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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 5, 2025
A meeting was held last week to offer guidance on the countywide system. Residents in Carroll Township received reassurance and an update concerning the county’s upcoming 911 system upgrade. During a ...
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MONESSEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2025
Board members heard prices Tuesday night for items that may be included. The Monessen school board plans to approve a finalized scope of work and maximum cost for its infrastructure improvement projec...
Around The Valley
February 5, 2025
A Donora man has been charged with false reports after allegedly telling police a man pulled a knife on him during a November altercation at Sheetz in Rostraver Township. Charles Simon Lepley, 49, is ...
Senate OKs new Westmoreland register of wills, judge
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
February 5, 2025
They were both nominated by Gov. Josh Shapiro to fill vacant positions. Westmoreland County’s newest row officer and a judge could be sworn in later this week after the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday ...
Politics
February 5, 2025
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER AND MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian a...
GAME BREAK AT THE GAME
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February 4, 2025
Teagan Olstein, 8, and her brother Maddox, 6, of Fallowfield Township took a time out from watching the Charleroi Area girls basketball game Monday evening to play on their iPad. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon ...
Will Pa. avoid a large hike in electric rates?
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 4, 2025
Republicans are skeptical of claims by Gov. Josh Shapiro following an agreement with PJM Interconnection. An agreement Gov. Josh Shapiro announced last week with PJM Interconnection to resolve his rec...
U.S. Steel, Nippon request new federal merger review
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By JACK TROY TribLive 
February 4, 2025
The companies claim in court that former President Joe Biden’s decision to block the deal violated their due process rights. U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel laid out their case Monday that then-President ...
Elizabeth Twp. eyes historical celebration
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2025
The historical society president discussed plans at Monday’s meeting. Linda Bennett, president of Elizabeth Township Historical Society, talked to commissioners Monday night about an upcoming celebrat...
Mon Valley Florida reunion set for Feb. 22
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2025
Organizer Mona Lisa Spirko said there could be a capacity crowd of 100 people this year. The date has been set for the 44th annual Mon Valley Florida reunion, just in time for snowbirds to enjoy the w...
Monessen mother says school employee hit her autistic son
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2025
The district released a statement Friday in response to the incident. A Monessen mother no longer feels comfortable sending her 6-year-old autistic son to the school district after she said he was str...
Politics
February 4, 2025
To the Editor: The Associated Press should stand for the Associated Propagandists for the Left and Democrat party. They insert so many lies or half truths in their reporting it is really sad they thin...
Saints of New York
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February 4, 2025
“When shall I begin to give myself entirely to him, who has given himself unreservedly to me?” New York may not be your idea of a hotbed for holiness. But the quote above comes from Father Isaac Jogue...
Mexico — Friend, enemy, neutral, or something else?
Politics
February 4, 2025
exican nationals, Mlikely cartel members, recently crossed the border and shot and wounded an American hiker. Did they assume that Joe Biden was still president, and so it was still a veritable open s...
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February 4, 2025
AS NATIONAL EYES focus on the midair collision of a commercial plane with a military helicopter over the Potomac River, and the medical plane crash in Philadelphia, concerns remain about how to preven...
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By By NICHOLAS R. MICINSKI University of Maine The Conversation 
February 4, 2025
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. As diplomatic spats go, it was short-lived. On Jan 26, 2025, Colombian President Gustavo...
Politics
February 4, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In its first direct criticism of the Trump administration, North Korea lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned Monday that...
FROSTY FROLIC IS CHILLY GOOD TIME
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February 3, 2025
Chloe Lusk, 17, of Coal Center, Jill Salzman, 14, of Elco and Morgan Ziglar, 19, of Coal Center were wrapped in towels after going into the water at Saturday’s Frosty Frolic. California Area School Di...
Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
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February 3, 2025
A large crowd gathered to watch the annual event, but the groundhog’s prediction wasn’t popular. By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive The largest Groundhog Day crowd to date greeted the news from Punxsutawney Phil...