Fetterman opposes calls to abolish ICE
Politics
By By TOM FONTAINE TribLive 
January 16, 2026
He called it an “extreme” position in a post on X. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is rejecting calls from some fellow Democrats to abolish the federal government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement follow...
Politics
January 16, 2026
A PYRAMID CAN BE the strongest shape humans know how to build. Load-bearing. Enduring. It also can be a scheme — something that looks solid from the top down but collapses when the base proves hollow....
Politics
By By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer 
January 16, 2026
If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah...
Reality is making a comeback
Politics
January 16, 2026
In Trump World, where alternative facts rule, reality is starting to make comeback. For months, the president has hammered Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, denouncing him as a “numbsku...
Players, gamblers charged with rigging games
Latest News, Sports
January 16, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players...
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Monessen
January 16, 2026
• Michael Sims, 43, of Cottonwood, Ariz., was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude police, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, evading arrest, DUI and traffic violations stem...
Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis
Politics, World Briefly
January 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his ad...
‘Tiny Tykes’ story time at Rostraver library
Latest News, Main
January 15, 2026
Bailey Powell, 2, of Smithton smiles while participating in the “Tiny Tykes Tadpoles” story-time program at the Rostraver Public Library on Wednesday morning. The weekly program introduces toddlers to...
Charleroi fire chief airs frustration over street damage amid projects
Latest News, Main
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 15, 2026
Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the road plates are damaged and it’s delaying response times in some instances. Frustration over damaged roads tied to gas line work resurfaced at Wednesday’s council...
DA gives update on Century III Mall demolition
Latest News, Main
January 15, 2026
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala on Wednesday said a potential buyer is close to finalizing a deal to buy the property that was once home to one of the largest malls in the world. By...
EF to move forward with process to hire new solicitor
Latest News, Main
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 15, 2026
Several school board members said they want to move on from a contentious meeting last month. Several Elizabeth Forward School Board members addressed the public Wednesday to clear the air about a con...
Council welcomes new controller, honors MMVTA rep. George Eckert
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MONONGAHELA
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 15, 2026
George Eckert has represented the city on the transit authority board for several years. Monongahela’s council meeting Wednesday was the second for Chris Spahr Jr., the new city controller, following ...
West Mifflin to take action on proposal to subdivide golf course for a housing project
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
January 15, 2026
Council said this is just the first step in Westwood Golf Club’s plans to split the golf course. West Mifflin officials will look at plans submitted by owners of Westwood Golf Club to subdivide the pr...
Black Diamond VFW honors annual essay contest winners
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
January 15, 2026
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1409 sponsors the contest each year. For the MVI Three students from the Mon Valley were recognized at the monthly meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1409 in Bl...
Grand jury indicts suspect in vandalism of VP Vance’s home
Latest News, Main
January 15, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury indicted the individual accused of vandalizing the Ohio home of Vice President JD Vance and causing other property damage on federal charges Wednesday. The three-cou...
Politics
January 15, 2026
CALLS FOR MIKE TOMLIN to step down are not new. They tend to surface the same way every time — after an ugly loss, after a season that ends not with hope but with disappointment. Monday night’s 30-6 w...
The prime of tough-guy progressivism
Politics
January 15, 2026
On Saturday, Larry Krasner, the elected Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia, posted a photo of himself on social media. It was a black-and-white picture of a stern-looking Krasner in a dark s...
Politics
By By EMMA BURROWS AP European Security Correspondent 
January 15, 2026
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland and anything less than having the island in U.S. hands is unacceptable, hours before Vice ...
Around The Valley
January 15, 2026
PennDOT District 12 announced that a single- lane restriction is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today between Exit 44 (Arnold City) and Exit 49 (Smithton) in Rostraver Township. All work depends on we...