Continuing a tradition that started in 1953, the King Coal Show will bring people from the area to celebrate Southwestern Pennsylvania’s coal mining history. This is the 70th year for the annual festival, which runs from Aug. 16-23. “Our area was built on the backs of coal miners,” ...
The wires connecting the handles in flyers’ hands to their model planes are thin enough to be barely visible — especially once they’re speeding through the skies. But the bonds the pilots have formed have lasted decades. Enthusiasts from throughout the country were back at the Brodak ...
Joe Angelelli takes heart in a finding from a study on nonviolent protests: Once 3.5% of the population shows up consistently in protest of an issue, it flips. A Thursday forum in Carmichaels, which drew about 35 people to hear about the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s ...
Almost a year after it was placed under suspension for undisclosed reasons, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 in Carmichaels reopened in late April, “It’s just a general try to restart it all over again,” said Sam Lucchiola, the post’s quartermaster. “It’s a bit of a ...
Even after two remodels, the century-old home and current site of the Flenniken Public Library in Carmichaels has hit the point, both in condition and in size, where it can’t meet the library’s needs, said director Nicole Mitchell. “We had an engineer come in, and it was going to be ...
A corrections officer at SCI-Fayette allegedly assaulted an inmate on Christmas Eve and then lied about it. Richard Cacurak, 25, of Carmichaels is accused of pushing an inmate into his cell and punching him in the head until other officers arrived. Authorities said the alleged attack was ...
