Donora fills opening for bookkeeper
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 10, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council hired a bookkeeper Thursday, continuing to fill borough building positions after months of being short staffed. Council members approved Kelli Ke...
Hundreds attend emotional vigil for slain officer
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 9, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of people who were gathered at Renziehausen Park for a candlelight vigil erupted with cheers and applause Wednesday night when a man called out that police Of...
Superior Court orders dockets released in Rostraver murder
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 9, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that dockets related to the case against a man accused in connection with a November homicide in Rostraver Township m...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 9, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After months of hearings and hours of testimony, the Rostraver Township Zoning Hearing board unanimously voted to deny a special request from Olympus Energy requesting...
Testimony continues in Brice civil service hearing
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 9, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora’s civil service commission held a second hearing Wednesday to determine if former police superintendent Jim Brice should be reinstated. Council fired Bri...
Major schools ruling is a call to action for Pa., local leaders say
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 9, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the General Assembly heads into the 2023-24 budget season, there is work to be done – particularly when it comes to funding public schools. A Pennsylvania judge r...
Cartoon inspiration
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 8, 2023
Charleroi Elementary Center held an assembly Tuesday morning for grades 3-5 as cartoonist Duane Abel brought his message of “Draw Your Destiny” to the students. Fifth-grader Arabella Davis receives an...
Condolences, memorials for slain officer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 8, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following the shooting of two officers on Monday, messages and gestures of condolence continued to flood the McKeesport Police Department on Tuesday. Elected officials...
Democrats win control of Pennsylvania House
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 8, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Democrats claimed control of the Pennsylvania House by sweeping three special elections Tuesday in Allegheny County. Democratic campaign strategists had been optimisti...
MVAA buying Brownsville building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 8, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts has a new home in Brownsville.   Founded in 2015 by Mark Smith, the late former state Rep. Peter J. Daley and late maestro Joe Ca...
Monessen alumnus proposes Wall of Fame
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 8, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A Monessen High School graduate is looking to honor some of the school’s most distinguished alumni in the form of an annual Wall of Fame red carpet event. Sarah Graby-...
Police officer killed in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 7, 2023
By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski was fatally shot Monday afternoon while responding to a domestic disturbance. Another officer, Charles “Chuck” Thomas, ...
Community mourns its fallen officer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 7, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley city is mourning after one McKeesport police officer was shot and killed while on duty Monday afternoon, and another officer was sent to the hospital with...
Suspect charged in shooting
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 7, 2023
By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media Allegheny County police late Monday filed homicide and related charges against a man accused of killing one McKeesport officer and wounding another in an afternoon ...
Elizabeth Twp. residents upset over loss of tree line
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 7, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Several residents showed up at Monday night’s Elizabeth Township commissioners meeting to voice their displeasure at the handling of recent parking lot construction at...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 7, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several fire departments and other emergency service agencies across the Mon Valley have received grant money that will help them continue to keep their communities ...
Cold water, warm hearts at California’s Frosty Frolic
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 6, 2023
By Matt Petras For the MVI Solomon Ortiz was excited about jumping in the Monongahela River with his fellow Cal U football players at Saturday’s Frosty Frolic.   “We’ve been talking about it for the p...
Area residents watch as balloon is shot down
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 6, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Monessen man was among those looking to the skies in the Carolinas over the weekend as a suspected Chinese spy balloon first floated by and then was later shot down ...
Monessen prepares anniversary events
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 6, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@your.mvi.com Monessen council recently voted to schedule several events in the city for its 125th anniversary. With celebrations planned throughout the year, getting events a...