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Monongahela fills vacancy on civil service board

MONONGAHELA - Monongahela Council on Thursday filled a vacancy on the city's Civil Service Commission, an appointment that was needed as its police department prepares to hire two full-time officers.Council appointed retired Ringgold School District teacher and former city councilman Alan ...

Monongahela history buffs honor ‘The Invincible Grays’ and black veterans

It’s not every month that a man dressed in a Civil War uniform marches into the public meeting room for an audience with the Washington County commissioners, but one appeared Thursday to kick off Black History Month.Eric Wible of Youngwood, Westmoreland County, portrayed a Union Army corporal ...

Monongahela man jailed over gun theft accusations

MONONGAHELA – A Monongahela man is accused of stealing eight guns from his brother last month and selling them for cash.Monongahela police initially apprehended the suspect, Justin M. Warner, Jan. 25 on a warrant filed in a drug case from Harrisburg, court records show.Warner was served ...

Surveillance key to arrest in Monongahela robbery

MONONGAHELA – A robbery this week in Monongahela would still be under investigation if there weren’t a string of surveillance cameras operated by businesses in the downtown, the city’s police chief said.Investigators were able to track the suspect, Michael James Uher, to a convenience ...

Police reviewing surveillance in Monongahela Rite Aid robbery

MONONGAHELA – Police in Monongahela were reviewing video surveillance from a variety of locations Monday as officers attempted to identify a suspect in a robbery a day earlier at a Rite Aid store.A store employee identified the suspect as a white man about 5 feet, 7 inches tall. He was ...

Robbery reported at Monongahela Rite Aid

MONONGAHELA – Monongahela police were investigating a robbery call Sunday at Rite Aid.While the man pretended to have a gun, it didn’t appear he actually had one, a Washington County 911 supervisor said.No one was injured during the 5 p.m. robbery at the store at 466 W. Main St., he ...