World Briefly
December 17, 2025

Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a GOP health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums millions of Americans will soon endure as pandemic-era tax credits for people who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire at year’s end.

Noah Daniel Mayernik
Obituaries
December 17, 2025
FORMERLY OF MONESSEN Noah Daniel Mayernik, 43, of Selma, Ala., formerly of St. Augustine, Fla., and Monessen, passed away on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Ala. No...
Obituaries
December 17, 2025
CLOVER HILL, PA. Lucy Marie Kuhar, born June 4, 1939, in Clover Hill, Pa., passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Our dear Lucy Marie was released from her c...
Terry A. Mochnaly
Obituaries
December 17, 2025
BELLE VERNON, FORMERLY OF WEBSTER On Nov. 22, Terry “Moch” Mochnaly passed away of natural causes after several health chal lenges in recent years. He was born in North Charleroi on Sept. 19, 1958, to...
Death Notices
December 17, 2025
During a short online special meeting Tuesday, the Belle Vernon Area school board hired a new special education teacher for Rostraver Elementary. The board unanimously approved Natalie Moncheck for th...
Death Notices
December 17, 2025
A story in Tuesday’s edition, titled, “Taxes to rise in proposed Rostraver Twp. budget,” had incorrect information about a proposed property tax hike. The current Rostraver Township millage rate is 18...
World Briefly
December 17, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY 17 Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2025. There are 14 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first successful...