Reschenthaler invited to attend Trump’s acceptance speech
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley will be represented at the White House tonight when President Donald Trump accepts the Republican National Convention’s nomination to seek re-...
1 hurt in explosion at Rostraver landfill
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com One person was injured after an explosion Wednesday morning at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township. According to Rostraver Central Fire Dept...
Donations from WWII exhibit benefit Donora veterans groups
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 26, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The “We Can Do It! WWII” exhibit has left Donora after its pandemic-induced extended visit, but the impact will continue to be felt in town. The Donora Historical...
Road trip
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 25, 2020
Rudy Phillips of Monongahela and Al Anderson of Fallowfield Township took a break and enjoyed the beautiful weather as they rode their motorcycles on a recent afternoon.
Charleroi Area gives approval to fall sports
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 25, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Game on — at least in Cougar Country. The Charleroi Area School Board unanimously voted Tuesday to move forward with fall sports. It’s the first school district in t...
Monessen officials asking for reversal of Sunshine Act ruling
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 25, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and two councilmen will ask a judge Friday to reconsider his ruling against them in a lawsuit alleging Sunshine Act violations.   West...
Cub Scouts’ car wash provides good, clean fun
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 25, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The first fundraiser for a pack of area Cub Scouts was a bubbling success over the weekend. Pack 1542, based out of Mingo Presbyterian Church, took over the parking ...
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August 25, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact operations for the courts. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala is looking into creating a centralized c...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 25, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A digital billboard company is proposing a partnership with Elizabeth Borough that would provide the community with a percentage of the advertising profits. “Yo...
McKeesport Area School District: First day of classes altered again
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Area School District has once again changed the first day of school. Students will now return to classes Sept. 2. And as a result of about 1,000 of its ...
Private donation aids Charleroi VFD
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Donations from the community have helped fire departments continue to operate during the coronavirus pandemic. Many departments are largely self funded and rely on b...
Car hits window of Elizabeth Twp. bank
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
There were no serious injuries Monday when a driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake and struck a window at Northwest Savings Bank on Scenery Drive in Elizabeth Township. Elizabeth Townsh...
Ringgold changes mask rules for students
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com As the Ringgold School District prepares for a Sept. 1 start date for students — both in classrooms and remotely — officials continue to answer questions and...
Monessen considers replacement for fines
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council is expected to discuss an ordinance that would seek accountability from its members without fining them as an existing ordinance does. Instead of...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District and Pennsylvania Coach Lines are in the midst of a legal battle over a transportation services bill from last school year. In its compl...
Weekend storm damages cemetery in West Newton
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 24, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com What appears to have been a localized storm ripped through West Newton Saturday evening, causing damage at the cemetery. Ben Markle, manager of the West Newton ...
McKeesport: Community joins forces for back-to-school giveaway
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 23, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com   Members of the Mc-Keesport NAACP Unit take the idea of coming together as a community seriously, according to President Brenda Sawyer. The NAACP unit, in partnership...
Monessen: Property buyers may be forced to fix code violations
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 23, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Those who purchase properties in Monessen may soon have to contend with a new ordinance aimed at forcing owners to bring dilapidated structures up to code sooner ...