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By Stacy Wolford 
May 7, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Several Belle Vernon Area High School students are facing potential disciplinary action following an incident involving alcohol at a charity event Friday. Charleroi ...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 7, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The lawyer for St. Anthony’s and St. Agnes’ parishioners argued Monday in Commonwealth Court that their lawsuits were improperly dismissed before the discovery ph...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 7, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A month has passed since Elizabeth Township solicitor Matt Racunas gave the management company and corporate headquarters of Dollar General a strict deadline to begi...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 7, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township couple narrowly avoided disaster as a vehicle crashed into their house Monday morning. Township police responded around 8:30 a.m. to 219 Tyrol B...
Auberle honors ‘all-stars’ at annual awards banquet
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 7, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monday night was “all-star studded” as Auberle celebrated the accomplishments of the youths, families and organizations it offers services to or partners with. For the...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 7, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sponsors have their fingers crossed that Mother Nature will not rain on the Pooch Parade this year. Event Chairwoman Corrina Withrow said the 11th annual Pooch Parad...
Relay for Life Mon Valley: Fun & games in the fight against cancer
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 6, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley does not play around when it comes to fighting cancer. That was evident Friday as hundreds of students and residents with their game faces on walked t...
McKeesport families evacuated as building crumbles
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 6, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Four McKeesport families had to be evacuated from a crumbling apartment building in the city’s Grandview neighborhood Thursday night. The building, which was condemned...
Raise Your Voice Festival set for May 18
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 6, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The annual Raise Your Voice Music and Arts Festival returns May 18 to Schooner Youth Center in Monessen. Presented by Monessen Communities That Care, the Mon Valley ...
Tips for Kids unites educators, firefighters
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 6, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Walking into Clancy’s Pub on Sunday, guests couldn’t help but notice a sea of people wearing shirts that said “This T-shirt helped keep a police officer safe.” Those p...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 6, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is searching for the state’s most creative communities. Through the new Pennsylvania Creative Communities initiative, the group ...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 6, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is getting closer to having a park at the intersection of Seventh Street and McKean Avenue. The park will sit on a couple parcels of land that the borough ...
U.S. Steel plans $1B project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel announced Thursday it will invest more than $1 billion to create two state-of-the-art facilities at its Mon Valley Works. Company leaders say the investment...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 2, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com An audit of Monessen’s finances detailing its $7.2 million debt has been made public, but the city’s solicitor said its release is “premature.”   The Mon Valley Inde...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com American spirit lives in Washington County. That’s the slogan behind the new marketing campaign unveiled Thursday by the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency, ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District will soon make an investment in safety involving more than a half-million dollars. The district announced Thursday that it was awa...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 2, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is preparing to seek bids for the feasibility study of the potential Mon Valley Coal and Steel Heritage Trail.   The borough received $100,000 in grant fun...
McKeesport promotes Arndt to fire captain
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 2, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There is officially a new captain in at the McKeesport Fire Department. Mayor Michael Cherepko promoted firefighter Jason Arndt to the position of captain at Wednesday...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 2, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners told residents Wednesday night they are investigating complaints about the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill. Several residents spok...