Coal Center News

California Drive was closed for about three hours Wednesday after a home heating oil truck overturned.

State Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Washington/Fayette, announced that a local program has received a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.

By Brian Herman , VALLEY INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Last updated: 11:49 am Last month Roy Jones Jr.

Looking for a unique Christmas gift? California Area School District Superintendent Linda Mancini has the perfect solution.

Belle Vernon Council Monday adopted a tentative 2010 budget with no proposed tax increase.

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

This article has been read 53 times. State police are searching for a man who robbed Chuck's BP, 1047 Scenic Drive, Coal Center, at knifepoint Tuesday evening.

This article has been read 1101 times. Two women were arrested Thursday morning by South Strabane Township police after they were reportedly caught stealing items from stores and then returning them for gift cards.

A Westmoreland County jury will begin deliberations today in the drug and racketeering trial of a Philadelphia man charged with smuggling more than $250,000 of cocaine through the Greensburg train station earlier this year.

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

Jurors will be able to hear drug smuggling evidence developed through a recorded conversation between a confidential informant and Philadelphia man accused of transporting $250,000 worth of cocaine through the Greensburg train station.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. RESA police had to make arrangements to pull two vehicles out of the Monongahela River after separate incidents over the weekend.

A judge has dismissed a racketeering charge against a Philadelphia man accused of transporting about $250,000 worth of cocaine into Greensburg earlier this year.

A judge has dismissed a racketeering charge against a Philadelphia man accused of transporting about $250,000 worth of cocaine into Greensburg earlier this year.

Southwest Regional police are seeking witnesses or anyone with information about an incident of road rage and assault that took place 6:45 p.m. Saturday on Dally Road near Mt.

This article has been read 158 times. A stay-at-home summer vacation doesn't have to cost a lot of money to be fun.

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.