McKeesport hosts Army band’s first show since pandemic began
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 28, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A feeling of pride in being an American radiated from the McKeesport Lions Club Bandshell in Renziehausen Park Friday night as the city marked its annual Patriotism Da...
Felines enjoy new ‘catio’ at White Oak shelter
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 28, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Janice, a cat at White Oak Animal Safe Haven looking for a forever home, enjoyed sunbathing Thursday as the White Oak Rotary revealed a “purr-fect” project it recently...
‘Cheap Old Houses’ to feature Monessen
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August 28, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Many people around the Mon Valley know there are a lot of “Cheap Old Houses” in Monessen but now, when the HGTV show bearing that name airs Monday night, an inter...
Remembering Gene Vittone
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 27, 2021
A state police officer drives under a flag held by ladder trucks from the Donora Volunteer Fire Department and Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Company during Thursday’s funeral procession for Washingt...
MMVTA: Bus riders required to wear masks until at least Jan. 18
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August 27, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Mandatory mask wearing will continue on Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority buses at least until Jan. 18. That’s under a mandate from the Federal Transit Administr...
GOP leaders reject call for school mask mandate
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 27, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com With many Pennsylvania students back to class or about to return, Republican legislators don’t have any intention to pass a bill that would mandate mask wearing insi...
Mon/Yough Trail Council to celebrate 30 years
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August 27, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s a big celebration coming to the Boston trail head of the Great Allegheny Passage.   This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Mon/Yough Trail Council being e...
Man charged after incident at Rep. Davanzo’s office
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August 27, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township office of state Rep. Eric Davanzo is open for business, but not exactly as usual. Extra precautions are being taken following an incident...
Pooch pool party a big splash at Mon Valley YMCA
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2021
On Wednesday, the Mon Valley YMCA, in partnership with Mon Valley Paws, hosted a “Doggie Paddle” at the Carroll Township facility. From the looks of it, humans and hounds alike enjoyed cooling off as ...
Wolf wants law mandating masks in classrooms
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2021
Staff and wire reports Gov. Tom Wolf has asked state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre, and House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, to call lawmakers back to Harrisburg immediately t...
Allegheny County’s RADical Days back, bigger than ever
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com RADical Days are here again. On Tuesday, the Allegheny Regional Asset District — known around Allegheny County as RAD — announced the line-up of free events and activi...
Pennsylvania lawmakers allow opioid emergency to lapse
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2021
Pennsylvania’s opioid disaster declaration expired Wednesday after state lawmakers, newly empowered to help manage statewide emergencies, declined the governor’s request for another extension. Democra...
School starts in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 25, 2021
Second-grader Charles Evans and fourth-grader Ari’Onna Verline-Jones wave as they get off the bus at Monessen Elementary Center for the first day of school Tuesday.
Ringgold reports 2 cases of COVID-19
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August 25, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One day after classes started in the Ringgold School District, the middle school had to send home a letter alerting parents that people were inside the building w...
Community baby shower aids new mothers & moms-to-be
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August 25, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Beverly’s Birthdays brought the phrase “it takes a village” to life Tuesday as its “Itty Bitty” program set up shop in Monessen for a community baby shower. It’s an ag...
Conference date set for Lea’s suit against Monessen officials
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August 25, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The federal judge assigned to a lawsuit filed against the City of Monessen, its mayor, two councilmen and city administrator has set an initial case management co...
Elizabeth council hears of another dog attack
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August 25, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Problems with vicious dogs were brought up again at Tuesday’s council meeting in Elizabeth. Resident Margaret Fleischauer said she and her small dog were attack...
Free haircuts for students
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August 24, 2021
Mon Valley NAACP Unit #2274 and D’s Barber Shop in Charleroi sponsored free back-to-school haircuts Monday. Barber Jimmy Young gives Tristin Yuille, 4, of Monessen a trim. The free haircuts will conti...
McKeesport organizations make sure students are ready for school
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August 24, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District students headed back to school Monday and thanks to efforts all over the city, hundreds of students have new book bags and school suppl...