Late run leads Leps past Cougars
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 13, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It’s been a while since the Belle Vernon and Charleroi girls mixed it up on the hardwood, but you’d never know watching Monday’s game. The Leopards and Cougars wen...
Eagles soar behind strong defense
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 13, 2022
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com There was more to be desired from Serra Catholic’s performance on the offensive end of the floor Monday night.   A handful of missed opportunities hindered the Eagle...
Police help fulfill Christmas wishes at ‘Shop with a Cop’
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December 13, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Deputies from the Allegheny Sheriff’s Office partnered with McKeesport and North Versailles police departments Monday for the annual “Shop with a Cop” at Walmar...
Leaders seek gun violence solutions
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December 13, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There were a couple of common themes Monday night during a forum on gun violence in the McKeesport area.   At least two of the panelists, McKeesport Mayor Michael Cher...
Elizabeth Twp. surprised by water rate hike
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December 13, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The timing of Pennsylvania American Water’s $138 million revenue increase settlement could be especially troubling for municipalities that own sewage systems...
Pirates’ in-game host urges students to pursue dreams
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December 13, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Joe Klimchak, in-game host for the Pittsburgh Pirates, is just an ordinary guy who happened to land an extraordinary dream job.   Klimchak visited Monessen High Scho...
$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Rostraver
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December 13, 2022
By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media Someone who purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Rostraver Township is $1 million richer. A ticket sold at the Shop ‘n Save supermarket at Willowbrook Plaza matc...
Obituaries
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December 12, 2022
Patricia J. Kostolansky, 75, of Donora, passed away Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. She was born Dec. 5, 1947, in Monongahela, daughter of the late Jos...
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December 12, 2022
Nancy J Lhoest, 69, of Arnold City, Belle Vernon, passed away Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Jan. 18, 1953, in Charleroi, daughter of the late Frank Pelle...
Marianne O’Neil – Charleroi
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December 12, 2022
Marianne O’Neil, 78, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 10, 2022, with her loving family by her side. Born in North Charle- roi on Nov. 14, 1944, Marianne was the daughter of the lat...
Joanne Sellers – Bethel Park
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December 12, 2022
Joanne Sellers, 87, of Bethel Park, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in Allegheny General Hospital.  A daughter of the late Lyle W. Sinsley Sr. and Ellen Mae White Williams, she was ...
Douglas C. Wible – Pittsburgh, formerly of Monongahela
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December 12, 2022
Douglas C. Wible, 68, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Monongahela, passed away at home surrounded by family on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. A son of the late Daniel W. and Eleanor B. Wible, he was born Nov. 12...
Gatorade celebration for state champs
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December 12, 2022
Belle Vernon Area head coach Matt Humbert and Quinton Martin (25) are soaked with Gatorade after the Leopards defeated Neumann-Goretti on Saturday for the PIAA Class 3A championship.  
Program to focus on Donora Smog
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December 12, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) will hold a free virtual event Wednesday focusing on the Donora Smog of 1948. The event, called “Ma...
Mother tries to track down driver who damaged son’s wheelchair ramp
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December 12, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A North Charleroi mother is looking for help to identify the driver of a car that plowed into and damaged a wheelchair ramp her son uses to access their home...
Traditional nut rolls return thanks to discovered recipe
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December 12, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A nut roll recipe typed on onion-skin paper found nestled in a recipe book of Martha Diess was put to good use last week. Parishioners from St. Andrew the Apostle ga...
Leopards get ‘football justice’ in win over Saints
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December 12, 2022
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Yes Virginia, defense does win championships. And if anyone says otherwise, just roll the tape of Belle Vernon Area’s PIAA 3A championship win over Neumann-Goretti...
McKeesport school board focuses on career training
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December 12, 2022
By JEFF STITT   jstitt@yourmvi.com Career and technical training was a topic of discussion at the McKeesport Area School Board meeting last week. During public comment, the board again heard from a lo...
Santa stops in California
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December 10, 2022
Theodore Turosik and his sister, Helena Turosik, of California got to meet Santa at the California Holly Day Parade and Celebration Friday night at the new Hollywood Pavilion.