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Nurturing ideas into thriving businesses

Helen Campbell and Evency Dorzelma are striving to be big successes with small businesses. Campbell had wanted to launch a business since 2018, but was not well-versed in the particulars of doing so. 鈥淭hen in 2020,鈥 she said, 鈥渆verything changed when we moved to Pittsburgh (from ...

Beat the heat: Cooling centers offer relief from scorching temps

With temperatures expected to hit the high 90s all week and a heat advisory in effect until Friday night, cooling shelters have been opened for folks in need of a place to escape the heat. In Fayette County, the Connellsville Area Senior Center at 100 E. Fayette St. is available. 鈥淚t鈥檚 ...

Haitian Flag Day celebrated

Photos courtesy of Getro Bernabe Charleroi held its second annual celebration of Haitian Flag Day last weekend. Every year Haitians around the world celebrate their freedom from France on May 18. Charleroi has seen an increase in population due to immigration from more than 40 countries, ...

Freedom Transit bus crashes into storage building in Charleroi

CHARLEROI 鈥 Two people were transported to an area hospital Thursday morning after a Freedom Transit bus crashed into a building in Charleroi. Borough fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said a bus carrying 10 passengers was traveling down Garr Street shortly before 7 a.m. when it crashed into a ...

Family wants answers sought in teenager鈥檚 death

Family and friends of Kaitlin Whoolery just want answers concerning what led to the death of the 17-year-old. 鈥淲e deserve answers,鈥 said Shannon Harden, Whoolery鈥檚 cousin. 鈥淲e鈥檙e all hurting. Everyone that loved her, we鈥檙e all here together. We deserve justice.鈥 A vigil was ...