Politics
November 8, 2025
Thumbs down to avoidable errors. Election Day in Pennsylvania should follow a predictable format. Polls are set up, people show up, results are tallied. That happened Tuesday — but in two counties, it...
Around The Valley, Features
November 8, 2025
• Community dinner, Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave., 4 to 5 p.m., doors open at 3:30 p.m. • VFW Post 1409 meeting, at the post, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela, 7 p.m. • Catholic W...
SCENES FROM VETERANS DAY 2024
Around The Valley, Extra, News
November 8, 2025
Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi, a Marine Corps veteran, walked with the Mon Valley Leathernecks in the 2024 Veterans Day parade in Charleroi.
Scenes from the 2024 Mon Valley Leathernecks ball
Around The Valley, Entertainment
November 8, 2025
Retired Brig. Gen. David Papak uses a sword to cut the cake alongside Wally Fronzaglio at the 2024 Mon Valley Leathernecks Marine Corps Ball. This year’s ball, celebrating the 250th birthday of the Ma...
News, Politics
November 8, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as ...
Ringgold Middle School students celebrate veterans
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 7, 2025
Patriotic music, readings and posters greeted the veterans who attended Thursday’s program at the middle school. At Ringgold Middle School, honoring veterans wasn’t just something that happened on sta...
Salvation Army says ‘every person counts’ at Red Kettle kickoff
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 7, 2025
Federal and state budget standoffs have increased the level of need this year. Smiles, dancing and the sound of bells were in abundance at the Mon Valley Salvation Army’s first-ever Red Kettle Kickoff...
Washington County Commissioners ax chamber contract
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 7, 2025
Chamber president Jeff Kotula disagrees with the reasoning offered by Nick Sherman and Electra Janis. A long‑standing partnership between Washington County and its lead economic development agency is ...
Fundraiser set up for Donora man injured by hit-and-run driver in Massachusetts
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 7, 2025
A GoFundMe account has been set up for David Wachinski, who was working at a construction job when he was struck. A Donora man is in a Boston, Mass., hospital fighting to recover after a hitand- run c...
DA accuses county coroner of withholding autopsy reports
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WASHINGTON COUNTY
November 7, 2025
Five search warrants were executed at Tim Warco’s office this week. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive Washington County Coroner Tim Warco has been accused by county District Attorney Jason Walsh of withholdi...
Roscoe family raises money for hospital’s free care fund
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
November 7, 2025
The Scrip family brought in more than $25,000 for the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Free Care Fund. By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor swolford@yourmvi.com A Roscoe family decided to pay it for...
Monessen council hires clerk at special meeting
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November 7, 2025
Linda Matthews will resume working for the city after leaving in September. By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com Monessen council held a special meeting Thursday evening to vote on motions to rehire a ...
What happened with Chester County’s pollbook printing problem?
Latest News, Main, Politics
November 7, 2025
The county only included major-party voters in its pollbooks, forcing third-party and unaffiliated voters to use provisional ballots or return later. By CARTER WALKER Votebeat An error that affected t...
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
November 7, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the m...
‘It will be a nightmare’
Politics
November 7, 2025
The off-year elections this week mark the beginning of a ferocious 12-month battle for control of the House of Representatives, a battle that will have an indelible impact on President Trump’s final t...
Former VP Mike Pence reflects on faith and civility at Duquesne University
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By By LUIS FÁBREGAS TribLive 
November 7, 2025
He addressed current political issues and his actions on Jan. 6, 2021. Long before Mike Pence became one of the country’s most prominent evangelical Christians, he grew up Catholic and even served as ...
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Donora
November 7, 2025
Clairton • Jamie Yarmon Miller, 22, of Clairton was charged with injuring park property, criminal mischief and public drunkenness stemming from an alleged incident Oct. 31, court records state. Donora...
Naomi Outreach honors veterans at annual luncheon
Latest News, Main
November 6, 2025
Naomi Outreach hosted its semi-annual luncheon for veterans Wednesday at the Clubhouse Grille at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Rostraver Township. Naomi Outreach was started in the early 1990s by Joni Kel...
Election 2025: Voter turnout spikes across Mon Valley communities
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 6, 2025
Tuesday’s contest saw higher turnout statewide than the typical municipal election. Mon Valley voters Tuesday raised the bar for turnout in a municipal election, as highly contested school board races...
Fourth Street Foods seeks buyer to avoid lay offs
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 6, 2025
The company announced plans to shut down in early October, citing $80 million of defaulted loans. Fourth Street Foods, a major food manufacturing plant in Fallowfield Township remains operational as i...