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February 15, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A week after arguing about the decision to eliminate committees on Donora borough council, members had a fast, seemingly tense meeting Thursday. Last month, counc...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 15, 2019
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com PennDOT officials weren’t able to start cleanup Thursday at a landslide on Bunola Road in Forward Township because there was more movement on the hillside. The land ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 15, 2019
By Renatta Signorini and Paul Peirce For more than half a century, law enforcement has tied Robert “Bobby I” Iannelli to illegal sports betting and numbers lotteries throughout Western Pennsylvania. N...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 15, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Blessing Board of McKeesport is using the spirit of Valentine’s Day to encourage people to donate to the nonprofit, which gives free furniture to individuals and f...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 15, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Greenock Volunteer Fire Company Vice President Lisa Stegman is hoping to fill the dance floor Saturday for two good causes.   For the fifth year, the fire company is...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 15, 2019
By Jamie Martines Environmental advocacy groups are planning to sue U.S. Steel over pollution from facilities in the Mon Valley. PennEnvironment and the Clean Air Council, which have offices in Pittsb...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 15, 2019
WHAT’S GOING ON IN CHARLEROI?   For the third time in six months, Charleroi lost a member of council. This time, it was Councilman Larry Celaschi who rendered his resignation hours before council met ...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 14, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several communities are still under a boil water advisory after a third break on Wednesday on the same waterline. The original advisory was issued for North Charlero...
Celaschi quits Charleroi council
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 14, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In a surprise move, a Charleroi councilman abruptly resigned from council Wednesday. With about three years left on a four-year term, Councilman Larry Celaschi submi...
Forward Township landslide shuts down road — again
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 14, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Bunola River Road in Forward Township is once again closed after part of a hillside came crashing down on Wednesday. The closure is not new for area residents who fr...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 14, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council has formed an ad hoc committee to help coordinate this summer’s 250th anniversary. A celebration will be held Aug. 8 through Aug. 11 thro...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite flood warnings issued for the Mon Valley on Monday, changes in the forecast could mean area rivers will crest lower than their originally expected levels. Me...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen police Chief Jim Smith was in the right place to catch an alleged thief Monday night. Smith, who was off duty at the time, was at Walmart in Rostraver To...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several communities are under a boil water advisory that was issued Tuesday after a transmission line break in the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi’s water syst...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School District’s efforts to increase safety and security are ongoing. School board members announced during a meeting Tuesday that installation of multiple...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Soliciting in North Belle Vernon will soon be more expensive. During a meeting Tuesday, council unanimously agreed to amend a solicitation ordinance and fees for tho...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Duquesne-McKeesport Bridge was closed for around an hour Tuesday after reports that at least one of three runaway barges on the Monongahela River may have struck o...
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 13, 2019
By PAUL PEIRCE A state appellate court Monday dismissed the homicide conspiracy conviction of a Washington County woman who, along with her husband and stepson, were found guilty in the brutal slaying...