CHARLEROI – Daniele Byrne said employees of World Kitchen in the borough have been “walking around like zombies” since receiving the news of the plant’s closing. “Nobody wants to come to do their job. It’s understandable. Why do you want to work when you know we’re getting tossed ...
Shirley Jones takes a lot of pride in her Western Pennsylvania roots so it is only fitting that a celebration in her honor will take place in Pittsburgh. “We thought it was the perfect place to do it,” said Patrick Cassidy, one of Jones’s three sons to actor Jack Cassidy. “(Western ...
Getro Bernabe said the Haitian population in Charleroi has been feeling undue stress since former President Donald Trump referenced the group in a recent campaign speech. The borough’s immigrant liaison since April 2023, “They put Haitian immigrants in the spotlight,” Bernabe said ...
Nicole Sukel still recalls being nudged toward cosmetology school by friends and family who recognized her natural knack for it. That push led her to a 26-year career as a stylist. Sukel also remembers sitting down to lunch with her husband and making another decision that would shape ...
A Charleroi glass factory that has been a fixture in the Mon Valley community for more than a century will be closing by the end of the year, a union official has confirmed. More than 300 employees at the plant will be out of work as a result. Workers at the World Kitchen plant were told ...
A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through the center of the dam and the first such vessel did so Thursday morning. The channel has a ...
