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Winners announced for political committee races

By Amy Revak



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Legion demolition

A crew of Ritenour & Sons Construction Co. remove the debris while demolishing the former American Legion Post 51 building along North Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown.



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The Veneration of the Cross

The Rev. John Butler, preist of All Saints Roman Catholic Church of Masontown, carries the cross down the center aisle during "The Veneration of the Cross" services.



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Spring beauties

A sure sign of spring, Brandi Henderson of Dunbar, working at a roadside along Route 119 in Dunbar Township selling Easter flowers.



Volunteer firefighters from Collier, Smithfield, Fairchance and Hopwood battled a heavy blaze that engulfed a home on Collier Road in Georges Township shortly after 2 a.m. Friday morning but were unable to stop the two-story home from collapsing. Robert Esquivel/Herald-Standard

Georges Township house destroyed by fire

GEORGES TWP. — A volunteer firefighter suffered a leg injury as he worked to extinguish a burning house in Georges Township early Friday.



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Santa arrives in Farmington

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arrive via a horse drawn carriage to the annual light up in Farmington Friday evening.



A bicyclist uses an umbrella to protect himself from the pouring rain along Morgantown treet in Uniontown on a dreay autumn morning Saturday. Ed Cope/Herald-Standard

Neither snow, nor rain...

A bicyclist uses an umbrella to protect himself from the pouring rain along Morgantown treet in Uniontown on a dreay autumn morning Saturday. Ed Cope/Herald-Standard



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Apple-deep in buckwheat

Thomas Myers scoops a basket full of apple that were used to make apple cider at the 60th annual Buckwheat and Pancake Supper. The Ohiopyle-Stewart Volunteer Fire Department held its annual event on Friday and Saturday. The department served and estimated 5,000 people over the two-day event.



Truck crashes into church

A North Carolina man just starting a new career as a truck driver could not have asked for a worse first day.



The driver of this school bus was flown to an are hospital after the bus was struck by a tri-axle dump truck at the intersection of Route 119 and Greenhouse Road around 3 p.m. Friday. One of the four student on the bus was also transported to a local hospital. (John F. Brothers/Herald-Standard)

School bus wreck



Bill Pitts, treasuer of the Fayette County Vietnam Veterans Inc., speaks during a rally Friday morning in front of the Fayette County Courthouse for action on a new veterans affairs director in Fayette County. Ed Cope /Herald-Standard

Veterans stage courthouse rally

Dozens of veterans and their supporters rallied Friday in front of the Fayette County Courthouse to show support for stability in the county veterans affairs office.



Fish kill probe continues

A West Virginia environmental agency believes a golden algae bloom is connected to the massive fish kill in Dunkard Creek, while a Pennsylvania environmental agency said discharges from at least one West Virginia coal mine led to the algae bloom.



Officer cited for harassment

A Connellsville police officer was cited for harassment after she struck a Lemont Furnace man in the face while off duty at a location in North Union Township Sept. 19.



Teen charged after altercation

Uniontown police filed multiple charges against a 14-year-old student at Ben Franklin School after an alleged altercation with school police and the school principal.



Robert Esquivel/ Herald-Standard

Obama closes summit

"We've brought back the economy from the brink" said President Barack Obama in a new conference following a day of talks with 18 nations and the European Union at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.