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Jumpers plunge into frigid Mon River for Frosty Frolic

More than 70 brave souls took the frigid plunge into the 41-degree waters of the Monongahela River at the Coal Center wharf during the 11th annual Frosty Frolic. The fundraiser for the California Area School District Foundation, which helps provide scholarships to high school students, raised ...

Vacant house collapses in Monessen

MONESSEN – It has yet to be determined what caused a vacant house in Monessen to collapse Friday morning. Emergency personnel were called to 31 Reed Ave. shortly before 8:45 a.m. “It was a wild sight,” said Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple. “It was a total collapse.” About an ...

DEP approves air quality plan for Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill

The state Department of Environmental Protection this week approved an air quality plan to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township. The air quality plan approval establishes emissions limitations and ...

Construction of fish reefs completed on Monongahela River

Aquatic life in the area of the Lower Monongahela River has a new home with the recent completion of 73 stone fish reefs, built in conjunction with a sweeping locks and dam reconstruction project. The fish reef construction is part of the Lower Monongahela River project, which was launched in ...

AG drops theft charge against Sabot in campaign sign case

The state attorney generalĢƵ office has withdrawn the misdemeanor theft charge against Bob Sabot, who was accused by Prothonotary Laura Hough of removing one of her political signs a day after the Nov. 7 election. Sabot was scheduled to appear Wednesday morning for his preliminary hearing, ...

State police releases data for crashes, arrests over Christmas weekend

Pennsylvania State Police issued its report on incidents troopers responded to over the holiday weekend. Throughout the state, state police responded to 404 crashes, less than the 661 they responded to last year. According to police, 36 of those accidents involved alcohol and three people were ...