Firefighters battle blaze in Washington Township
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December 12, 2025
Several Mon Valley fire departments responded to a house fire about 1:45 a.m. Thursday on Axton Street in Washington Township. Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co. firefighters, along with several m...
McKeesport board OKs study of improvement project
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 12, 2025
It would involve upgrades to the high school and the football stadium. At Thursday’s meeting, the McKeesport Area school board authorized an architectural firm to consider an $850,000 improvement plan...
Tenants confront property managers over living conditions
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December 12, 2025
The protest included residents of Mon View Heights apartment complex in West Mifflin. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive LaTonya Smith, 57, said there are days when she gets home from work and just sits in her...
City man who shot Parkway West driver pleads guilty
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December 12, 2025
Rashawn Hall accepted a plea agreement sentencing him to 4 to 8 years in prison. By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive The man who repeatedly shot at a fellow motorist last year while the two drove on the Parkw...
Firearms deer hunting season to wrap up in Pennsylvania
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December 12, 2025
By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive The window of opportunity to go hunting for deer in Pennsylvania is quickly shrinking, as firearms deer season closes this Saturday. The Pennsylvania Game Commission reminded h...
WCHA receives grant for senior residence project
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December 12, 2025
Church View Senior Residences is expected to open next fall. By the MVI Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh announced Thursday that Westmoreland County Housing Authority was awarded a $1.25 million g...
Story time with Mrs. Christmas
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December 11, 2025
Mrs. Christmas (Amy Bozick, whose Serbian surname means Christmas) shares “Santa’s Story” with children at the Monongahela Public Library on Wednesday morning. From left, Leo Menegazzi, Julian Spindle...
Jericho ousted as Charleroi council vice president
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
December 11, 2025
Councilman Jerry Jericho said a heated argument during an executive session led to him being removed as vice president. A move to strip Charleroi Councilman Jerry Jericho of his position as vice presi...
West Mifflin to tighten building permit time limits
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 11, 2025
Council will vote on the 2026 budget at next Tuesday’s voting meeting. West Mifflin’s Community Development Director Walter “Butch” Anthony wants to make sure residents are not abusing old building pe...
Residents pack Monongahela council meeting to oppose tax hike
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 11, 2025
Council voted 3-2 to pass the proposed 2026 budget with a 2 mill property tax increase. During a meeting packed with residents, Monongahela council approved a proposed budget on Wednesday that include...
Area realtors association partners with West Newton for parks funding
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December 11, 2025
A $7,500 Placemaking grant will be used for signage at West Newton Borough parks. For the MVI Enhancing public parks in West Newton is the goal of a $7,500 Placemaking grant awarded to the Realtors As...
I-70 crash snarls traffic
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December 11, 2025
Rostraver Township firefighters and police were called to I-70 at Exit 46 about 3 p.m. Wednesday when this tractor-trailer left the road prior to the offramp. No injuries were reported. Firefighters c...
Glassport to address sewage rate increases
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
December 11, 2025
A town hall will be held after the next workshop meeting set for 6 p.m. Jan. 13. Glassport Borough Council will hold a town hall to discuss possible sewage rate increases. The town hall will be held a...
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December 11, 2025
Assistant chief in Allegheny County DA’s office resigns amid criminal charges An assistant chief in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office who is facing criminal charges has resigned. Richard...
Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate hosts annual Chow Chow Luncheon for Free Care Fund
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December 11, 2025
Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate in Rostraver Township celebrated its 26th annual Chow Chow Luncheon fundraiser Dec. 5 to support the Children’s Free Care Fund at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Sho...
83,427 cookies baked in world record attempt
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 10, 2025
Nearly 600 bakers took part in the effort by the Wedding Cookie Table Community. Western Pennsylvania’s cookie queen Laura Magone and several Christmas cookie connoisseurs gathered outside the Mononga...
Slight tax increase in Carroll Township budget
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
December 10, 2025
The 2026 spending proposal raises the real estate tax rate from 1.1444 mills to 1.25 mills. Carroll Township supervisors approved a $2 million spending plan for 2026 on Tuesday, which includes a small...
Mulch fire spreads into KFC in Rostraver Township
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 10, 2025
Firefighters from Rostraver Township, Collinsburg, North Belle Vernon and Sutersville responded to a mulch fire Tuesday night that spread into the Kentucky Fried Chicken on the 800 block of Rostraver ...
Rostraver commissioners dissolve sewage board
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 10, 2025
With the five-member board gone, sewage decisions will be made by township officials. Rostraver Township commissioners recently approved dissolving the board that oversees the township’s sewage author...