Monongahela Council eyes demolition of ‘yellow house’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela council heard multiple public comments last week, ranging from complaints about obstructed road ways to concerns about police department protocols. ...
Firefighters able to save Fallowfield Twp. house
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com By responding promptly, multiple area fire departments on Saturday prevented a Fallowfield Township house from being destroyed. That’s according to the Fallowfield Fir...
Bentworth student earns prestigious JA honor
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2023
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Finleyville girl has been chosen for Junior Achievement of Western PA’s 18 Under Eighteen honoree class. JA is the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Internal Revenue Service won’t start accepting and processing individual tax returns until Jan. 23. But with W2s in the mail, and advertisements and enticing offer...
Big brother sets South Allegheny scoring record
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2023
Reese Epps, 10, celebrates with his older brother, Bryce, after he became the leading scorer in the history of South Allegheny’s boys basketball program with a 31-point performance in Friday night’s w...
Ribbon cut for Jacktown Bridge replacement project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2023
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster and state Rep. Andrew Kuzma joined Elizabeth Township officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at the Jacktown Bridge replaceme...
Court determines special elections will be held Feb. 7
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s official: Mon Valley voters in the state’s 34th and 35th Legislative Districts will head to the polls Feb. 7 to choose who will fill the Pennsylvania House of Rep...
Monongahela’s Longwell House getting makeover
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela Historical Society is bringing the past to life with historical restorations at the Longwell House on Main Street. During a council meeting Wednesda...
Deadline extended for Bag Brigade’s food drive
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 14, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A food drive to stock the shelves of the Bag Brigade will extend through next week. Started seven years ago by Kathy Kelly and Ashley Eisengart as a ministry outreac...
Rainy Day Story time fun at the Rostraver library
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2023
It was a perfect, rainy day to spend at the library Thursday and that’s just what plenty of families did at the Rostraver Township Public Library. Above, Kelly Yoskosky reads a book during story time....
Charleroi will not reopen budget
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi will not reopen its budget this year — but could shuffle around funds as needed if council deems it necessary. Finances in the borough have been a hot topi...
Donora police evidence room access clarified
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 13, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council cleared the air about alleged state police involvement with the borough’s evidence room, but raised other questions about misinformation. Since A...
Remembering MLK Jr. and his dream
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 12, 2023
Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Students attending an after school class at the Carnegie Library of McKeesport commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech Wednesday a...
Big’s Sanitation takes over trash pickup in McKeesport
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 12, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Big’s Sanitation took over trash and recycling collection in McKeesport on Jan. 1, and McKeesport City Hall says the company is working hard to get collection days bac...
Paterra to remain council president amid residency questions
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 12, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite questions surrounding his residency Charleroi Council President Frank Paterra will continue to lead the borough until he is removed from his position – legal...
Court records to stay sealed in fatal shooting
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 12, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The order sealing the arrest warrant information in the criminal case against a man charged in connection with a shooting in Rostraver Square has been extended 30...
Vandals cause damage at Washington Township park
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 12, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Vandalism has become a big problem at the Washington Township Recreation Park ball field and it needs to stop. Those are the sentiments of Belle Vernon Area Youth Spor...