In 1940, a tragic explosion took the lives of many mine workers at the Willow Grove Mine in Belmont County. Now, 85 years later, the community gathered for the 5th Annual Anniversary Memorial Service ...

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — A special exhibit took place Thursday in Belmont County featuring a documentary discussing the Willow Grove mining accident. March 16, 1940. That's when the fatal explosion ...

In a Pennsylvania coal mining area in the 1940s, a mother was raising two kids on a secretary's salary. Bill Sayenga remembers his mother’s decision to run for office, and her lasting influence. It's ...

Miners, their wives, child laborers and patch town store operators all had a part in the history of coal in the Derry area. “There were so many mines in this area,” said Donna Showalter, a Derry Area ...