Monessen News

It's unfortunate so many members of the local delegation to the state Legislature remain loyal to embattled House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese.

To say that foreign exchange student Maria Elisabetta Farneti, of Rome, Italy, "enjoyed" her year in Monessen is almost an understatement.

A Monessen man was arrested late Monday on a warrant in connection with a home invasion last week in Monongahela.

A Monessen man was arrested Monday night for his role in an armed robbery last week in Monongahela.

Kelly Sepesky and Tressa Zynosky are not related. But they're probably closer than most siblings.

Russian steelmaker Severstal is taking advantage of the weak dollar by buying North American coal producers at a discounted rate and ensuring savings on raw materials going forward.

The Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Commission is requesting proposals from community, grassroots and school organizations to conduct community projects to help prevent alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse.

A new parking meter reader could soon be patrolling downtown. Council agreed Wednesday to advertise for a new meter reader, but the decision didn't come without debate.

A state Department of Labor and Industry panel will...decide next week whether to extend the deadline to complete work needed at City Hall.

Now that steelmakers are flush with cash, it's easy to forget that not so long ago they were shadows of their former selves, shedding assets at garage sale prices to survive.

Seven elementary schools in the Mid-Mon Valley were flagged for not making progress in student achievement during the 2007-08 academic year.

Pauline Pupi and Grace Monahan were born two days apart. Living to be 100 years old isn't as rare as it used to be.

Members of the Mon Valley Health and Welfare Authority acted in the best interests of the region when they voted last week to comply with a recent request by Monessen City Council to dissolve the agency.

Some of the state's pressing bridge maintenance problems will be addressed in an update to the 12-year transportation plan approved Wednesday by the State Transportation Commission.

It took three police officers to subdue a Charleroi man that went on a rampage downtown Thursday afternoon.

Koppers Holdings Inc., Downtown, said today that second-quarter net income rose eight percent to $24.3 million, or $1.16 a share, compared to $22.3 million, or $1.08 per share, a year ago.

Treasurer Frank Rizzuto Jr. said the city is losing money by not hiring a meter reader.

A Monessen man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to violating federal firearms laws.

It's been more than a decade since the Monessen School District sold the land the old high school occupied, but a new technicality over the deed recently surfaced.

ArcelorMittal SA, the world's largest steelmaker, said Monday it will build a $600 million steel mill in Mexico and buy a coking coal plant in the U.S. The Luxembourg company owns the ArcelorMittal plate mill ...