Monessen sculpture unveiled
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 9, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new sculpture at Sixth Street Park in Monessen celebrates the city’s future. The Industrial Arts Workshop commemorated the work of students from the 2021 Summer We...
Warriors KO Leps in Round 4, advance to semis
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 9, 2023
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Down to what could have been the last out and last strike of Elizabeth Forward’s softball season, Alivia Grimm delivered in a clutch situation. The sophomore catcher...
Mon River Fleet Lions award money at giving ceremony
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 9, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com It doesn’t take a lion to be lionhearted — or maybe it does. The Mon River Fleet Lions Club held its annual giving ceremony Thursday at Di’s Kornerstone Diner i...
Keenist filled pivotal roles for Detroit Lions franchise
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 9, 2023
For the Mon Valley Independent Like many young sports fans growing up in the Mon Valley in the ’60s and ’70s, Bill Keenist always looked forward to the annual Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game. To ...
William ‘Buck’ Clineman – Fallowfield
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By obits 
June 8, 2023
William “Buck” Clineman, 77, of Fallowfield, passed away peacefully at home on June 7, 2023, with his family by his side. Born on June 14, 1945, in Newburgh N.Y., Buck was the son of the late William ...
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By obits 
June 8, 2023
Janet C. Kurpieski Kandrick, 75, of North Charleroi, passed away peacefully at home on June 7, 2023. Born in North Charleroi on Nov. 5, 1947, Janet was the daughter of the late Edward and Thelma Marti...
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By obits 
June 8, 2023
Mary Beth Wisyanski, 59, of Monessen, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Born on Sept. 17, 1963, she was the daughter of the late Dell and Dorothy Baciak Vance. She wa...
Large crowd protests at Charleroi council meeting
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 8, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Honks from passing traffic outside of the Charleroi Borough building echoed for blocks Wednesday as residents packed council’s agenda meeting to protest an ordinance...
BVA, EF ready for fourth meeting
By Jeremy Sellew 
June 8, 2023
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Leopards and Elizabeth Forward Warriors will meet for the fourth time this season when the pair of section rivals travel to Hempfield for a PIA...
McKeesport hires new officers, promotes firefighters
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 8, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Residents packed McKeesport council’s meeting room Wednesday to welcome three new police officers and two full-time firefighters to the city. The addition of ne...
‘Valley Sports Guys’ wins statewide award
By Jeremy Sellew 
June 8, 2023
By the Mon Valley Independent The Mon Valley Independent’s award-winning coverage of local sports continued the trend of bringing home hardware as announced last week. The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Assoc...
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 8, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Concerns were raised about an air quality permit and a mineral mine permit by Recycle Zone LLC as well as the small number of local residents who know about the develo...
Elizabeth Township’s first junior commissioner honored
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 8, 2023
Liam Belan / Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Township Commissioners Vice President Josh Walls, Mark Cain, Jim Benedek, President Dan Poirier, Dennis Kampas, Chris Thoma and Kyle Walk honored the work...
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By obits 
June 7, 2023
Erma Lee Church Golden, 88, of Clover Hill, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Penn Highlands Monongahela Valley Hospital. Surviving are her sons, Ross Golden (Carla) of Fredericktown, the Rev. Gre...
Karen J. Kelemen – Washington Township
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By obits 
June 7, 2023
Karen J. Kelemen, 79, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 5, 2023, in Allegheny General Hospital. A daughter of the late Norman and Velma Delansky Renner, sh...
Bruce L. Kusaj – Belle Vernon
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June 7, 2023
Bruce L. Kusaj, 85, of Belle Vernon, passed away with his loving family by his side on June 7, 2023, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Bruce was born on Nov. 22, 1937, in Warren, to the late Wilh...
Graduation night at Ringgold
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 7, 2023
Ringgold High School graduates Alexa Schwab, Martina Stasko, Elizabeth Talaga and Karisa Vaccaro wait for the ceremony to begin Tuesday evening.   To purchase this photo and more from our online photo...
ABC’s fate may be determined tonight
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 7, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With the first reading of an ordinance to dissolve the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi on tonight’s Charleroi council agenda, lines of communication remain ope...