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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 19, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Fans of the mysterious, unexplained and downright strange are invited to a one-of-a-kind program at Monessen Public Library. World-renowned Bigfoot and UFO expert St...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 19, 2018
THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR from the state to local governments: Don’t expect us to clean up your mess. That was the answer we found as we contacted state officials in search of a remedy for the continuing p...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 18, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Despite some Monessen residents voicing concerns to state legislators, the removal of two city officials is unlikely. State Sen. Pat Stefano, R-Bullskin Township, sa...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 18, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Dozens of area veterans packed White Oak Park’s Magnolia Pavilion on Friday for a veterans appreciation cookout. The White Oak Vet Center invited veterans who served i...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 18, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students – 1,501 of them to be exact – will head back to school on Thursday for the start of the 2018-19 school year. Enrollment is up from last year ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 18, 2018
By Matt Petras F or the Mon Valley Independent Cortney Daugherty studies communication disorders as a graduate student at California University of Pennsylvania and never had much of an interest in his...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 18, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Dr. Seuss inspired bus beaming with Cougar pride was the last bus standing during a popular event at the Washington County Agricultural Fair this week. The bus, de...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 17, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District Police Department has been honored by the National Association of School Resource Officers. In June, the NASRO recognized nine law enfor...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport celebrated the final night of its 59th annual three-day ethnic food and entertainment festival Thursday night, and just like every other year at Internation...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A multi-state “career criminal” is in Westmoreland County Prison after Monessen police recovered more than 20 stolen bins full of merchandise from city stores in his...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is accused of assaulting a Washington County sheriff’s deputy who attempted to serve him with a protection from abuse order on Tuesday. John R. Walla...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man charged by two different municipalities with making threats to burn down the home of his daughter, her mother and grandmother was ordered to stand tr...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Duquesne man charged with drug and firearm violations, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday on a new set of illegal drug charges stemming from his ar...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com  In preparation for the new school year, McKeesport Area School District leaders have been focusing on campus and classroom safety. This week, they took an extra step ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 16, 2018
The Vatican issued a strongly worded statement yesterday denouncing terrible abuse by priests that was detailed in a Pennsylvania grand jury report made public this week. While calling the abuse “crim...
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 15, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “Shocking,” “terrible,” “disgusting.” Those are a few of the words Mid-Mon Valley parishioners used Wednesday when reacting to a grand jury report revealing more tha...
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 15, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Forward Township will host its annual Community Days event Saturday and Sunday at Gallatin-Sunnyside Park. The event, which will take place 1 to 10 p.m. each day, at...
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 15, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A pair of local parents spoke up during Wednesday’s school board meeting regarding recent security upgrades in the Elizabeth Forward School District. During a specia...
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 15, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com While McKeesport’s International Village is a place for family, friends, church parishioners, neighbors and strangers to come together for laughs, good food and dancin...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 15, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com All it takes is $2 and a trip to McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park and you’ll be transported to a world of culture, zest and flare. McKeesport’s 59th annual International...