CHARLEROI 鈥� Fireworks erupted at Wednesday night鈥檚 Charleroi council meeting as a councilman took aim at a statement released last month by the board president. Emotions have been running high in the borough in the wake of disparaging comments made about immigrants in the borough by former ...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has asked the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to investigate the chain of events prompting Anchor Hocking鈥檚 decision to shut down its Charleroi glass manufacturing plant. In a letter sent Thursday to FTC Chair Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter, ...
CHARLEROI 鈥� Daniele Byrne said employees of World Kitchen in the borough have been 鈥渨alking around like zombies鈥� since receiving the news of the plant鈥檚 closing. 鈥淣obody wants to come to do their job. It鈥檚 understandable. Why do you want to work when you know we鈥檙e 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. 鈥淲e thought it was the perfect place to do it,鈥� said Patrick Cassidy, one of Jones鈥檚 three sons to actor Jack Cassidy. 鈥�(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鈥檚 immigrant liaison since April 2023, 鈥淭hey put Haitian immigrants in the spotlight,鈥� 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 ...
