Charleroi News

Stefan P. Sabo has been named a University Scholar at the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania.

For the past three school years, Charleroi Area High School has been part of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative, but it has nothing to do with scoring touchdowns or making free throws or smashing ...

One day about a year ago, Max Typolt's father came home with a proposition for his teenage son.

" Kindness is a language we all understand. Even the blind can see it, and the deaf can hear it ." " We can do no great things, only small things with great love ." -- Mother Teresa.

The Scottdale American Legion will be presenting the annual Scottdale Memorial Day parade and program on Monday.

A suspect who was free on bond for a burglary in Fallowfield Township was arrested again Thursday on additional charges. via Http

“For three months I had no donated food”

In early May, the Rev. Les Hutchins drove a patron to the Charleroi Food Pantry to receive food. via Http

A Charleroi woman was cited for an animal cruelty because she allegedly left a 3-month-old pit bull unattended on the back porch of a Belle Vernon residence while nobody was home. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“I got a strike! I got a strike!”

It wasn't just baby boomers who came out to have fun at Boomer-Palooza 2008. Although there were plenty of men and women of boomer age -- those born from 1946 to 1964 -- people of all ages seemed to enjoy the ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

“There are drugs all over the Mon Valley”

Mayor Frank Paterra compared himself to Gen. Andrew Jackson. One councilman compared the mayor to a spoiled child. via Http

“Obviously, that accident's still being investigated”

Less than a week after a van-truck crash killed three group home residents and two workers from the Mental Health Association of Washington County, county commission Chairman Larry Maggi said he wants to see ... via O-R Online

Authorities are investigating the death of a Washington County man who was found lying in the front yard of his home early Saturday. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“There was no indication of anything torrid or illicit at all”

Most everyone in Sun Valley Estates mobile home park knew that Blanche Palfrey's daughter was the infamous D.C. Madam, whose black books contained names of the country's political elite. via St. Petersburg Times

A woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide, officials said Thursday. via WPXI

“I guess I will continue to represent him until a new attorney is appointed.”

Washington County has run out of attorneys who are qualified to be appointed to represent a Webster man charged with killing a retired Carroll Township police chief and his wife. via O-R Online

“It's a community loss. Everyone at least knew them in passing”

The state Department of Public Welfare has launched a routine investigation into a Bentleyville group home for the mentally ill after last week's vehicle accident that killed three of its residents and two ... via O-R Online

“We have reason to be thankful”

It was an especially grim day for Ellsworth firefighters Thursday, when they had to pull Mary Watkins from the wreckage of a violent accident that killed Watkins and four others. via O-R Online

“We will look at it again and see if we will move this project ahead of other projects”

A tractor-trailer slammed into a van carrying mentally disabled people on a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo, flipping it onto its side, crushing it against a building and killing five people. via The Florida Times-Union

The Steelers will blitz five counties and have a tailgate party today to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Police arrested a fourth suspect this morning in connection with the fatal shootings of a former Carroll police chief and his wife. via Pittsburgh Tribune