Belle Vernon Borough truck stolen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 18, 2023
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Mayor Gerald Jackson announced at Tuesday’s council meeting that a borough truck with tools inside was stolen Monday night outside the municipal bu...
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October 18, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Following the devastating Dravosburg car crash that claimed the life of Serra Catholic sophomore Samantha Kalkbrenner Sept. 20, changes have been made to the area’s tr...
Apple dumplings are back at St. Andrew the Apostle
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 18, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Germaine Sickles’ famous apple dumplings will be available in Monongahela while supplies last. For the past three years, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish has sponsored ...
Soccer night in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 17, 2023
Breslin Trubiani, Davinci Weible and Nathan Speicher were at Monessen Memorial Stadium Monday evening to cheer on the Greyhounds’ girls soccer team against Charleroi. To purchase this photo and more f...
White Oak votes to seek grant money
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October 17, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Several grant applications were approved during White Oak’s council meeting Monday night and the borough received two proclamations from local legislators to commemora...
Monongahela prepares to line street with jack-o’-lanterns
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October 17, 2023
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com As it has for the last several years, Main Street in Monongahela will soon be illuminated by dozens of hanging jack-o’-lanterns for the city’s Halloween festivi...
Walkers join fight against breast cancer
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October 16, 2023
Cancer survivors Joyce Hill of Finleyville and Sheila Dillon of Brownsville led the participants in Saturday’s Penn Highlands Mon Valley Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk on the first lap around ...
Former Monessen mayor clashes with council over past record
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October 16, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Former state representative and former mayor Ted Harhai attended last week’s Monessen council meeting and said he wanted to correct a few things. First, he said C...
Sen. Bartolotta to speak at health care access event
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October 16, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, is among a group of legislators and nurses that will discuss legislation to increase health care access on Tuesday. B...
Charleroi run has colorful results
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October 14, 2023
Charleroi Area Middle School held its annual color run Friday at Myron Pottios Stadium. From left, Cameron Olstein, Olivia Kostelac, Jaelyn Caruso, Carsen Hartley and Gabriella Pellegrini were covered...
Serra students honor late classmate
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 14, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Serra Catholic High School community is a tight-knit group. More than classmates and colleagues, the Eagles are family and a testament to the phrase that blood i...
Monessen: Officials view street damage
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October 14, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen residents know that Schoonmaker Avenue — Route 906 — has essentially been a disaster area for more than a year. Friday morning, a group of leaders from P...
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October 14, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com While it’s not quite the holiday season yet, the Rostraver Township Police Department and the Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company will get a head start on the festiviti...
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October 14, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Little ones in North Belle Vernon can get creative and into the Halloween spirit today at a pumpkin-picking event at North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park. The even...
Pa. officials hear Charleroi’s refugee issues
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October 13, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of the Pennsylvania Department of Education got a first-hand look Thursday at what teachers, administrators and staff are up against in the Charleroi Area Sc...
Chaos erupts as council tries to curtail negativity
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October 13, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After months of citizens’ comments from a few disgruntled residents about things Monessen City Council has no control over, the mayor tried to institute some new ...
LaunchBox has new McKeesport home
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October 13, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A year after the Mon Valley LaunchBox suffered a devastating setback due to an explosion inside its building, the initiative unveiled a newly renovated location on Fif...
Donora votes to seek audit bids
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October 13, 2023
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com During Thursday’s meeting, Donora council approved a motion to advertise bids for a two-year and seven-year forensic audit after debate about its specifics and ...