully at his granddaughter’s home in the arms of family on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Born Feb. 23, 1940, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late Aberha...
Virginia Lee Marmie – Lima, Ohio
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February 22, 2022
Virginia Lee Marmie, 87 of Lima, went into the arms of Jesus at 7:50 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Vancrest of Delphos, Ohio. Virginia was born June 7, 1934, in Donora to William and Nevada Adams P...
Douglas Paul Moody – Rostraver
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February 22, 2022
Douglas Paul Moody, 65, of Rostraver, passed away Feb. 17, 2022, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in North Charleroi, on June 6, 1956. Doug was the son of the late Thomas J....
Dominick A. Pesognelli – Monongahela
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February 22, 2022
Funeral services were held for Dominick A. Pesognelli, 99, of Monongahela, who passed away on Feb.11, 2022, peacefully in his home. Born in Cokeburg on June 25, 1922, he was the son of the late Antoni...
Greyhounds’ cheering section
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 22, 2022
Aayla Howell, 5, of Monessen, Brielle Galis, 6, of Coal Center and her brother Ben, 2, were cheering on the Monessen girls basketball team in Monday’s playoff game against Riverview.
White Oak OKs truck sale to McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 22, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following a destructive fire at the McKeesport Public Works garage, White Oak Council on Monday unanimously approved the sale of a 1997 Peterbilt dump truck to the cit...
Niemiec named to BVA school board
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 22, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board unanimously appointed Janis Niemiec to fill a seat left vacant when Justin Kosanko resigned in January.   To read the rest...