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Eight displaced after fire at Crucible home

A Tuesday afternoon fire in Crucible left two adults and six children without a home. The fire at 411 E. Fourth Ave. was called in by the residents of the home around 2:20 p.m., said Carmichaels First Assistant Fire Chief Mike Riggen. A woman in the home had a burnt hand, but refused ...

North Charleroi man charged in hospital assault

Carroll Township police arrested a man Saturday after he was accused of assaulting staff at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Victor R. Tyree, 60, of North Charleroi, faces felony charges of aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the hospital at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Charging documents state that Tyree was livestreaming the emergency room, and became violent after he was asked to stop. He allegedly punched and pushed a doctor and two security guards. District Judge Eric Porter arraigned Tyree Saturday morning and sent him to the Washington County jail on $25,000 bond.

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Maiden voyage

Jonathan Sakaguchi experienced the thrill of playing at Bill Power Stadium as a member of the Uniontown football team, but the 2012 graduate of Uniontown Area High School stepped on the field turf Tuesday evening in a new capacity as head coach of the girls flag football ...

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Brownsville’s Clark records 600th career strikeout

Ava Clark keeps climbing the ladder. The Brownsville senior softball pitcher surpassed 500 career strikeouts last year and had broken the Lady Falcons' team record before that. On Monday the right-hander rang up strikeout No. 600 of her career in firing a four-inning, two-hit shutout as ...

Local roundup: Makel’s clutch hit lifts Waynesburg over Frazier

Ellie Makel delivered a walk-off, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Waynesburg Central a dramatic 8-7 victory over visiting Frazier in Section 4-2A softball action on Monday. Makel also hit a solo home run, giving her three RBIs in the game. Devin Moore had two hits, ...

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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...

Outdoors

Benefits of an early spring

After the old-fashioned winter we had, many are enjoying the benefits of an early spring. January and February saw temperatures in Southwestern Pennsylvania average about 4 degrees below normal while March saw our average temperature 8 degrees above what we normally see. The Polar Vortex ...

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