Playoffs without Mahomes, Brady and Manning for first time since 1998 season
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December 18, 2025

Playoffs without Mahomes, Brady and Manning for first time since 1998 season

By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 

John Elway and Dan Marino were still starting quarterbacks, Tom Brady was a little-known college player at Michigan and at least six starting quarterbacks for potential 2025 playoffs teams weren’t even alive the last time the NFL had a postseason like this.

Cookies and hot chocolate with Santa at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital.
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Cookies and hot chocolate with Santa at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital.
December 18, 2025
Madelyn Lipchinsky, 3, and her sister Brooklyn Lipchinsky, 5, both of Monongahela, sit with Santa during the Cookies and Hot Chocolate with Santa event Wednesday evening at Penn Highlands Mon Valley H...
State senator offers holiday scam warning
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State senator offers holiday scam warning
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
December 18, 2025
Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday also encourages state residents to be careful with last-minute buying. With a week until Christmas and last-minute shopping peaking across the Mon Valley, state offici...
Public protests process as EF seeks new solicitor
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Public protests process as EF seeks new solicitor
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 18, 2025
The board decided to table its decision on replacing John Rushford. Elizabeth Forward had a packed and eventful special meeting Wednesday evening to switch law offices for the district. The district h...
Red alert: Kettle campaign needs help to reach goal
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Red alert: Kettle campaign needs help to reach goal
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 18, 2025
Donations and bell ringers are both needed before the fundraising drive wraps up on Christmas. The final days of the Red Kettle Campaign are approaching, and the Mon Valley Salvation Army is asking fo...
Saints Joachim & Anne Parish host angel tree
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Saints Joachim & Anne Parish host angel tree
December 18, 2025
Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish of Elizabeth/Glassport/ Liberty Borough recently participated in its annual “Angel Tree” gift giving project with over 500 gifts collected from parishioners. On...
Trump touts economic strength in partisan prime-time address
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Trump touts economic strength in partisan prime-time address
December 18, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrat...