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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2024
By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media The West Newton Bridge is among a list of projects that could be brought to life with $300 million in road, transit and bridge improvement funds that Westmoreland...
Tornado strikes Finleyville, blows part of roof off church
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 13, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Severe weather hit Washington County Saturday evening, with a tornado touching down in Finleyville around 6 p.m. and causing damage throughout the area. The Nationa...
Volunteers set up Avenue of Flags in West Newton
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 13, 2024
Helping to set up the Avenue of Flags Saturday morning at West Newton Cemetery is Declan Hixson,12, of West Newton. Each flag honors a deceased local veteran, and the patriotic display will remain in ...
McKeesport Area: Arrest policies questioned for school police
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 13, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Take Action Advocacy Group CEO Fawn Walker-Montgomery asked the McKeesport school board Thursday about the legal authority of school police officers on district...
White Oak Giant Eagle changes ownership
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 13, 2024
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI For the past several months, shoppers at the White Oak Giant Eagle have been noticing some changes in the store. The shelves aren’t as heavily stocked and some services such a...
Prayer breakfast held for Ringgold seniors
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 13, 2024
By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Former teacher and coach Joe Ravasio organized and hosted the annual Ringgold Senior Class Prayer Breakfast — a Saturday morning of eggs, bacon and Christian teachings.   Se...
Engineer offers dire assessment of Donora building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI The building next to Donora’s parking garage at Sixth Street and McKean Avenue “should have been torn down yesterday,” according to borough engineer Gannett-Fleming. The ...
Eori enjoying move to restaurant business
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com “Big” Joe Eori had never been in the restaurant business until he acquired property in Sutersville after selling Big’s Sanitation in September. Formerly Driscoll & ...
Winners chosen in water pollution poster contest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners recently announced the latest   winners in the township’s water pollution poster contest. In its fourth year, the ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By the MVI First responders were called to the Stan Musial Bridge early Friday morning for a report that someone jumped into the Monongahela River, according to emergency scanner reports.   Crews resp...
2 hurt as out-of-control bus crashes into Charleroi building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Two people were injured when a Freedom Transit bus crashed into a storage building early Thursday morning in Charleroi.   Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr...
Monessen, engineers resolve dispute
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After city officials aired their concerns about engineering costs for work completed in Phase 4 on the sewer rehabilitation project last month, Monessen and WEC...
Social media bill passes House, but roadblocks await
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A bill that regulates how social media companies treat minors on their platforms was approved by the state House of Representatives this week.   Its provisions are ...
Local students ran in Pittsburgh Kids Marathon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Students from across the Mon Valley took to the streets of downtown Pittsburgh last weekend to participate in a youth marathon with their teachers, f...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Initiative and Allegheny Health Network’s Front Door Initiative have partnered with other local service providers to help connect memb...
Charleroi hires 2 full-time street crew employees
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 9, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi’s street crew will soon have more help. Last week, borough council discussed filling two full-time positions. Not all members of council we...
Monongahela promotes police officer to full time
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 9, 2024
By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela council promoted one of its part-time police officers to full-time at Wednesday’s council meeting. Monongahela council approved the hiring of Spence...