A Charleroi glass factory that has been a fixture in the Mon Valley community for more than a century will be closing by the end of the year, a union official has confirmed.
More than 300 employees at the plant will be out of work as a result.
Workers at the World Kitchen plant were told ...
A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District.
Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through the center of the dam and the first such vessel did so Thursday morning.
The channel has a ...
Concerned about potential economic impacts created by shallow water levels at the Elizabeth Locks and Dam on the Monongahela River, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite work to remove the dam.
U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler, Summer Lee and ...
Two late defections left organizers scrambling to piece together the American Legion Baseball Region 6 tournament bracket, and the decision was made that host Blackhawk and Belle Vernon would receive byes as play begins today at Chippewa Park.
Belle Vernon won the Fayette County American ...
Intermediate Unit 1 received $58,000 in state funding for instructors to teach English to the immigrant population in Charleroi.
Rachel Zilcosky, IU1Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ supervisor of adult education and career readiness, said the funding is a continuing grant the Coal Center educational institution reapplies ...
Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect that Masontown will only hold fireworks at dusk on July 4.
Fireworks will light up the skies in many communities as the nation celebrates its independence this week.
Connellsville is home to the third annual Red, White & Boom festival ...