Ringgold School District returns to in-person learning
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By Jeremy Sellew 
January 28, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com After nearly three months of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students in the Ringgold School District returned to classes this week. The decisi...
Mon Valley  Senators support COVID relief
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By Jeremy Sellew 
January 28, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Local Mon Valley senators have signed on to support legislation that could offer nearly $1 billion in relief to restaurants, schools, employers, tenants and landlord...
Food trucks could find warm welcome in Rostraver
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By Jeremy Sellew 
January 28, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Food trucks could have a stronger presence in Rostraver Township under a proposed revision to the transient food vendor ordinance. The commissioners discussed t...
Friends remember former Charleroi police chief
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Retired Charleroi police Chief Armand J. “Cack” Costantino was extremely dedicated to his city. Costantino passed away Monday at age 71 from complications of COVID-1...
New president ready to take office at Cal U
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com This first week back on campus for California University of Pennsylvania students is the last week as president for Geraldine Jones, who ends a 46-year career o...
BVA archers get another shot
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Archery Club is on target to start its new season in a new training facility. The club, which involves about 70 students from elementary t...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A warrant was issued late Tuesday night for a Donora man who is accused of the shooting death of a Washington man and is suspected of a second shooting in Donora....
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Residents who need to speak with police in Elizabeth Borough are being asked to call 911 instead of the station phone number or an officer’s personal cell phone...
Game-day crew
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
Jaeden Zuzak, Damani Stafford, Drew Thomas and Jordan Kearns provide coverage of Monday’s girls basketball game between California and Charleroi. They are part of the advanced media class at Californi...
BVA approves full-time return to classrooms
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Students in the Belle Vernon Area School District will head back to their classrooms four days a week starting Monday and five days a week beginning Feb. 8, but...
Sutek family seeks to have law changed
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Each year that the Gregory Sutek Memorial Scholarship is offered is one year farther away from students who knew him. “The first couple of years I knew the kids...
Ringgold will try again to sell field
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District is hoping the third time will be a charm when it comes to selling a well-known parcel of land. School directors gave district of...
Charleroi honors school board
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area School Board members are being praised by administrators and students for toughing out an unprecedented year and coming out on top. Each year, the Pen...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 25, 2021
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A fire or spill at an oil or gas well site — or at a location such as the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill that takes waste from those sites — is handled differen...
Food distribution in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
Robert C. Holmes, pastor of Christian Life Ministries, and Kevin Parker of Monessen unload a truck full of food for the MLK Day of Service distribution Saturday morning outside of Monessen City Hall. ...
Local projects recommended for LSA money
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee has made its official recommendations on which projects should be funded this year. The committee revie...
New treatment available in the fight against COVID-19
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Southwest Medical Center is helping COVID-19 patients stay out of the hospital, thanks to a new therapy being offered in its Bentleyville office.   Earlier this mont...
Valley teens can learn how to produce podcasts
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Whether it be listening to a soothing voice telling us fantastical stories, a celebrity discussing their life or hot topics, an investigator talk ing about crime, come...
Ringgold faculty, staff to participate in active shooter drill
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 24, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District Police Department will hold an active shooter drill at the middle school and high school on Feb. 3. The training will involve on...