White Oak reviews mutual aid agreement
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 12, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com White Oak council discussed a mutual aid agreement Monday that has been in place “for years” between the borough and McKeesport’s police department.   “From my revi...
Analysis finds lots of love for Chess Park
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 12, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Main Street Program conducted a study analyzing the history, strengths and weaknesses of the beloved, century-old Chess Park. MMSP Executive Dir...
White Oak EMS celebrates 40 years of service
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 12, 2024
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI This is the 40th year White Oak Emergency Medical Services has responded to the communities it serves with life-saving care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Over the past fo...
Musical season at Mon Valley schools
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 11, 2024
Ringgold High School actors dance during the opening number of “Footloose,” the school’s spring musical. To purchase this  photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at www.monval...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 11, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Residents expressed their concerns about the lack of progress in selling the former White Oak School building on California Avenue during Thursday’s McKeesport ...
Charleroi students were guests at Golden Agers’ meeting
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 11, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School students got to speak with older generations to share a little about themselves and gain valuable advice. Twelve stude...
Arson alleged in tavern fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 9, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A Monongahela man is accused of arson after a fire early Friday morning left the city’s Main Street Tavern completely charred and bare.   Hunter McMahon, who was ar...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 9, 2024
By the MVI The Mon Valley Independent is entering an exciting new era in digital publishing with the unveiling of a new and improved e-edition, and soon, a mobile app and redesigned website. The new o...
Stories Behind The Stars: Merchant Marine faced deadliest odds in WWII
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 9, 2024
By John J. Turanin For the MVI During World War II, the highest rate of lives lost wasn’t by the military. It was America’s all-volunteer Merchant Marine.   Volunteer sailors in the U.S. Merchant Mari...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 9, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A work zone speed safety program launched statewide Tuesday.   PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, in partnership with the Pennsylvania ...
Opening night for ‘The Wizard of Oz’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 8, 2024
Delaney Ridge, 11, of Overhill, Mia Naughton, 10, of Blainesburg and Bella Crouse, 11, of Daisytown were part of the cast for “The Wizard of Oz” Thursday night at California Area High School. The musi...
Arson suspected in California Manor fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 8, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A fire last Friday at California Manor has been ruled an arson by the state police fire unit.   The blaze resulted in 35 people being displaced and c...
Mon/Yough Trail Council prepares for half marathon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 8, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Runners and bikers have flocked to the 150-mile Greater Allegheny Passage since 1978, and many have focused in recent years on a 15-mile section in Allegheny County...
Roddey dies at 91
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 8, 2024
By Michael DiVittorio Trib Total Media Jim Roddey, Allegheny County’s first chief executive, died Thursday. He served as county executive from 1999 to 2004 and was a former chairman of the county’s Re...
McKeesport transfers ownership of LaRosa Youth Club property
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By Stacy Wolford 
March 7, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport officially transferred its ownership of the property at 901 Ravine St., which serves as the home of the LaRosa Youth Club, to the LaRosa ...
MVI hosts first pitch media day
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By Stacy Wolford 
March 7, 2024
Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Mon Valley Independent staff photographer Jeff Helsel photographs Frazier High School senior Claire Domonkos during the annual MVI First Pitch Media Day at...