Ronald Wayne Corman – Fort Myers, Fla.
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By obits 
October 11, 2022
Ronald Wayne Corman, 81, of Fort Myers, Fla., died on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. He was born in McKeesport on July 4, 1941, and is the son of the late Harry O. and Martha Louise Hunter Corman. He gradua...
Forward Township: Complaints aired about dirt bikes, quad-runners
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October 11, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors heard concerns at Monday’s meeting about noisy dirt bikes and quad-runners. Long-time township resident Howard Fleming asked whe...
BVA play features autistic character
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 11, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School is looking to open the eyes of the audience as it prepares to put on its fall play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” ...
Apple dumplings return this week
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 11, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Germaine Sickles’ famous apple dumplings will be available this week in Monongahela while supplies last. For the past two years, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish has sp...
Long Branch site of violent crash
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October 11, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Firefighters from Roscoe, Stockdale and California Borough were called to a busy and seemingly dangerous intersection in Long Branch Monday after a car flipped over an...
Clifford A. Glass – Quakertown, formerly of the Mon Valley
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By obits 
October 11, 2022
Clifford A. Glass, 88, of Quakertown, formerly of the Mon Valley, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in his home with his family and faithful Poppy Poo, Paulie by his side. He was a dedicated and loving husba...
John James ‘Jay’ Sposato – Elizabeth
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October 11, 2022
John James “Jay” Sposato, 57, of Elizabeth, passed away on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. A son of the late John Joseph and Antoinette “Sally” Gitas Sposato, he was born on Sept. 4, 1965, in Pittsburgh. Former...
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By obits 
October 11, 2022
David A. Walters, 65, formerly of Belle Vernon, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at Corner View Nursing and Rehabilitation in Pittsburgh. He was born on June 8, 1957. He was preceded in death by his pare...
Rev. John M. Blystone – Brownsville
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 10, 2022
The Rev. John M. Blystone, 87, of Brownsville, Pa., walked, no ran, into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, a day he lived his entire life for. He was born on May 21, 1935, son of the late B...
Nearly 100 people walk to fight breast cancer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 10, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital Foundation held its 19th annual Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday. In the first in-person walk held sinc...
McKeesport K-9 officer Stryker dies
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October 10, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its K-9 officers. “It is with heavy hearts we announce, after a medical emergency, Lieutenant (Bob) Eas...
Monessen still hopes to hire deputy treasurer
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October 10, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is still working toward filling its deputy treasurer position, which has been vacant much of the year. “It’s not easy,” Mayor Ron Mozer said....
Joseph Stephen Szalko Jr. – Port Vue
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October 10, 2022
Joseph Stephen Szalko Jr., age 71, of Port Vue, died on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. He was born in McKeesport on Oct. 27, 1950 and is the son of the late Joseph Stephen Sr. and Katherine Lytle Szalko. He...
Living history tour shares stories of cemetery
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 10, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport is home to a large cemetery that serves as the final resting place for a lot of history makers. And the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center believ...
Cal suffers Coal Bowl loss to IUP
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October 10, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A late penalty and a 10-second runoff ended California’s hopes of securing a victory over its rival on Saturday afternoon. To read the rest of the story, please subs...
Rostraver Township woman gets two visits from bear
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October 10, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Amy Reed awoke to find a black bear sauntering around her Rostraver Township residence around 10:30 a.m. Friday.   While inside her house — on a quiet street...
South Allegheny homecoming royalty
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 8, 2022
Dashawn Carter and Angelina Cortazzo were crowned homecoming king and queen at South Allegheny High School Friday night.
DA rules police shooting was justified
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 8, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Monongahela police officer who fatally shot a 29-year-old man in July was justified in doing so, according to Washington County’s district attorney. Representative...
Monessen: Mayor places demolition bet
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October 8, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The name of the game in Monessen these days is blight removal, and Mayor Ron Mozer decided it was time to make it a little more interesting. There are two buildin...
New Hollywood Pavilion unveiled in California
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 8, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com California Borough officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for a new pavilion that rose from the rubble of the old Hollywood Theater. California re...