Firefighters battle blaze in Washington Township
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December 12, 2025
Several Mon Valley fire departments responded to a house fire about 1:45 a.m. Thursday on Axton Street in Washington Township. Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co. firefighters, along with several m...
McKeesport board OKs study of improvement project
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 12, 2025
It would involve upgrades to the high school and the football stadium. At Thursday’s meeting, the McKeesport Area school board authorized an architectural firm to consider an $850,000 improvement plan...
Tenants confront property managers over living conditions
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December 12, 2025
The protest included residents of Mon View Heights apartment complex in West Mifflin. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive LaTonya Smith, 57, said there are days when she gets home from work and just sits in her...
City man who shot Parkway West driver pleads guilty
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December 12, 2025
Rashawn Hall accepted a plea agreement sentencing him to 4 to 8 years in prison. By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive The man who repeatedly shot at a fellow motorist last year while the two drove on the Parkw...
Firearms deer hunting season to wrap up in Pennsylvania
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December 12, 2025
By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive The window of opportunity to go hunting for deer in Pennsylvania is quickly shrinking, as firearms deer season closes this Saturday. The Pennsylvania Game Commission reminded h...
WCHA receives grant for senior residence project
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December 12, 2025
Church View Senior Residences is expected to open next fall. By the MVI Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh announced Thursday that Westmoreland County Housing Authority was awarded a $1.25 million g...
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Rostraver Township
December 12, 2025
• Ronald Zaladonis, 47, of Donora was charged with strangulation, simple assault and harassment stemming from an alleged incident on Thursday, court records state. • John Mitchell, 51, of Charleroi wa...
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies
Politics
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the begin...
Politics, World Briefly
December 12, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by Presiden...
Politics
December 12, 2025
PENN STATE FACULTY ARE NOT unionized. That could change soon. If the university’s leadership doesn’t like that, it’s their own fault. The Penn State Faculty Alliance turned in thousands of union autho...
Reality is not a hoax
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December 12, 2025
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again.” That was Donald Trump, speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year. But this yea...
Politics
December 12, 2025
By LINLEY SANDERS AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new AP-NOR...
Trump’s administration separates thousands of migrant families in the U.S.
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By By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press 
December 12, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first term. Border crossings sit at a record ...
Story time with Mrs. Christmas
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December 11, 2025
Mrs. Christmas (Amy Bozick, whose Serbian surname means Christmas) shares “Santa’s Story” with children at the Monongahela Public Library on Wednesday morning. From left, Leo Menegazzi, Julian Spindle...
Jericho ousted as Charleroi council vice president
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
December 11, 2025
Councilman Jerry Jericho said a heated argument during an executive session led to him being removed as vice president. A move to strip Charleroi Councilman Jerry Jericho of his position as vice presi...
West Mifflin to tighten building permit time limits
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 11, 2025
Council will vote on the 2026 budget at next Tuesday’s voting meeting. West Mifflin’s Community Development Director Walter “Butch” Anthony wants to make sure residents are not abusing old building pe...
Residents pack Monongahela council meeting to oppose tax hike
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 11, 2025
Council voted 3-2 to pass the proposed 2026 budget with a 2 mill property tax increase. During a meeting packed with residents, Monongahela council approved a proposed budget on Wednesday that include...
Area realtors association partners with West Newton for parks funding
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December 11, 2025
A $7,500 Placemaking grant will be used for signage at West Newton Borough parks. For the MVI Enhancing public parks in West Newton is the goal of a $7,500 Placemaking grant awarded to the Realtors As...