Hugh ‘Sonny’ Link – Carroll Township
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January 31, 2023
Hugh “Sonny” Link, 80, of Carroll Township, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. He was born May 19, 1942, in Pittsburgh, son of the late Hugh Link and the late Emma Blank Link. Sonny was a member of St...
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January 31, 2023
Dorothy N. Nutt, 86, of Jefferson Township, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A daughter of the late Robert and Margaret Yates Brown, she was born on Jan. 20, 1937, in Washington Town...
Sarah ‘Jean’ Pivarnik – Charleroi
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January 31, 2023
Sarah “Jean” Pivarnik, 83, of Charleroi, passed away on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at Premier Washington. Born in Pittsburgh on April 17, 1939, she was a daughter of Mark and Sarah Pierce Sisley. Jean was...
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January 31, 2023
Connie Lee Wood Scaccia, 76, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at her home. Born Nov. 23, 1946, in Princeton, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Fred Wood Jr. and...
100th day of school in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2023
Monessen Elementary Center will celebrate its 100th day of the school year today. Kindergarten students Mila Fennell, Molly Premoshis and Ayveri Babick were finishing their 100-day projects Monday aft...
Family hopes for answers in unsolved murder case
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the past 20 years, family and friends of Robert Lamont “Jay Boy” Bristol have lived with the pain of knowing there has been no justice in his murder. Bristol was...
Donora eyes new look for downtown
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January 31, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Things are moving forward for McKean Avenue in Donora as the borough eyes more demolition projects along its downtown corridor. A month after receiving a $90,00...
Mon Valley Florida Reunion has new organizer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Despite some challenges, the 42nd annual Mon Valley Florida Reunion is officially set for Feb. 25 in Tampa. The event, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Whi...
Clarke, Genes lead Eagles past GCC
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January 31, 2023
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After a near miss in Round 1, the Serra Catholic girls basketball team handled business in Round 2 against first-place Greensburg Central Catholic, handing the Cen...
Yough keeps pace, hands Charleroi 5th straight loss
By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2023
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Yough recorded a season-high point total in extending its season-best win streak to four straight games with a convincing 54-38 win over visiting Charleroi in Sectio...
Valentine’s Day music coming to Little Theater
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With Valentine’s Day around the corner, love is in the air. And McKeesport Little Theater is hosting a fundraiser that will celebrate the season of L-O-V-E while also ...
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January 30, 2023
Stephen was born in Charleroi, to Stephen John Levkulich and Anna Nitch Levkulich on Dec. 24, 1940. He passed away on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in St. Louis, Mo., of natural causes. He grew up in Charl...
Kenneth A. Rager – Fallowfield Township
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January 30, 2023
Kenneth A. Rager of Fallowfield Township, a longtime educator, community leader, and volunteer, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at the Residence at Hilltop. He was 85. Mr. Rager, who was raised in Johns...
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January 30, 2023
Charlotte “Charlie” Mae Fryske Roche, 79, of Mt. Lebanon, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, from pancreatic cancer. Charlie was predeceased by her husband, Robert P. Roche. She is the loving mot...
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January 30, 2023
Henry T. “Stu” Studnicki, 88, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Sept. 12, 1934, in Fairhope, Pa., he was the son o...
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January 30, 2023
Dennis R. Swalin, 75, of Monessen, passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mon Valley Care Center. He was born on Dec. 31, 1947, in Monessen, son of the late Elfing and Yolanda Dustolfo Swalin. He wa...
New Eagle show attracts train enthusiasts
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 30, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com All came aboard for the Mid Mon Valley Model Railroad Club’s annual Train Sale and Show over the weekend. Hundreds visited the New Eagle Social Hall Sunday to s...
Money to be raised for flooded businesses
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January 30, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Historical Society has found a way to help its neighbors in a time of need.   A water line break Thursday at the intersection of Fourth and Main...
Shelter hoping to find new home for injured dog
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January 30, 2023
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A four-legged furry friend at White Oak Animal Safe Haven is asking for some love and support from animal lovers in the Mon Valley. On Sunday, Laura Massie, the presid...