Monaca News

As the month of July starts to dim and August begins to set in, parents start to get excited, and children start to get a little uneasy.

After the first official meeting of Central Valley School Board, board member Verna Sisk hugs Dr.

Sharon Dranko and Joshua Humm, from Monaca, Penn., the 2008 first-place winners in the "Stuck at Prom" scholarship contest.

Jessica Turnbull can be reached via e-mail. When the Central Valley School Board convenes tonight in Beaver County, it will be an historic occasion.

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with allegedly launching distributed denial-of-service attacks against at least nine Web sites, including Rolling Stone magazine's site, which was attacked multiple times for nearly a year.

A Beaver County man accused of trying to beat a train to a Monaca railroad crossing has been found guilty of vehicular homicide for the crash that killed his passenger.

State police told Channel 11 News they busted an illegal gambling operation in Monaca, Beaver County, Monday afternoon.

The president of a western Pennsylvania school board that is just weeks before merging with a nearby district has resigned unexpectedly.

Police arrested a 17-year-old who they said led them on a dangerous chase through several communities on Sunday.

Michael Tangora of Hookstown Pennsylvania was killed in a head on collision Monday on Lincoln Highway in Northern Hancock County, near the Pennsylvania state line.

A Hookstown man was pronounced dead after a two-vehicle collision Monday evening on U.S. Route 30 near the Pennsylvania state line.

Pine-Richland Assistant Superintendent Mary Bucci's breadth of experience as an educator -- both as a teacher and administrator -- has left her well-prepared for what lies ahead.

A volunteer firefighter accused of setting a couch on fire during the Super Bowl celebrations in Oakland has reached a deal with prosecutors.

ZINC Business: Horsehead Holding Corp. is a producer of zinc and zinc-based products with production and recycling operations at six facilities in five states.

DeAngelis Delightfully Different Donuts Pumpkin Donut The Clarion I stayed at in Monaca, Pennsylvania couldn't have been open more than a week or two.

A University of Pittsburgh student who is a volunteer firefighter in Beaver County is accused of setting a couch on fire during the Super Bowl celebration in Oakland.

A University of Pittsburgh student who's also a volunteer firefighter is accused of adding lighter fluid to a burning couch after the Steelers' Super Bowl victory.

Soon after learning their school would not reopen next year, students at Mt. Gallitzin Academy in Baden could be seen kissing the walls, or hugging the doors of their beloved school, officials said.

A body discovered Tuesday afternoon in the Ohio River has been tentatively identified as that of a missing Rochester, Pa., man, who reportedly jumped from the Rochester-Monaca Bridge in early April.

Gov. Ed Rendell clearly aimed to jump start the debate when he called for Pennsylvania to drastically reduce its number of public school districts.