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August 9, 2019
By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the Mon Valley Independent Port Vue Council will soon be searching for a new police chief. During Wednesday’s monthly meeting, it was announced police Chief Bryan Myers will at...
MVH safe after bomb scare
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 9, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Thursday night bomb threat at Mon Valley Hospital was a false alarm, according to MVH president and CEO Louis J. Panza Jr. Several Mon Valley fire, law enforcement a...
Celebration begins in Monongahela
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 8, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Months and months of planning came to fruition Thursday morning when the Monongahela 250th anniversary celebration officially kicked off in Chess Park. “We are so...
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August 8, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Moments before adjourning Monessen council’s workshop agenda meeting Thursday, council president Anthony Orzechowski proposed a motion related to the state’s Act 47 Fi...
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August 8, 2019
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent One of California’s full-time police officers will patrol the California Area School District for the first semester of the upcoming school year. Borough council ...
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August 8, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The last two suspects charged in the alleged attempted homicide of Troy Harris of Fallowfield Township were held for trial Wednesday.   Brian Keruskin, 57, of North Ch...
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August 8, 2019
By Tom Davidson and Dillon Carr A McKeesport man stabbed two women, killing one, in front of a Pittsburgh police officer during what investigators described as a random act of violence Thursday at a D...
Monongahela birthday celebration kicks off
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 8, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Today is the day Monongahela residents past and present have been looking forward to all year — the 250th anniversary celebration is finally underway. So many thi...
Former  Fallowfield supervisor Olga Woodward remembered for kindness
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 8, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A lifelong Mon Valley resident and former Fallowfield Township supervisor who passed away suddenly on Sunday will be remembered as a kind-hearted woman who loved her...
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 8, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver residents gathered for a public hearing Wednesday during the township’s monthly meeting concerning new zoning regulations that affect Collinsburg, Lynnw...
Night Out unites communities
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 6, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two McKeesport neighborhoods and the borough of Port Vue on Tuesday brought residents, public officials and police officers together to encourage community spirit for ...
‘Guardian angels’ help 3-year-old with head stuck in chair
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 6, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Three Monongahela street department workers are being called heroes after running to the rescue of a toddler who accidentally got herself stuck in a tough situation ...
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August 6, 2019
By Jeff Stitt jstit@yourmvi.com The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Officer suspects that a Monessen man who jumped off the Smithton Bridge on Interstate 70 Monday committed suicide. Brian Hayden, 39, o...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 6, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new building — with a to-be-determined resident — will soon pop up in the Alta Vista Business Park in Fallowfield Township. The governor’s office recently announce...
MYCS campers thank the donor who saved it
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August 6, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Children who attend Mon Yough Community Services’ summer camp got to express their thanks Tuesday to the family that saved the camp with a $20,000 donation earlier thi...
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August 6, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com PennDOT District 11 announced a long-term closure of the northbound Route 51 circle ramp at the Elizabeth Bridge in West Elizabeth, beginning today.   The northbo...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 6, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This year’s On Your MARC 5K Run/Walk is planned for early Saturday morning as part of this week’s four-day celebration of Monongahela’s 250th anniversary. This wi...
Waiting out the rain
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 5, 2019
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Members of the Charleroi Area High School marching band take a break under the canopy of the school auditorium as a rain shower passed through the area Monday a...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 5, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the country is mourning the loss of more than 30 people who were killed   in two mass shootings over the weekend, area legislators are trying to figure out a seem...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 5, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pittsburgh police are searching for a McKeesport-area man accused of attempted homicide. An arrest warrant was issued Saturday for Treysaun Lockett-Tillman, 21, in c...