Coal Center News

The Tehachapi Unified School District Facilities Committee report at the June 23, 2009 school board meeting expressly noted the many vacant properties owned by the district.

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

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

Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. Every morning before heading to his store, Jerry Zahand Sr.

A section of Route 711 -- Springfield Pike -- between McCoy Hollow Road and Sandy Flat Road in Connellsville Township will be closed for about three weeks beginning Tuesday while workers repair a slide.

Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. What if they conducted an election and no one ran? That nearly appears to be the case in many communities across the Valley, where no one is running or there are not enough candidates on the ballot for open positions.

Southwest Regional police are seeking a suspect in the assault of a Brownsville man inside a tavern.

Brian Herman can be reached at bherman@tribweb.com or 724-684-2667. Coal Center's Sam Madia is still going strong at the age of 85.

Intermediate Unit 1 Board of Directors will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the board room of Intermediate Unit 1 Central Office, One Intermediate Unit Drive, Coal Center.

The borough has lost one of its champions. Longtime Mayor James V. Bitonti, 70, lost his three-year battle with cancer Friday in Allegheny General Hospital.

A 21-year-old Westmoreland County man was seriously injured shortly after midnight in a two-vehicle accident in Fallowfield, Washington County.

Betron Lippencott, 39, of 529 Ontario St., Monessen, has been charged with receiving stolen property as a result of an ongoing investigation by Southwest Regional police.

The lyrics of a popular song declare that, "On a clear day you can see forever." Those words seem to be the perfect description for Bob Sepesy's tavern and restaurant, the High Point, located atop the roadside ...

A regional police force is expanding again, this time into the tiny borough of Cokeburg.

The Daily Courier is collecting toys until Dec. 15 for its annual Holiday Gift Club to provide needy children , mainly in the Fayette County area, with a toy for Christmas.