IN 1861, PENNSYLVANIA took steps to protect its citizens from potential fraud. It outlawed fortune telling. Whether you were prognosticating with tarot cards or crystal balls or any of the popular mea...

The county retirement board approved a 3.4% cost-of-living increase. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County government retirees will receive a 3.4% cost-of-living raise in 2025. The county’s...

Chapman Corporation is located in Washington, Pa. A Washington County company is one of two winners of the 2024 Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry ...

PennWest California University crowned its 2024 homecoming queen and king Saturday at Adamson Stadium. From left are student government President Sydney Cochran of North Versailles, homecoming queen M...

Industrious Labs estimates that it resulted in up to $1.4 billion in medical bills for 2020, along with $16 million in lost economic activity. A report released Monday by an environmental nonprofit li...

Superintendent Timothy Glasspool said they will eventually be placed in other facilities as well. Metal detectors will be placed at Belle Vernon Area Middle School, Superintendent Timothy Glasspool sa...

Andrew Latorre chased a purse snatching suspect. On Sept. 26, White Oak Police Sgt. Steve Bell sent out a letter to the chief of police Mark Sargent and mayor Ina Marton regarding a robbery incident i...

The fumigation process at the elementary center will be cleared in time for students to return Monday. Charleroi Area students will learn virtually Friday to allow for precautionary pest control measu...

A website will be set up so that residents can easily access them. North Charleroi is working to update a slew of its ordinances. The project has been several months in the making, but headway should ...

A Monessen man is being charged with neglecting his two animals after he was detained in Westmoreland County Prison for previous charges. Deshante Julius-Amor Stitch, 32, was charged with two counts o...

Thomas Jefferson’s Anna Kondos reacts as players from Bethel Park celebrate the game-winning goal in the second overtime that ended the Jaguars’ season Monday with a first-round playoff loss. See stor...

The election is finally shaping up to be not only liberal Democrat Kamala Harris versus conservative Republican Donald Trump. Instead, it has become a larger contest between those who talk down to the...

This can be a miserable time, the run-up to a presidential election. I have a few consolations, though, when politics is driving me crazier than usual. One is the Al Smith Dinner, which raises money f...

DISCUSSION AND DEBATE has always been a part of small-town America. From coffee shops to the local bars and restaurants, small-town folks aren’t afraid to show their loyalty for one candidate or anoth...

Charleroi Area Middle School held its annual color run Friday. From left, students Zayna Benning, Olivia Kostelac, Leah Klinger and Carsen Hartley ran through plenty of brightly colored chalk. To purc...

Mary Kay Glunt guided First Presbyterian Church through the pandemic after arriving in 2020. Mary Kay Glunt of Belle Vernon First Presbyterian Church has decided to retire after serving as a pastor si...

Kelsi Stanley opened the business last week in West Elizabeth. Doggy Detailing LLC is the newest business popping up at 1005 Fifth St. in West Elizabeth for those looking for high-quality, full-servic...

Few of them are considering the option of relocating to the company’s Ohio plant. Bernie Sobek of Perryopolis had a job at the Charleroi glassmaking plant that appeared, on the surface at least, to la...

The district is getting input from students and staff members before taking any action. Charleroi Area leaders have taken a multifaceted approach to review how cellphones are used during the school da...

Interested organizations must apply by Nov. 15. The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs announced that two recovery support services in Allegheny County for people in recovery from substance use d...