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Monessen plans third Wall of Fame ceremony

The Monessen City School District is having its third annual Wall of Fame ceremony on Oct 18. Doors open for the event at 6:30 p.m. with a red carpet and complimentary dessert room after the induction ceremony. This year’s Wall of Fame inductees are: Educator – Randall Marino, Class of ...

Peters Township school board appoints new superintendent

The current deputy superintendent of Peters Township School District will take over as the superintendent next school year. The board of school directors voted 8-1 at a special meeting Monday to name Dr. Jennifer Murphy as the superintendent on a three-year contract. Alexandra Binsse was the ...

South Strabane supervisors approve Burkett Manor request

South Strabane Township supervisors approved a request from the developer of Burkett Manor to have steeper driveway aprons than the municipality typically allows. Supervisors voted 4-1 to grant the emergency modification request to Ryan Homes for eight town homes in the housing plan located ...

Driver in fatal South Union Twp. crash charged with murder

A Waynesburg man is charged with third-degree murder after tests showed he had drugs and nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system during a March crash in South Union Township that killed a Washington woman. Anthony Franco, 26, was also severely injured in the crash that killed ...

Future uncertain for Charleroi glass plant

The sale of the shuttered Charleroi glass plant to a French-based industrial glass maker apparently has been blocked by the Federal Trade Commission. In July, plant owner Anchor Hocking was said to have struck a deal with Sediver, a company that produces industrial grade glass. Sources close ...

Police beat Sept. 24

DONORA Assault on officer: Curtis Anthony Arnold, 55, of Donora, was charged Tuesday by Donora police with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and simple assault. According to the criminal complaint, at about 9 p.m. Saturday police went to Arnold’s apartment in the 400 block of Thompson ...