North Charleroi News

Voters in two Valley communities likely will elect incumbent mayors, even though the candidates have died since winning primary elections.

Five children and one adult male were taken to hospitals after a one-vehicle crash Sunday on Interstate 70 in Rostraver, state police said.

A van full of kids slammed into a jersey barrier on Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County.

A Washington County man is charged with taking a cane with a 17-inch blade inside to an entrance of the Westmoreland County Courthouse.

A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with bringing a prohibited offensive weapon into a county courthouse: a cane that included a sheathed 17-inch knife blade.

A western Pennsylvania man faces drunken driving charges after police and firefighters say he drove a burning van near Interstate 70.

A Washington County man who was stopped early Wednesday while driving a burning mini-van through Belle Vernon will be charged with driving under the influence, police in Fayette County said.

BELL VERNON, Pa. -- Police in Belle Vernon said officers arrested a man who had no idea the van he was driving was on fire.

Voters in one southwestern Pennsylvania county could vote for as many as three dead candidates in November's general election.

Three dead candidates are on the ballot in November's general election in Washington County.

" Walter Rockwell Sr.'s fascination with carnivals could explain his fondness for whimsical, round architecture.

To say area residents had a hot time celebrating the Fourth of July in 1958 would be an understatement of sorts.

A Monessen teenager charged as an adult in connection with five robberies has surrendered to police.

A steamboat named the Chieftan broke away from its moorings in Brownsville in 1877 and sank in North Charleroi after striking several coal tipples along its wayward journey.

Anyone who has lived in the Mid-Mon Valley for more than 50 years is well aware that the population here has declined considerably over the years.

A North Charleroi man who was found at the bottom of the family's swimming pool Tuesday died of an apparent heart attack.

A North Charleroi man was found at the bottom of his swimming pool Tuesday afternoon and pronounced dead at Monongahela Valley Hospital.

Football coaches James K. "Jimmy" Russell of Donora High School and Al DeLuca of St.

Suspicious blazes in two area communities, along with another fire and explosion in a third, have kept investigators busy.

North Charleroi Mayor Alfred Agamedi acknowledges that one day he will have to award a repeat winner in his Yard of the Week program.