For some, Dry January leads to full-time sobriety
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
January 3, 2026
For a variety of reasons, they have decided to cut alcohol out of their lives. By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive For Scott Page, Dry January goes year-round. At the beginning of his sobriety journey...
Chocolate-dipped orange palmiers are a delicious treat
Features, Food, Latest News
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN
January 3, 2026
By CHRISTINE HAINES For the MVI Not everything that is homemade needs to be made from scratch. I’m starting this new year with a recipe that is sweet, easy and looks like you spent hours on it while t...
Firefighters respond to accident on Webster Hollow Road
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
January 3, 2026
Firefighters were called to the scene of an accident Friday afternoon in the 600 block of Webster Hollow Road. No injuries were reported. Fire crews assisted with traffic control. Rostraver Township F...
Vulcans sweep away East Stroudsburg
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
January 3, 2026
Jordyn Buchanan scored a gamehigh 26 points in a Cal victory over the visiting Warriors Friday. By the Mon Valley Independent The California (Pa.) men’s basketball team remained unbeaten in PSAC play ...
Talking Steelers, Pitt and playoffs
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 3, 2026
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said on Tuesday he was hopeful that TJ Watt could play to some degree in Sunday’s all-or-nothing game against the Ravens for the AFC North title and a spot in the playoffs. ...
Gainwell named Steelers’ MVP
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 3, 2026
If Kenneth Gainwell is to be believed, he might have been the least-surprised individual to hear the news that he had been named the Pittsburgh Steelers’ MVP. The running back was announced Friday as ...
Ravens, Steelers meet with both coaches under fire
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
January 3, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have spent nearly two decades staring across the sideline from each other. At some point, there’s going to be a last time. There’s a sense that the 40th...
Carolyn J. ‘CJ’ Allen – Rostraver Township
Obituaries
January 3, 2026
Carolyn J. “CJ” Allen, 76, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. She was born in Charleroi on June 28, 1949, a daughter of the late James W. and Marion “Dollie” Seiple Greenwood. CJ was ...
Sondra O. Bordini – Monongahela
Obituaries
January 3, 2026
Sondra O. Bordini, 87, of Monongahela, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in the Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela.  She was born on Aug. 6, 1938, in New Eag le, daughter of John and Elizabeth Usher Odelli...