Donora nixes police raises
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted down a motion to reopen police contracts Thursday. Councilman Joe Greco brought the item to vote, saying his reasoning was two fold.   “I w...
7-year-old donates hair in honor of local cancer patient
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2023
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com Emma Pratt, a 7-year-old from Greensburg, decided to donate her hair after she overheard that her cousin’s friend, Brieanne Russo, who was diagnosed with breast c...
Minister offers ‘Hope and a Hot Dog’ in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2023
By Peg Luketic McKeesport Community Newsroom   Linda Cubakovic, a soft spoken 63-year-old street minister affectionately known in McKeesport as “the hot dog lady,” spends most Wednesday afternoons on ...
Valley HOF welcomes new class
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2023
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame welcomed six new members while also acknowledging the Valley’s top current student athletes Friday night.   Their accompli...
Obituaries
By obits 
June 16, 2023
Paul E. Beatty, 83, of Fallowfield Township, passed away in his home on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Born on May 20, 1940, he was the son of the late James and Dora Zubovic Beatty. He was a member of Grace...
Frances Jo Ann Revetta – Monongahela
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By obits 
June 16, 2023
Frances Jo Ann Revetta, 88, of Monongahela, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Jo Ann was born in Gainesville, Texas, on April 14, 1935, to George and Rowena...
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By obits 
June 16, 2023
Dolores “Doris” E. Rodebaugh, 86, of Weedville, Pa., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 16, 2023, at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital, surrounded by her loving children. Born on June 26, 1936, she...
McKeesport: Good Neighbors join in celebration
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 16, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Hundreds of people packed McKeesport’s Fifth Avenue Thursday for the city’s 59th Good Neighbor Day. The heart of downtown sprung to life, as more than 60 vendor...
Donora OKs reimbursing Ackerman for legal payment
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 16, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted Thursday to reimburse Councilwoman Jane Ackerman $1,116, accepting her claim that she overpaid the borough for mischarged legal fees. To re...
Vietnam Memorial Wall arrives in Roscoe
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 16, 2023
Larry Pastories, a Vietnam veteran, retired state police officer and a member of the Blue Knights of Washington, Pa., rides past the trailer carrying the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall upon arrival a...
Write-in ballots affect a few races in Allegheny County
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 16, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Allegheny County, write-in votes will have an impact on a few local races in the Mon Valley. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon V...
Community Day returning to Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 16, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi’s Community Day will return this summer. There hasn’t been a summer community celebration in Charleroi since 2021, and that was a smaller-scale event as th...
Furno goes first in MVISBL girls draft
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 16, 2023
By Gino Antimarino MVI Sports On night two of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League draft, the girls got their chance to shine. A total of 32 new players were selected to play alongside ...
George A. ‘Chip’ Essey – Charleroi
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By obits 
June 15, 2023
George A. “Chip” Essey, 67, of Craven Hill, Charleroi, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Chip was a 1974 graduate of Monessen High School, then attended West Virginia University and graduated fr...
Flag Day celebrated in Monongahela
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 15, 2023
Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Anthony Slater, 8, Ryan Slater, 5, Denver Crockard, 7, and Jocelyn Crockard, 9, all of New Eagle, came to watch the Flag Day celebration, presented by the Monongah...
Charleroi suspends manager, tables ABC decision
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 15, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Amid a large crowd of protestors, the future of the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi was put on hold again Wednesday, but council did make a surprise decision t...
Perkins taken No. 1 in MVISBL boys draft
By Jeremy Sellew 
June 15, 2023
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League Boys Division held its entry draft Wednesday at Cedarbrook Golf Course. The league will see 33 new players on t...