If you haven’t gotten your mail, you’re not alone
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January 30, 2026
Carriers are facing delays and disruptions from the lingering snow. By JACK TROY TribLive Waiting on an important letter or package? It could be a few more days. The U.S. Postal Service continues to f...
Mother charged with child endangerment
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January 30, 2026
A Rostraver Township mom is being charged with child endangerment after an alleged incident last month. Ashley Clendenen, 37, of Rostraver Township was charged with endangering welfare of children - p...
Woman dies after car careens off Parkway East into Monongahela River
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January 30, 2026
By Haley Daugherty TribLiveA Pittsburgh woman is dead after her vehicle went off the Parkway East and into the Monongahela River on Thursday afternoon. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified...
1 hospitalized after plant explosion
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By By HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive 
January 30, 2026
Some residents of Smith Township were put under a shelter-in-place order Thursday evening by Washington County officials after a reported explosion at a metal fabricating plant. According to TribLive ...
Opinion, Politics
January 30, 2026
A RECORD 45% OF AMERICAN adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As the ranks of the politically homeless grow, the s...
Hail to the truth-tellers
Opinion, Politics
January 30, 2026
After two American citizens were gunned down by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Sen. Bill Cassidy, a conservative Republican from Louisiana, called for a “a full joint federal and state investigation” and ...
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Rostraver Township
January 30, 2026
• Samuel Henstock, 20, of North Versailles was charged with prohibited acts stemming from an alleged incident on Sunday, court records state. • Brittany May, 38, of Clairton was charged with driving u...
Spending deal reached to avert government shutdown
Politics, World Briefly
January 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday as they consider new restrictions ...
Politics, World Briefly
January 30, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement of- ficers in Minnesota, but only if state and local officials co operate, the president’s border czar sa...
‘Snow’ sweet!
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January 29, 2026
While playing outside his Elizabeth home, 10-year-old Giovanni Spiegel found this snow packed in the shape of a heart. He told his mom, Debby, that his Grandma, who passed away in June, must have sent...
Officials eager for demolition of former Century III Mall property to be finished
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 29, 2026
West Mifflin elected leaders are also hoping for repairs to the Mon View Heights Apartment complex. Demolition of the former Century III Mall property and issues at the Mon View Heights Apartment comp...
Ringgold parent raises questions about safety and transparency
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 29, 2026
Parent Amy Carson spoke at the school board’s Jan. 21 meeting. Concerns over school safety and communication were posed to Ringgold leaders at a recent school board meeting. When the board met Jan. 21...
BVA approves compensation plan for school administrators
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 29, 2026
The plan sets salaries for top district administrators through 2030. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved an administrator Act 93 compensation plan last week that will begin this year and conti...
Free radon testing kits available at Westmoreland County libraries
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January 29, 2026
Radon is an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas and Pennsylvania has some of the highest concentrations in the nation. By the MVI Testing for radon in Westmoreland County will be as easy as checking ...
AP Delsandro Veterans Memorial Fund donations
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January 29, 2026
Five local organizations were recently presented $500 donations from the AP Delsandro Veterans Memorial Fund. The charitable organization recently rededicated the AP Delsandro Veterans Memorial in Don...
Some Allegheny County Council members seek to ban cooperation with ICE
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January 29, 2026
The proposed legislation would prohibit ICE or Border Patrol from housing immigrant detainees at the Allegheny County Jail. By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive Six Allegheny County Council members on Tuesday ...
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Rostraver
January 29, 2026
• Sadie Lynn Bednarczyk, 44, of Fayette City was charged with intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered and use/possession of drug paraphernalia stemming from an alle...
Partial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes
Politics, World Briefly
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct fo...