Crash shears off front of house
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September 24, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A mother and her son are staying with family members after a dump truck crashed into their Speers house Monday morning, injuring three people and forcing gas...
BVA teachers protest lack of contract
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September 23, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com An estimated 150 teachers from the Belle Vernon Area School District wore red to protest stalled union negotiations at Monday’s school board meeting.   We...
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September 23, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com At a special meeting Monday, the Ringgold School Board rescinded action it took at a meeting last week to sell district property known as the Race Track. The bo...
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September 23, 2019
By Mary Pickels Another store is planning to close in the Countryside Plaza in East Huntingdon. Signs advertising “mega closing event” began appearing in the Peebles department store windows not long ...
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September 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the past 18 years, Mc-Keesport has been the only community in Southwestern Pennsylvania to host an HIV awareness walk. That tradition will continue Oct. 5 with the...
New officers fix Monessen police shortage
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September 23, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Four new police officers have started their rounds as full-time patrolmen for the City of Monessen. Of the four hires, two are women and three have milita...
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September 23, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Twin Coaches Jr. Stage Band is diving into a full rehearsal schedule to prepare for the biggest Twin Coaches concert yet. Rehearsals for the 18-piece band made u...
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September 23, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A state grant has been approved for improvements at Elizabeth borough’s Riverfront Park. The $50,000 grant is coming from the Commonwealth Financing Authority, ...
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September 23, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Being diagnosed with cancer is a life-altering event, and most people will celebrate being given a clean bill of health when finished with their treatments. ...
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September 23, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com For years, the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company has tried to land a grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. That goal was accomplished th...
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September 21, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pleasant Hills and Jefferson Hills boroughs were put on a precautionary boil water advisory by Pennsylvania American Water after a massive water main break i...
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September 21, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Trade jobs are a part of the culture in the Mon Valley. To increase interest for potential job seekers in high- demand professions, area organizations and elected of...
‘Bark for Life’ will help in the fight against cancer
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September 21, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For anyone who believes that dogs are man’s best friend and kittens are angels with whiskers, the American Cancer Society’s “Bark For Life” event is sure to ...
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September 21, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two state lawmakers announced this week that more than $100,000 worth of parks and recreation grants are coming to the Mon Valley. More than $500,000 in state grant fu...
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September 21, 2019
By Natasha Lindstrom A former Washington County kindergarten teacher has pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics charge for her role in a far-reaching cocaine ring that flooded the Mon Valley and Pittsb...
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September 19, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen residents dealing with excessive rodent problems have already seen results since the city’s intervention last Friday. Several people who live on ...
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September 19, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The state House Thursday passed a bill authored by Rep. Justin Walsh, R-Rostraver, that would prohibit the use of public assistance benefits to purchase tobacco...
Car show to benefit hostel, provide bikes for children in McKeesport
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September 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Trail Commission is hosting a car show this month to raise money “to spruce up” the McKeesport Hostel and to help provide kids with bicycles. The car sh...
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September 19, 2019
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of a 23-year-old man who died after a vehicle he riding in crashed into a building Sunday in McKeesport. Austin Taylor Fagan of...
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September 19, 2019
By Tom Davidson Douglas Berry confided to other inmates at the Allegheny County Jail that he killed Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and needed to get out of jail so he could dispose of her body using sulfuric ac...