City man gets 2 life sentences for murders
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January 9, 2026
Relatives mourn a mother and the “very kind and gentle soul” whose lives were cut short. By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive Pennsylvania state law required an Allegheny County judge Wednesday to sentence a M...
‘Long overdue’: Tenaska power plant faces hearing on emissions, monitoring
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January 9, 2026
A Feb. 4 session will address the Smithton-area facility’s air and water permits. By JOE NAPSHA TribLive From his Mendon Road horse farm, Eric Metz watches white clouds billow daily from the 940-megaw...
Hotel tax revenues doled out to help promote tourism
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January 9, 2026
The $632,000 is the most ever awarded, and it’s 15% more than was handed out a year ago. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Dwight Brown knows that word of mouth isn’t enough to sustain business growth. Bro...
Firefighters, police respond to Charleroi crash
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January 9, 2026
A single-vehicle accident occurred Thursday at Lincoln Avenue extension in Charleroi. The road reopened later Thursday evening. The Charleroi Fire Department cleaned up hazards following the crash, an...
Elizabeth Township elected officials sworn in for ’26
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 8, 2026
Commissioners held their annual reorganization meeting earlier this week. Elizabeth Township held its reorganization meeting Monday ahead of its regular monthly meeting to swear in some familiar faces...
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January 8, 2026
Two people suffered life-threatening injuries after being attacked by their dog in an Elizabeth Township home. According to police Chief Ken Honick, police and EMS were called to the home at around 9:...
Allegheny County health officials blast new federal childhood vaccine guidelines
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January 8, 2026
By JACK TROY TribLive Allegheny County health authorities on Wednesday rejected the federal government’s new childhood vaccine guidelines, promising to stick with the science on immunization practices...
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January 8, 2026
A Donora woman is accused of allegedly blocking a Ringgold school bus and yelling obscenities at the bus driver. Samantha Tatia Mitchell, 32, was charged with unauthorized bus entry, disorderly conduc...
Police search for Westmoreland Co. man linked to kidnapping
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January 8, 2026
A man accused of kidnapping his wife to Kentucky fled from police Tuesday night as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant in a new case filed by Rostraver police. Latrobe police Lt. Michael Wigand ...
Monessen firefighters respond to gas leak
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January 7, 2026
Monessen Fire Dept. No.1 responded Tuesday morning to a report of a gas leak in a residence along McKee Avenue. Firefighters confirmed a gas leak, placed a cross lay as a precaution, shut the gas off ...
No changes in Fallowfield Township leadership
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 7, 2026
Bruce Smith and Joe Sopcak will continue to serve as chairman and vice chairman. Leadership in Fallowfield Township will remain the same following the township’s annual reorganization meeting Monday, ...
Prosecutors: Monessen parents left 2-year-old twins in squalor
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January 7, 2026
Their trial in Westmoreland County will continue today. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Two Monessen parents broke the law when they left their 2-year-old twins trapped in a bedroom strewn with feces and...
Glassport swears in officials, promotes Pettis to sergeant
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January 6, 2026
Council President Anthony Colecchi and Vice President Mark Stecak were reelected to their positions. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI Several Glassport officials took the oath of office at Monday’s annu...
Payne-Harrison becomes first Black woman ever to serve on West Mifflin council
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January 6, 2026
Mayor Chris Kelly and other officials were also sworn in Monday night. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI History was made during Monday’s reorganization meeting in West Mifflin. Carla Payne-Harrison beca...
Monessen mayor, other officials sworn into office
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2026
The city will honor a longtime public servant by holding Rosalie Nicksich Day Jan. 9. Several Monessen council members and city employees were sworn in to office during Monday’s reorganization meeting...
Westmoreland slashes benefits for retired workers
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January 6, 2026
Nonunion workers who are on the payroll before Jan. 1 will still be eligible. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County’s salary board on Monday rescinded a policy that allowed nonunion employe...
McKeesport HBCU Vision awards scholarships
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January 6, 2026
McKeesport HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Vision recently hosted its second awards and fourth annual scholarship ceremony at the Monroeville Public Library. Miracle Kelley, a seni...
Work continues on Expressway
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 5, 2026
The PA Turnpike Commission has no further plans to close Coal Valley Road, which reopened in December. Coal Valley Road is open again as construction is moving forward with the Mon/Fayette Expressway,...