Ringgold amends fan policy for fall sports
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 16, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold school directors Wednesday moved forward to take steps allowing spectators at sporting events. By a narrow 5-4 vote, directors voted to amend the di...
2 Washington County commissioners seek new office building
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 16, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Washington County Commissioners are looking for the most economical option for office space for the future, which could mean buying the building across the ...
Monessen to host drop-off recycling event Saturday
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen needs to improve its recycling numbers and it will start its push Saturday with a city-wide drop off event. “We’ve been negligent on our recycling collec...
Ball boys on duty in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
Jackson Keranko and Brock Henderson (standing), along with Ethan Hartley and Dylan Klinger, all of Fallowfield Township, helped out as ball boys at the Charleroi Area High School girls soccer game Tue...
Monessen threatens to cite Redevelopment Authority
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s code enforcement officer has sent a warning letter to the Monessen Redevelopment Authority about the condition of one of its properties on Sixth Street...
BVA raises crowd size for football
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com When the Belle Vernon Area Leopards take the field at James Weir Stadium Friday night, there may be as many as 750 spectators in the stands. That was the decisi...
Tales of terror at Ghost Walk Tours
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The air is becoming cooler, the days are growing shorter and leaves are changing color. Fall is right around the corner, and with it comes one of the most be...
Eagle Scout project results in veterans’ garden
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A veterans’ garden is now in place outside the Rostraver Township Historical Society, just one part of an Eagle Scout project carried out by the grandson of one...
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September 16, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Although a federal judge has ruled shutdown orders and restrictions on gatherings imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf unconstitutional, the Charleroi Area School Board will con...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Communities across the Mon Valley have been awarded a variety of grants for local projects including the arts, infrastructure and renovation. Several elected officia...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 16, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Founders’ Hall Middle School student has tested positive for COVID-19. In a Sept. 15 letter to parents obtained by the Mon Valley Independent , the McKeesport Area S...
McKeesport testing center opens
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State and Allegheny County officials toured a new drive-thru COVID-19 testing facility Monday in the RIDC Industrial Center of McKeesport. The site, located in a repur...
Judge rules shutdown orders unconstitutional
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2020
By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media A federal judge in Pittsburgh Monday found that orders issued by Gov. Tom Wolf restricting the size of gatherings and closing non-essential businesses to protect ag...
Monessen sewage fees could double
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will likely have to double its line usage fee for sewage customers to repay $15 million in loans that will go toward work to improve the city’s sewage in...
Hruby calm about heart surgery
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com To most people, Halloween means costumes and candy. But the holiday has a special meaning for to 2017 Ringgold High School graduate Alicia Hruby. Hruby, 21, ...
Woman honored for food drives
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield Township woman and her family were recognized by Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi earlier this month for helping the community during the COV...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township is looking into forming its own redevelopment authority as a way of addressing blight in the community. The state legislature gave First Clas...
Calm prevails at anti-racism rally
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Organizers and borough officials say they are pleased with the outcome of an anti-racism rally held Saturday in Elizabeth. “We pray that this would spark conver...
Cancer society adapts without fundraisers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic threw a kink into day-to-day operations for nonprofit entities across the country. But staff and volunteers with the American Cancer Society...
History comes alive at McKeesport cemetery
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery came to life this weekend for the Living History Cemetery Tour, and those who strolled the scenic graveyard got the unique opportunity...