I-70 crash snarls traffic
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December 11, 2025
Rostraver Township firefighters and police were called to I-70 at Exit 46 about 3 p.m. Wednesday when this tractor-trailer left the road prior to the offramp. No injuries were reported. Firefighters c...
Glassport to address sewage rate increases
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
December 11, 2025
A town hall will be held after the next workshop meeting set for 6 p.m. Jan. 13. Glassport Borough Council will hold a town hall to discuss possible sewage rate increases. The town hall will be held a...
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December 11, 2025
Charleroi Regional • Alfred Ezra Sayon, 36, address unknown was charged with terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and harassment stemming from an alleged incident Monday, court records state. Glass...
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December 11, 2025
Assistant chief in Allegheny County DA’s office resigns amid criminal charges An assistant chief in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office who is facing criminal charges has resigned. Richard...
Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
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December 11, 2025
By AAMER MADHANI AND KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions ...
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December 11, 2025
RENESMAY EUTSEY was supposed to be kept safe. That is why she was removed from the care of her mother, Christina Benedetto, in 2019 when she was 3. It’s why she was placed with Benedetto’s cousin, Sar...
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By By JOEY CAPPELLETTI & THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press 
December 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she “has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump.” Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tire...
Innocent Venezuelan fishermen: ‘Don’t shoot!’
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December 11, 2025
No matter how much I try to ignore the Democrats’ latest “The Walls Are Closing In” spectacle, it has come to my attention that liberals are hopping mad about our military killing two Venezuelan drug ...
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December 11, 2025
PennDOT announced that public voting is now open for this year’s Paint the Plow program. Ten snowplows were creatively painted by high school students in Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland ...
Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate hosts annual Chow Chow Luncheon for Free Care Fund
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December 11, 2025
Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate in Rostraver Township celebrated its 26th annual Chow Chow Luncheon fundraiser Dec. 5 to support the Children’s Free Care Fund at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Sho...
St. Vincent Camerata explores Mary and the manger with ‘Nata Nox’ concerts
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By By PATRICK VARINE TribLive 
December 11, 2025
St. Michael the Archangel Parish Music Director Chaz Bowers of Elizabeth will conduct the camerata this weekend. Chaz Bowers of Elizabeth has been admiring the St. Vincent Camerata for quite some time...
83,427 cookies baked in world record attempt
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 10, 2025
Nearly 600 bakers took part in the effort by the Wedding Cookie Table Community. Western Pennsylvania’s cookie queen Laura Magone and several Christmas cookie connoisseurs gathered outside the Mononga...
Slight tax increase in Carroll Township budget
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
December 10, 2025
The 2026 spending proposal raises the real estate tax rate from 1.1444 mills to 1.25 mills. Carroll Township supervisors approved a $2 million spending plan for 2026 on Tuesday, which includes a small...
Mulch fire spreads into KFC in Rostraver Township
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 10, 2025
Firefighters from Rostraver Township, Collinsburg, North Belle Vernon and Sutersville responded to a mulch fire Tuesday night that spread into the Kentucky Fried Chicken on the 800 block of Rostraver ...
Rostraver commissioners dissolve sewage board
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 10, 2025
With the five-member board gone, sewage decisions will be made by township officials. Rostraver Township commissioners recently approved dissolving the board that oversees the township’s sewage author...
Thousands dropping Pennie health insurance
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December 10, 2025
Expiring Obamacare subsidies are creating sharp increases in the price of coverage. By JACK TROY TribLive For every new enrollment, two Pennsylvanians are dropping Obamacare coverage as steep governme...
Little Things for Little People holds Christmas event
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December 10, 2025
Little Things for Little People hosted its Christmas event on Tuesday, distributing free baby and children’s items for local families at its new location in Monessen. Santa also had gifts for the kids...
Head of Westmoreland airport authority to retire
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December 10, 2025
Gabe Monzo has served as executive director for the past 17 years. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Gabe Monzo, who has seen plenty of takeoffs and landings during his more than four decades working for t...
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McKeesport
December 10, 2025
• Lisa Meehan, 37, of Donora was charged with harassment stemming from an alleged incident Sunday, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Mark Wilson is scheduled...
Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants
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December 10, 2025
MOUNT POCONO, Pa. (AP) — On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, yet the issue that has damaged his popularity couldn’t quit...