By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Heading into Thursday’s WPIAL Class 2A semifinal against top-seeded Freeport, Frazier volleyball coach Mandy Hartman talked with her team during practice Wednesday a...
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November 2, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward’s storybook run through the WPIAL playoffs ended with a 3-1 loss at the hands of third-seeded Thomas Jefferson in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals Thu...
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November 2, 2018
By ASHLEY CHASE For the MV Independent After losing 5-0 in the WPIAL semifinals, Charleroi head coach Jon Ducoli said the team “didn’t like the taste it left in their mouths.” Unfortunately for the Co...
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November 1, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Fewer than a dozen Mon Valley residents showed up for ArcelorMittal’s Monessen Community Meeting held Thursday night at Monessen High School. The company will be holdi...
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November 1, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A part-time street worker will continue to work for Charleroi, but councilwoman Debbie Buck apparently won’t. After receiving word last month that he was going to be...
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November 1, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Donora family’s year-long battle with the Mon Valley Sewage Authority over several incidents of flooding in their home has taken another turn. In September, Rut...
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November 1, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Incumbent state Sen. Pat Stefano, R-Bullskin Township, and newcomer Pamela Gerard, D-Uniontown, will vie for Pennsylvania’s 32nd Legislative District seat in Tuesday...
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November 1, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com More safety grant money is headed to school districts in the Mon Valley. State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, a member of the state School Safety and Security Commit...
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November 1, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport is set to welcome TriWire Engineering Solutions Inc., an industry leader in telecommunications installation, to its Walnut Street corridor — an opportunity ...
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November 1, 2018
The parade from the state capital to state prison continues, with Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, a Democrat from Philadelphia, the latest Pennsylvania lawmaker found guilty of breaking the law. Lowery was...
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November 1, 2018
The Fayette City Alliance Church is serving as a drop-off center for Operation Christmas Child again this year. It is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, a worldwide relief organization. OCC is celebratin...
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November 1, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It has been a little over a month since three homes along Woodward Avenue in Fallowfield Township were condemned, leaving families displaced and neighbors worried. U...
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November 1, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A lit cigarette caused a fire in Charleroi on Halloween, according to the borough’s fire chief. Charleroi Fire Department was dispatched to the 700 block of Church Way...
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 1, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Voters in Washington, Fayette and Greene counties and about two-thirds of Westmoreland County residents were left a bit confused as to what district they would be a pa...
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 31, 2018
By ASHLEY CHASE For the MV Independent MOON TOWNSHIP — Frazier may not have fully hit their stride until the fifth set, but when it came down to it, it’s the set that mattered most. The Commodores pun...
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October 31, 2018
By ASHLEY CHASE For the Mon Valley Independent MOON TOWNSHIP – After taking its foot off the gas pedal in the first set, Serra Catholic rallied to defeat Neshannock convincingly in four sets, taking 2...
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October 31, 2018
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The excitement has all been building to this. Tonight is the night, tonight we go LIVE! It’s an exciting time here at the Mon Valley Independent, even more so in t...