Ground broken for Layton Bridge replacement project
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January 12, 2026
The project will also include improvements to Layton Road. By the MVI PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll and local officials broke ground last week on the Layton Bridge (Route 4038) replacement project in...
Mon Valley Academy for the Arts leaders selected for Community Service Award
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 12, 2026
Annette Buffer and SueAnne Antonucci will receive the honor from the Brownsville Area Ministerial Association. Two longtime leaders of the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will be recognized later this...
Elizabeth Township discusses response to heavy snow
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 12, 2026
Township officials handled three significant snowfalls in December. Elizabeth Township’s Public Works Supervisor Tom Methven updated commissioners at a recent meeting about how the township handled a ...
Area rescue dogs selected for national Puppy Bowl
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January 12, 2026
The event will be shown on several channels on Super Bowl Sunday. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive Four of Pittsburgh’s newest athletes have that dawg in them — literally. Next month, two pups from Tarentum-...
Judges see suspected AI hallucinations in Pa. court cases
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January 12, 2026
A Commonwealth Court judge raised questions about the use of AI when confronted with an error-filled brief. By SARAH BODEN For Spotlight PA Veteran attorneys with a track record of arguing high-profil...
DOJ subpoenas central bank, threatens indictment
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January 12, 2026
The action is related to testimony regarding building renovations. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoena...
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By By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press 
January 12, 2026
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The next U.S. census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how it will be done and who will be counted. Allies of President Donald Trump are behi...
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By By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press 
January 12, 2026
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Ma...
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January 12, 2026
IT TAKES TIME TO MOVE from an idea to implementation. It also takes discipline to recognize when the time for that shift has arrived. Two years ago, the conversation about the future of emergency medi...
Elizabeth Township’s R-Place celebrates 35 years
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 10, 2026
Operated by Rus and Kim Svec, the restaurant provides catering services and hosts parties. Why fuss … call Chef Rus. For the past 35 years , that’s been the slogan for R-Place Event Venue, Restaurant,...
Work underway on Coen Market project
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 10, 2026
Carroll Township Chairman Ken Hillman confirmed that the company has authorization for site preparation and underground work. First proposed as a rezoning request in December 2021 and met with years o...
Pa. regulators assess handling of April storm
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 10, 2026
High winds resulted in massive power outages across the region. In the wake of a powerful windstorm that left hundreds of thousands of residents without electricity across southwestern Pennsylvania la...
Rostraver Township’s new tax collector sworn in
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 10, 2026
Jody Spedaliere was elected in November. New Rostraver Township tax collector Jody Spedaliere was officially sworn into office this week after being elected in November. Spedaliere, who defeated incum...
Taking tickets in Monessen
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January 10, 2026
Caroline Guerrieri, 7, and Patti Hallam teamed up at the ticket booth Friday night for Monessen High School’s boys basketball game against St. Joseph. Smiles were free, but tickets were not. Jeff Hels...
Monessen considers tax incentives through LERTA
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 10, 2026
Solicitor Joseph Dalfonso said the school district will also have to be on board to make the plan effective. Monessen council has started discussions for a potential Local Economic Revitalization Tax ...
Some flu measures decline, but it’s not clear this severe season has peaked
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January 10, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked. New government data posted Friday — for...
Zohran Mamdani’s call for warm ‘collectivism’ is DOA
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January 10, 2026
The day before the Trump administration captured and extradited Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, many on the right (including yours truly) had a field day mocking something the newly minted mayor o...
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January 10, 2026
A new year offers an opportunity for new beginnings. That’s true for almost all of us, but it is especially true for newly elected officials. We welcome all of those individuals to office and hope the...
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January 10, 2026
To the Editor: How would you like to die two days after Christmas? The ground would be frozen and covered with snow, the temperature frigid, a low haze everywhere, and visibility limited. Of course, y...