Basketball night at TJ
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2024
Sydney Flinn of Jefferson Hills was with her 5-year-old cousin, Ledger Labyoda of South Park, to watch a basketball doubleheader Thursday evening at Thomas Jefferson High School. To purchase this phot...
Trash piling up, along with complaints
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Trash is slowly being picked up from sidewalks, alleys and dumpsters in Mon Valley communities that claim they went weeks without sanitation servic...
Donora unveils revised budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com The incoming Donora Council members chose to reopen the 2024 budget at last week’s meeting and following discussion with the finance committee, a...
California Area schools open temporary ice rink
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A temporary ice skating rink recently built on the California Area School District campus will give students and community members something to look ...
Pa. university faculty reach deal with PASSHE
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2024
By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media The union representing 5,000 state university faculty across Pennsylvania has reached “an agreement in principle” with leaders of the State System of Higher Educatio...
A warm, safe place
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 18, 2024
Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department Capt. and borough Emergency Management Agency Director Matthew Prentice is shown assembling a cot from the American Red Cross i...
Ringgold School Board debates restructuring committees
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 18, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board directors clashed over the possibility of restructuring committees and adding a new one that would govern the board and oversee policy. Sc...
Snowy morning in California
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2024
California Volunteer Fire Department Second Assistant Chief Jeff Mosher operated a snowplow on the station’s parking lot Tuesday morning. Behind him is a California Municipal Borough vehicle working t...
Sloane waives animal abuse hearing via Zoom
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County Controller April Sloane waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday without stepping foot inside a courtroom. Sloane’s de...
Write-in candidate’s wife questions election results in Belle Vernon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Denise Stasko asked Belle Vernon officials at Tuesday’s meeting why her husband, Edward Stasko, wasn’t awarded a seat on council after receiving a majority of w...
Brewster announces $1.9 million in economic development grants
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2024
By the MVI State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, announced $1.9 million in grants for economic development in the 45th Senatorial District. “These grants will help local leaders complete a variety of...
Wild birds program set at McKeesport history center
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2024
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI A program on “Wild Birds and Where to Find Them” will be presented from noon to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the McKeesport History and Heritage Center in conjunction with the Audubo...
Enjoying the game, but not the outcome
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2024
Duane Gazi-White of Charleroi, Rhonda Lynch of Monessen, Rashgene Gazi-White of Charleroi, Lou Book of Monessen, Penny Garcia of Monessen, Jeri Book of Monessen and Bill Lynch of Monessen watched the ...
Cancer patients get help from Chester Foundation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2024
By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Laurie Chester looks back on her days with breast cancer as frightening times, and she carries that with her when she sees others suffering from the disease. “I was so afrai...
White Oak will vote on tax hike
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2024
By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com White Oak council voted Monday to reopen the 2024 budget, which will lead to consideration of a 1-mill tax increase.   “The proposed tax increase is due to de...
North Charleroi: Council president seeks help with ordinance overhaul
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com During its first regular meeting of 2024, North Charleroi council discussed plans, projects and other reminders for residents in the new year. Counci...