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Celebrating coal

Cars, trucks, marching bands and floats all paid homage to the areaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ coal mining heritage at SaturdayÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ annual King Coal Parade in Carmichaels. It was the close of the 70th annual King Coal Festival, which began the Saturday before and continued throughout the week with baby contests, a ...

Three arrested in Greene drug sting

Three people were arrested in Franklin Township this week after a month-long investigation by the Greene County Drug Task Force. Charges were filed Thursday against Breya Falconer, 31, of Pittsburgh; William Fields, 34, of Clairton; and Brandon Green, 40, of McKees Rocks. According to their ...

Negotiations are continuing between workers at the Cumberland Mine and owners Iron Senergy after miners voted down a tentative collective bargaining agreement, the United Mine Workers Association said Tuesday. The UMWA had negotiated the tentative agreement on behalf of workers last month. ...

Three Greene County school districts will investigate whether it makes sense to combine their transportation resources. The Central Greene School District Board of Education voted Tuesday night to put out a request for proposals for a joint transportation agreement with Jefferson-Morgan School ...

Teachers from the Carmichaels Area School DistrictÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ union voted unanimously Monday to allow its negotiating team to authorize a strike. The 66-0 vote came immediately after members of the Carmichaels Area Education Association overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement with the ...

Carmichaels wins Battle of the Barrels

On a sunny 90-degree day, the grounds behind the Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department station were shrouded in a fine mist Sunday. The reason: the Battle of the Barrel, back at the King Coal Show for the second year after a lengthy absence. Teams from departments in ...