Young fans cheer for Commmodores
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 4, 2024
Grayson Broadwater, 5, of Perryopolis and Ryker Reams, 5, of Newell cheered on Frazier’s wrestling team at Wednesday evening’s match. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go ...
McKeesport welcomes new member to council
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 4, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport ushered in 2024 Wednesday night with a fresh face and three familiar faces on council. Incoming Councilwoman Amber Webb and incumbents Richard Dellap...
Bid to transfer homicide case to juvenile court rejected
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 4, 2024
By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media A Monessen teenager will be prosecuted as an adult for the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old friend in late 2022. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott ...
Mon Valley Florida Reunion set for Feb. 24
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 4, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Many people know snowbirds who flock to the south during the winter to take advantage of the warm weather. In February, the 42nd annual Mon Valley Florida Reunion in T...
North Belle Vernon has vacancy on council
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 4, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com A vacant seat on North Belle Vernon council will be filled this month. After the results of November’s general election, one council seat was vacat...
Coach’s family cheers on the Warriors
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 3, 2024
Rowyn Larry, 6, sits next to her mother, Ashley Larry, scorekeeper for the Elizabeth Forward boys basketball team, at Tuesday night’s game. They are the daughter and wife of head coach Nolan Larry. To...
‘Good deal of work to do’ in Charleroi
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January 3, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com   Charleroi residents were greeted by three new faces at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting.   Kristin Hopkins-Calcek, Tom Santoro, Robert Whiten J...
New Monessen councilwoman ready for ‘challenge’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 3, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen welcomed a new councilwoman and honored a departing councilman Tuesday at its reorganization meeting.   Newly elected Councilwoman Karen Cosner will ta...
Donora council elects Cindy Brice as president
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 3, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council swore in three new members and elected new leadership Tuesday night. Incoming council members Jim Brice, DeAnne Pavelko and Casey ...
Rostraver commissioners keep same leadership
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 3, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Three incumbent commissioners and the acting police chief were sworn in Tuesday night as the Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners held its reorganization meeting....
Taking the plunge into the new year
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 2, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com I have had a lot of firsts as a journalist. Let’s go back almost a decade, and I guess it started in college as a freshman at Cal U in my first journ...
Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increase to go into effect
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 2, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com For the 15th year in a row, the cost to travel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is about to go up. The new rates, which were approved by the Pennsylvania Turnpike C...
2023: A look back on the year
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 30, 2023
By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor swolford@yourmvi.com From heartbreaking tragedies and feuding elected officials to local elections, this year has been unlike any other in the Mon Valley. As 2023 draw...
Changes coming to MMVTA in 2024
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December 30, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority is preparing for some big changes in 2024.   Serving thousands of residents in parts of Washington, Fayette and ...
Monessen will use CDBG funds to  fix Civic Center
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 30, 2023
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Two weeks after concerns were raised about the condition of the Monessen Civic Center gym floor, the city made its first step toward restoring it.   Council pas...
Family ties apparent at district judge swearing-in ceremonies
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December 30, 2023
By Joe Napsha Trib Total Media When it comes to electing district judges in Westmoreland County, the position sometimes remains all in the family — a fact never so obvious as at the swearing-in ceremo...
Donora approves 2024 budget at special meeting
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 30, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com With just four members attending the meeting, Donora Council approved its final 2024 budget with no tax increase Thursday night. Council Presiden...