Crews respond to fire at Forward Twp. warehouse
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD   jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A warehouse building in Forward Township went up in flames Friday morning. Multiple companies responded to the rural location of the structure, which is se...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A 14-year old boy was riding his bike Friday in Elizabeth when he was struck by a car.   People at the scene of the accident said Lucas Elm, a ninth-grader a...
Hounds drop showdown for conference crown
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Missed opportunities and ill-advised penalties cost Monessen in a de facto Tri-County South Conference championship game Friday night. The Greyhounds also had to deal with th...
Business as usual in BVA blowout
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Another Friday night, another early ending for Belle Vernon Area. The Leopards scored seven touchdowns on their first seven possessions, including five in the firs...
McKeesport overwhelms Latrobe, 54-14
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By BILL BECKNER Trib Total Media There was good news and bad news for Latrobe’s football team Friday night.   The bad news came first: The Wildcats were thumped by No. 1 McKeesport, 54-14, in the Clas...
Cougars can’t erase early deficit in loss to Brentwood
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A pair of early turnovers helped put Charleroi behind by two scores in the first quarter of Friday’s 34-14 loss to Brentwood in Century Conference play at Myron Pott...
TJ kicker joins sack parade in win over Connellsville
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com It’s not every day that a team gets nine sacks in one game, including one from its kicker, but that’s what happened for Thomas Jefferson in a dominant 58-0 victory ove...
Season of turmoil continues for South Allegheny
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By DAVE MACKALL For MVI Sports A disastrous football season at South Allegheny inched closer to its end with another lopsided loss Friday night. The Gladiators, playing for the second time in four wee...
Serra, Frazier top two seeds in Class 1A volleyball
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL announced its volleyball championship brackets Friday, and a trio Mon Valley teams find themselves as high seeds. There was some question on who would re...
John F. Gatto – Glassport
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By obits 
October 22, 2022
John F. Gatto died peacefully on Oct. 10, 2022, at Paramount Senior Living in Mars, Pa. A devoted husband and loving father, John was born on July 14, 1931, in Glassport, Pa., raised his family in Wes...
Eva Bewszka Martin – Monessen
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October 22, 2022
Eva Bewszka Martin, 99, of Monessen, born Jan. 29, 1923, in Ukraine, went to be with the Lord peacefully at home on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. She was a member of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church of Mo...
Robert ‘Bob’ William Springer Jr. – Formerly of Charleroi
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October 22, 2022
Robert “Bob” William Springer Jr., beloved father, husband, brother, grandfather and friend, passed away on Oct. 8, 2022, in Littleton, Colo. Bob is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; daughter, Sarah; s...
‘Dores secure section crown
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Every fall, there are always high standards for the Frazier volleyball team. Coach Mandy Hartman knew that this season would be tough on her squad and that every section game...
Ringgold shuts out Connellsville, 3-0
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By Jonathan Guth For MVI Sports Ringgold earned a 3-0 victory over Connellsville in the rubber match Thursday night at Connellsville Stadium in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 3A boys’ soccer...
Bearcats’ season ends with overtime loss to Crusaders
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Natalie Kirsch scored with just under four and a half minutes to go in the first overtime to lead No. 17 Bishop Canevin to a 2-1 win over No. 16 Bentworth in a WPIAL...
Monessen celebrates Halloween
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
Waiting for Monessen’s Halloween parade to start Thursday evening are, from left, Dominic Sidick, 7, of Charleroi, and Arianna Isbell, 5, and O’shay Isbell, 4, both of Monessen.  
Elizabeth Twp. explores need for tax hike
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Earlier this week, Elizabeth Township commissioners treaded lightly around the idea of raising taxes next year. The topic came up when Township Manager Greg ...
U.S. Navy presents award to BVA principal
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Dr. Michael Sable, principal at Belle Vernon Area High School, was among a select group of winners of an honor from the U.S. Navy. Sable received the Impact Influencer...
MONster Dash, Ethnic Food Fair this weekend
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Forecasters predict great fall weather this weekend, and Donora organizations are taking advantage. At 8 a.m. Saturday, the Mon Valley Salvation Army will hold ...
Buffalo Bill’s House is home to Halloween chills
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 21, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Some of the most haunting film sequences to ever appear on the silver screen were captured in the Pittsburgh area some 30 years ago.   Buffalo Bill’s House i...