New coal mine to bring 70 jobsBOSWELL — Officials say a new coal mine will be bringing 70 jobs or more to the area later this year.Corsa Coal CEO George Dethlefsen said a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled in May for the deep coal mine in Somerset County’s Jenner Township.He said recently that the Acosta Deep Mine project should produce 400,000 tons of metallurgical coal a year. Dethlefsen said Corsa also hopes to boost production at its Casselman and Quecreek mines and is considering more growth.He said the new administration’s infrastructure plans “will help steel demand, which is good for the coal industry.”

Decomposing body found in apartmentMCKEES ROCKS — Two people have been charged with homicide and a third with abuse of a corpse following the discovery of a decomposing body in an apartment.Police said the body of Ronald Peless, 51, was found Thursday in McKees Rocks wrapped in what appeared to be a blanket tied with electrical cord. The medical examiner’s office said he died of stab wounds.Authorities said Robert Davies, 60, and Shelia Wagner, 45, face homicide, conspiracy and evidence-tampering charges, while Wagner and Jeffrey Tyniec, 50, were both charged with abuse of a corpse.Police interviewed Tyniec because he had been charged with assaulting Peless last month in an apparent argument over a woman, authorities said. He told them that a woman “slashed” Peless with a box cutter, and another man beat him with an iron, and he then helped the pair wrap up the body, authorities alleged in a criminal complaint.