Mount Pleasant Journal is the Laurel Group's flagship paper, serving the Greater Mount Pleasant Area for 134 years. The Laurel Group includes; Mount Pleasant Journal, Scottdale Independent-Observer, Lignier Echo, West Newton Times-Sun, Youngwood Advisor and the Jeanette Spirit.The Mount Pleasant Journal is in the Pittsburgh, PA DMA. The Mount Pleasant Journal offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.