Veteran’s home repaired as Patriot Day project
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September 13, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A local veteran who was getting rained on while he slept in his bed can now rest more comfortably thanks to a Patriot Day service project in McKeesport. To read the re...
Charleroi firefighters dedicate memorial
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September 13, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of the Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department will not be forgotten after they’ve passed away. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to...
Union files 2 grievances over Donora’s police chief moves
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September 13, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora police held a grievance meeting Friday to discuss recent moves made by borough council. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our...
BVA students take on roles of heroes of 9/11
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September 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Until recently, 9/11 was a date in a history book, a class video or a field trip to Shanksville   for some Belle Vernon Area High School students. To read the r...
Retired Mon Valley FBI agent reflects on the Flight 93 crash
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September 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Mon Valley office Wells Morrison was the senior agent on the scene shortly after Flight 93 crashed at Shanksville 20 ...
Church-owned coffee shop to open in Monessen
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September 11, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com When a team of baristas head to work Monday morning, they hope to start changing the world one cup of coffee at a time. To read the rest of the story, please see a c...
Charleroi students learn history of 9/11 attacks
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September 11, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Today’s school-aged children weren’t born when the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley In...
Saccone announces run for lieutenant governor
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September 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Several hundred supporters filled a private dining room at Yough Country Club Friday evening as former state Rep. Rick Saccone announced his plans to run for li...
Donora moves Perry from police chief to acting chief
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September 11, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After naming Mike Perry as Donora’s police chief in August, council voted this week to make him acting chief, saying last month’s move was made in error. To read ...
PSU’s McKeesport campus celebrates renovated lab
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September 10, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State University’s president and local elected officials visited the university’s McKeesport campus Thursday to celebrate the opening of the newly rejuvenated Ost...
Little Great Race will include Sept. 11 tribute
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September 10, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com This weekend’s Little Great Race will be held in remembrance of one of the nation’s most tragic days. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mo...
RESA moves into new Allenport location
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September 10, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After 30 years in Stockdale, the RESA Regional Police Department has a new home in Allenport.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Vall...
Runners to remember 9/11 victims
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An annual run in honor of those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, will begin Saturday in Charleroi and end in Monongahela’s Chess Park.   To read the rest of the story, ...
Donora to remember Senko
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Sept. 11, 2001, was a day of horrors that all Americans witnessed in one way or another, but for one Donora family it was horrific in ways most of us will never c...
California adds junior council member
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September 10, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com California Mayor Frank Stetar swore in a new junior council member and alternate Thursday. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Vall...
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September 10, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Churches throughout the Elizabeth area will gather Saturday evening to remember those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor the first responders who to this ...
Annual Labor Day golf outing for diabetes programs
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 9, 2021
Submitted The Lions Diabetes Board of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties (14-B and 14-E ) hosted its annual Labor Day Weekend District Golf Challenge at Butler’s Golf Course in Elizabeth Township. Th...
Pa. school mask mandate debate heats up;  EF parents to meet
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 9, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An informational meeting for parents regarding the state mask mandate for school students is planned this weekend at Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Township. The ...