Beloved retired Charleroi K-9 Rex dies
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 20, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Regional Police Department is mourning the death of one of their own — retired K-9 Officer Rex. Rex, 14, died Monday. The beloved canine was taken to F...
Washington County Judge Traci McDonald Kemp honors MLK
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 20, 2020
By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Washington County Court of Common Pleas Judge Traci McDonald Kemp, the county’s first black woman elected to county-wide office, gave a Martin Luther King...
MLK Day of Service hosted by  PSU students in McKeesport
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 20, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students from five different Penn State University campuses in Western Pennsylvania joined forces in McKeesport Monday to complete service projects in memory of the li...
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 20, 2020
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Every girl deserves to feel like a princess on her prom night. That’s why Diann Donaldson, owner of Jazzy Boutique in North Belle Vernon, has made it her ...
The Mantle House is on a mission to help more  homeless young people
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 20, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A resale ministry based in West Newton and Elizabeth is having a months-long sale to clear out inventory to make room for new items. Marci Elsbury and her husband, R...
Newly merged churches hold unity banquet
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com This month, three churches in the Mid-Mon Valley officially joined forces in a merger to form St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church. The Rev. Kevin Dominik said the m...
Valley residents find ways to help Australia
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It seems that whenever or wherever Mon Valley residents see a need, they are quick to help. That quality applies even if the need is half a world away. Wildfire...
Ringgold student honored for MLK poem
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Ringgold High School senior has been recognized for a poem he wrote about Martin Luther King Jr. Roderick Wilson Jr. will be honored tonight by Carnegie Mellon ...
Port Vue resident learns guitar building and repair
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 19, 2020
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The phrase “follow your heart” is good advice, and Port Vue resident Gregg Johnson hopes it proves profitable. An avid music fan and performing musician, Joh...
No secrets to long life offered on 101st birthday
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com If you ask Edward Ehko the secret to a long and happy life, he’ll be honest with you — there isn’t one; it’s all in your genes. He said his bloodlines have served hi...
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January 17, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a new round of fines against U.S. Steel that will benefit the communities considered to be most impacted by air pollu...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a winter weather advisory for the entire region because of a low-pressure system that is expected to bring a wint...
Poor vaccine ‘match’ leads to flu outbreak
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Do you have a nagging cough that just won’t go away? Having a tough time getting back to 100% after an illness from a few weeks ago? You’re not alone.   And ...
White Oak Pharmacy closing after 93 years
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Manns Drug Store, a neighborhood pharmacy in White Oak for 93 years, will close its doors Thursday. Located at the junction of O’Neil Boulevard and Lincoln Way, the...
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January 17, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The family of a Monessen woman who died this week wants to pass along a warning to Mon Valley residents after her home was broken into during the funeral. Robert Saw...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County police Inspector Andrew Schurman alerted residents Friday about an individual who recently posed as an Allegheny County police officer as part of a sc...
Fire damages Rostraver home
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township home was heavily damaged during a fire Thursday, though the family members and their pets escaped unharmed. The fire broke out around 10:45...
Charges are dismissed in Otto’s death
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the one-year anniversary of the violent death of their Shiloh shepherd draws near, a Washington Township family was left “shocked and heartbroken” as charges agai...
ArcelorMittal hopes to harness energy created by ‘eternal flame’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 17, 2020
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com ArcelorMittal is in talks with two potential partners to work toward researching a co-generation project to redistribute the energy produced from the Mone...
TJ students hear from Hollywood insider
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 16, 2020
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Students at Thomas Jefferson High School received a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the film business Thursday when Chris Hampel, a former Los Angeles-based mov...