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November 20, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Some Elizabeth Township residents who don’t want to include a rezoning hearing as part of their pre-Christmas plans made an unsuccessful plea Monday to have the proc...
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November 20, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board is “deadlocked” on how to permanently fill its superintendent position before next school year. Acting Superintendent Dr. Michele Dowe...
California Area junior going solo
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 20, 2018
By LES HARVATH For the Mon Valley Independent He is a member of California Area High School’s “The Future is Mine” club, and soon, Nathan Todd will have his shirt tail cut off. It’s a tradition that d...
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November 20, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On the heels of the Allegheny County Health Department advising the public of an outbreak of hepatitis A in the Greater Pittsburgh area, the state Secretary of Health ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 20, 2018
IT WAS BAD ENOUGH the Mon Valley got blasted by an early taste of winter last week with a nasty storm, but it was an especially tough day for the rural community of Fallowfield Township. An early-morn...
Christmas Celebration launches the holiday season in Rostraver
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 18, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A community tradition for more than 30 years, Sunday’s annual Rostraver Township Christmas Celebration drew hundreds of guests from across the Mid-Mon Valley. Sponso...
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November 18, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Three local businesses are “banding together” to host a benefit for all five Elizabeth Township fire departments. Sandy Sanderson, owner of Court Time Sports Center...
Musical fundraiser set for 5 area fire companies
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 18, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Three local businesses are “banding together” to host a benefit for all five Elizabeth Township fire departments. Sandy Sanderson, owner of Court Time Sports Center...
UPMC McKeesport unveils its new courtyard entrance
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 18, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In all its years perched along the hillside on Evans Avenue, UPMC Mc-Keesport has never had a main entrance, according to administrators. From the time the hospital wa...
Blaze destroys 3 Fallowfield trucks
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com “Thank your volunteer firefighters.” That’s the simple message from Fallowfield Township supervisors after learning they lost three snow plow trucks in a municipal ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A seminar will be held in McKeesport to help residents obtain information about the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP. On the heels of...
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November 16, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The U.S. National Guard has approved Monessen’s request for assistance with the emergency demolition of a former firemen’s club. Councilman Dave Feehan said Friday t...
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November 16, 2018
By Bob Pajich  For the Mon Valley Independent Liberty Borough Mayor Larry Sikorski is encouraging the South Allegheny School Board to fix what he sees as a gap in security at the district’s Early Chil...
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November 16, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Maryland woman accused of harassing a Monessen woman by posting fake Internet ads seeking a sperm donor has been sentenced to three years probation. Fantazzia Tish...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com While there are still a few steps to go before a winner is officially announced in the race for the state House’s 49th Legislative District, it appears incumbent ...
Icy blast makes roads hazardous
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2018
By KAYLIE MOORE and TAYLOR BROWN kmoore@yourmvi.com, tbrown@yourmvi.com A mix of wintry weather swept through the Mid-Mon Valley Thursday night, causing a handful of accidents as motorists tried to na...
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November 15, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners on Thursday introduced a tentative 2019 general fund budget that does not include a tax increase. As it stands, the balanced budget ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2018
By Rich Cholodofsky Melvin Knight will be returned to death row after a Westmoreland County jury Thursday night condemned him to die by lethal injection. The Westmoreland County jury of six men and si...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen man is in prison after allegedly being captured on surveillance video sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. Monessen police charged Michael Robert Christ...