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April 5, 2019
By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward Alumni and Friends Association will host the seventh annual Elite 20 banquet April 25 at 6 p.m. at the Sunset Room Banquet Hall in Elizabeth To...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 4, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students and parents have been talking with McKeesport Area School District administrators since January about creating a black student union in the district, but cont...
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April 4, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation wants to bring The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to Donora’s Palmer Park. At Thursday’s...
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April 4, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Forward Township tradition and one of the best-attended summer events in the Mon Valley is in jeopardy of being canceled.   Forward Township Supervisor Ron Skrinjo...
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April 4, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Eleven days ahead of schedule, U.S. Steel announced on Thursday morning that the company is now desulfurizing 100 percent of the coke oven gas generated at the Clairto...
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April 4, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon Area High School junior has an important message to share about distracted driving — It can wait, safety can’t.   Logan Dimpel was the winner of a hig...
Anti-bullying program promotes empowerment and leadership
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Tom Murphy!   Monessen School District students got a lesson in anti-bullying Wednesday from Murphy, a mixed martial artist, self-pro...
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April 3, 2019
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Residents angry about waste from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill took their concerns to the Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners Wednesday night.   Reside...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A little less than a year after bricks from the former Cougar Stadium in Charleroi began to fall, the Mon Valley Alliance is working to secure grant funding to compl...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several McKeesport first responders got promotions at Wednesday’s city council meeting. One firefighter was promoted and five members of the police department moved up...
Pair honored for documenting stories of Vietnam-era veterans
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A veteran who hails from McKeesport and his creative partner were recognized Wednesday at the Mc-Keesport Regional History & Heritage Center for helping to honor Vietn...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Ongoing construction in downtown Monessen is creating a clearance and safety hazard for Mid-Mon Valley Transit Authority buses and passengers between Fourth and Fift...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man is in Allegheny County Jail after allegedly having non-consensual sex with a woman in his Locust Street apartment. Ryan John Zier, 34, is charged with...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora man allegedly under influence of a controlled substance led police on a chase westbound on Interstate 70 early Tuesday morning. Wade John Boyd, 52, is charg...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township man is accused of communicating online with an undercover police officer, whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl from Massachusetts, for unlawf...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The 78th annual Mon Valley Home Show opens Friday at Rostraver Ice Garden in Rostraver Township. The show is designed for homeowners in all stages of remodeling, lan...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By Beth Hope-Cushey Carroll Township Supervisors approved a resolution supporting the 2020 Census, Complete Count Program. “It is very important to participate,” said board Chairman Tom Rapp. “So when...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By Beth Hope-Cushey New Eagle will increase its police presence, especially during weekends and nights. Councilman Archie Caseber said Tuesday that the borough wants to keep ahead of any trouble. In r...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny is hosting an exclusive exhibit at its McKeesport campus featuring the artwork of an artist from the Mon Valley. The gallery opened Tuesda...
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 2, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School Board on Tuesday received two requests from the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit. As part of his annual district visit, WIU Executive Director Jason Co...