Charleroi News

Last year, less than 10 percent of the funding sought was granted. This time, as much as one quarter of the requests being made for local gaming revenue should be awarded.

A North Charleroi man and woman were robbed at gunpoint inside their home Sunday night, police said.

Teachers union contracts will be negotiated in 10 Washington and Greene public school entities this year.

Businesses and banks closed their doors; people lost their jobs, homes, and savings; and many depended on charity to survive.

Southmoreland outscored California in the second and fourth quarters Friday night, but the Trojans put up enough points in the first and third quarters for a 59-54 victory in the opening round of the Charleroi ...

John Knappenberger shivered in a cold, dark box car. He wasn't exactly sure where he was, but he knew what day it was.

The week before Christmas is always a busy time. According to the archives of The Valley Independent and its predecessor newspapers, The Charleroi Mail and The Monessen Daily Independent, that hectic pace ...

A Charleroi man is awaiting extradition from Nevada, and a Belle Vernon man is already in the Washington County Jail in connection with a beating and robbery last week in Fallowfield.

Anyone skeptical about Charleroi Area High School's claim to Broadway and nightclub star Lisa Kirk as one of their own needn't look any further than the Charleroi Area Historical Society for validation.

Recent references to the Twin Coaches supper club prompted a thoughtful reader to remind us about dinner theatre productions at the popular Rostraver Township night spot.

Charleroi officials weren't pleased with the decision and decided to appeal the decision to the PIAA.

Waiting for the start of a preliminary hearing, Officer William Gardner listened as two shackled suspects in orange jump suits described the latest scuttlebutt in the county jail.

Three local school boards - Charleroi, Monessen and Ringgold - conducted their annual reorganization sessions this week.

A group of Washington County doctors are expanding infusion therapy services, a move designed to reduce health care costs by limiting hospitalization while improving patient care.

Brittany Mucy is working hard to pursue her dream of becoming a successful fine artist and illustrator.

Monessen High School Band seems to be hitting all the right notes this season. Membership is up after an all-time low and the band got invited this year to march in the Celebrate the Seasons Parade in downtown ...

WESTMORELAND CO., Pa. -- Road salt is expensive and hard to find, so many area communites are finding ways to conserve it.

Before Stephen Monick's bomber was shot down over Belgium on Feb. 3, 1945, during World War II, he wrote dozens of letters to his mother back home in Monessen.

Brian Rudovsky, 40, blows air through a train whistle he's made from hand-sanded birch and sassafras wood, cleaning out sawdust and testing the whistle's sound.

A crash along Interstate 70 eastbound between Charleroi and the Speers exit caused a section of the road to be shut down Friday afternoon.