Charleroi News

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. A Washington County man was hospitalized with head injuries after a two-vehicle accident Tuesday night in Rostraver.

Tarrace L. Carter, 35, of 811 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, was arrested on charges including attempted homicide for allegedly stabbing his estranged girlfriend, Stacie Long, in the neck early Saturday.

The preliminary hearing date has been set for two Smithton residents charged in a theft of money from the Gulf service station in Charleroi.

Six years ago, Donn Henderson campaigned for a gathering place in downtown Charleroi that would house community events for years to come.

Jeff Pikulsky can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2635. For the last 31 years Cora Ducoeur has run the more than century-old Orange's Gift Department Store in downtown Charleroi, she has specialized in selling specialty items.

PennDOT said Monday that it is moving forward with a plan to replace the deteriorating Charleroi-Monessen Bridge but has not formally decided whether to demolish the historic structure.

First Transit Inc. has been awarded the contract for transit services for the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority in Charleroi, Pa., beginning July 1, 2009.

Basic tenets created more than a half-century ago continue to guide the overseers of the Charleroi Trustees Community Park Fund.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. While the state continues to trudge its way toward a budget, the lack of a spending plan for 2009-10 has drawn light away from a key item on Gov.

A severe storm that caused flash flooding in some areas of southwestern Pennsylvania primarily missed the Mid-Mon Valley overnight.

" Five people are being held in Washington County Jail on drug charges stemming from a party Sunday at a Charleroi residence.

Reports that the closing of three Catholic churches in the Mon Valley are imminent are apparently inaccurate.

There will be no race on the ballot for mayor of Charleroi, where Democratic Party nominee Nancy Ellis also picked up the GOP nod.

" There were pieces missing from 30 jigsaw puzzles at the Charleroi senior citizen center so James Phillips decided to do something clever with them.

A Catholic pastor has been placed on leave from a Charleroi parish due to an accusation that he sexually abused a minor more than a decade ago.

The state hopes to replace the deck and piers of the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge, reopening the span to traffic by mid-2012. The Pennsylvania Historic Museum Commission must sign off on that option, and the state hopes that could occur as early as June 23.

A man accused of carjacking a vehicle in a hotel parking lot in Boca Raton Feb. 27 has been captured in Pennsylvania, Boca Raton police said.

A man accused of carjacking a couple in a hotel parking lot using a stun gun in Boca Raton was himself captured by police in Pennsylvania who shocked him with a stun gun, according to Boca Raton police.

Some Charleroi Area elementary students are benefiting from a first-time reading program that is nourishing their minds as well as their bodies.

As Vickie L. Kubin left a Washington County magistrate's office in chains Thursday before her expected release later in the day, her husband, Mark, said, "See you in a bit." It was a calm contrast to June 3, the last time they were together.