Soaking up the spring sunshine
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 6, 2023
Elizabeth Forward graduate Kailey Larcinese, who pitched for the high school girls’ softball team, brought her 4-month-old puppy “Cash” to watch the Warriors play against Belle Vernon Area High School...
McKeesport OKs new contract with city firefighters
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 6, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmi.com McKeesport council agreed to a four-year contract with the city fire department Wednesday. The new collective bargaining agreement will run Jan. 1, 2024, through...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 6, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Residents raised concerns about a landfill as well as speeding drivers during Rostraver Township’s business meeting Wednesday night. Kruell questioned why citizens had...
An Easter parade of shopping and memories
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 6, 2023
By RALPH STONE MVI Columnist “Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet and of the girl I’m taking to the Easter parade.” Those were the closing lyrics of Irving Berlin’s very popular tune o...
EF community tours repaired high school
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 5, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After a tumultuous two months for the Elizabeth Forward School District and its community, an open house Tuesday night unveiled the high school to the public for the f...
NAACP urges cooperation in effort to fight gun violence
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 5, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The McKeesport NAACP held its third public forum in four months Tuesday, calling for local youth outreach to reduce gun violence in the city. To read the rest o...
Finleyville Food Pantry ready to operate out of new location
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 5, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Finleyville Food Pantry has found a new home in Monongahela.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-3...
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April 5, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s office says the preliminary hearing for a man accused in the Nov. 5 shooting death of a Rostraver Township man has bee...
Play time before story time
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 4, 2023
Lashawna Patterson, 4, and Jayleona Harkcom, 4, both of Charleroi, played at the Monessen Public Library before Monday’s storytime.  
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 4, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club who were convicted in 2020 in the brutal assault of a former member in 2019 have lost their appeal in state Superior Cou...
Davis promises small business help
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 4, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Lt. Gov. Austin Davis visited the Pennsylvania Department of General Services Monday to meet with team members from the Bureau of Diversity, Inclusion and Small Busi...
Cookie College coming to the area in May
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 4, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Strap on your aprons, butter your pans and fire the ovens. The Wedding Cookie Table Community will host Cookie College 2023 on May 7 at the DoubleTree Hotel, Me...
Behanna achieves her longtime dream to be a funeral director
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 4, 2023
By MATT PETRAS For the MVI One day in elementary school, Olivia DeRose Behanna drew a picture of her mother’s business, Frye Funeral Home in Monongahela. The drawing had birds in a blue sky, a big bro...
PennWest hosts Family Weekend
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2023
Five-year-old Ruby Wilson of Pittsburgh enjoys a lollipop while attending Family Weekend events at the PennWest California campus on Saturday. She was joined by her mother, Charlotte, and her older si...
Strong winds leave behind damage in Valley
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com April wasn’t fooling around when it showed up in the Mon Valley Saturday with gusty, severe thunderstorms that arrived around midday. To read the rest of the stor...
Monongahela fundraiser aids family following fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela-area residents raised around $5,000 Saturday for a family who lost their home in a fire last month. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe ...
MVAA seeking members for new community band
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April 3, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts is looking to add to its newest group of musicians. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online ed...
State, local nurseries put more than 4 million trout in waters
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2023
By Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media Seven out of 10 people who buy an annual fishing license in Pennsylvania also spring for a trout permit. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subsc...