Second-grader gets first-hand introduction to police work
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February 22, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Aiden Fisher, a second grader at Ringgold Elementary South, has an application waiting for him at the Monongahela Police Department — even though he has a few years ...
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February 21, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Alta Vista Business Park in Fallowfield Township is one step closer to being fully developed. The Mon Valley Alliance and Frontier Railroad Services, LLC, announced ...
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February 21, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman wanted for her alleged involvement in a violent home invasion in Penn Hills last month has been arrested.   Lauren E. Dumm, 30, of Crest Avenue was...
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February 21, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com California borough officially has a new police chief, who says the people of the borough will get used to seeing his face. Chief Timothy Sheehan, who was sworn in last...
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February 21, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An alleged thief who was tackled by an off-duty police chief last week has been charged in connection with a retail theft that happened earlier that week. Gregory...
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February 21, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny announced Wednesday night that the McKeesport campus’ THON dance team raised $10,000 to help fight pediatric cancer. THON is a student-run...
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February 21, 2019
“Edges” is the first show on the spring calendar for California University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Music and Theatre.   Showtimes are 7 p.m. tonight and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday in Steele Hall’s ...
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February 21, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak borough engineer Ken Hillman provided an update on two ongoing projects at the borough-owned Heritage Hill Pool complex. Council unanimously voted to make a ...
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February 21, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward Superintendent Dr. Todd Keruskin beamed with pride Wednesday night as he acknowledged the school board for being named a 2018-19 D. Richard Wynn Sc...
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February 21, 2019
By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent Glassport Council president Elaina Skiba urged residents to defer complaints concerning the condition of West Fifth Avenue to the City of McKeesport....
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February 21, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One day after three Belle Vernon Area School Board members resigned, the acting superintendent accepted a job at Ringgold. Dr. Michele Dowell has served as acting...
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February 21, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny’s administration is officially searching for a new chief for the district-run police force. School board president Shawn DeVerse and directors Pete Mil...
BVA, Monessen students to perform at Heinz Hall
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 21, 2019
A group of Mon Valley student performers will take the stage — among some of the best musicians in Pittsburgh — this weekend at Heinz Hall. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be performing “A Nigh...
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February 20, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Audience members at Tuesday’s Belle Vernon Area school board meeting were stunned as board President Lou Rood announced that three directors had submitted letters of r...
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February 20, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A landslide on Route 906 between Belle Vernon and Fayette City is still on the move.   A portion of the road has been shut down since May 15 following a rockslide. A...
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February 20, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Police are searching for a Mc-Keesport man who was allegedly in possession of a gun that was owned by a man who failed to report it stolen. Zackary Everett Goodwin, 31...
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February 20, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Carroll Township police posted a message to their new Facebook account asking for help in finding a wanted man, and the tips led officers to three other wanted pe...
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February 20, 2019
By Natasha Lindstrom A car crashed over a hillside and into a creek in Mc-Keesport Tuesday night, spurring a rescue operation in an attempt to pull at least two people to safety, initial reports indic...
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February 20, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A longtime Donora mayor is being honored as the library kicks its $1.5 million fundraising campaign into full gear.   Relatives of former Mayor Albert P. Delsandr...
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February 20, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A New Eagle man accused of striking his neighbor with a baseball bat over the weekend has been released from the Washington County Correctional Facility after postin...