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Ohio woman charged in deadly wrong-way crash on Mon-Fayette Expressway

An Ohio woman is facing homicide by vehicle charges after state police said she caused a wrong-way crash on the Mon-Fayette Expressway in Washington County that killed the other motorist. Maciola B. Newman, 72, of Pickerington, was driving north in the southbound lanes of the Route 43 toll ...

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events scheduled

Clean out your medicine cabinet and safely dispose of unused prescription drugs on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24. All take-back events run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A biannual event organized by the National Drug Enforcement Administration, National Prescription ...

Peoples Natural Gas marks completion of pipeline upgrades

Peoples Natural Gas, an Essential Utilities company, Tuesday joined state and local officials, community leaders and customers to celebrate the successful modernization of the Goodwin Tombaugh pipeline system. This landmark infrastructure project upgraded more than 300 miles of natural gas ...

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Put up the banner

Brownsville’s girls soccer team recorded its first WPIAL playoff victory in 2019 and won another in 2020 with future North Carolina national champion Tessa Dellarose leading the way. Dellarose ended her Lady Falcons career with a program-record 108 goals but there was one team “goal” ...

Historic weather on the way

Fox weather news as well as the WMO (“World Meteorological Organization”) announced that the current visit from El Nino has an 83% chance of extending its stay through fall and winter and into the spring of 2027. It has a good possibility of becoming the strongest El Nino on record ...

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OP-ED: Listening to silence for personal development

People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...

Outdoors

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Peeping by paddle

I’ve never liked the phrase “leaf-peeping,” but it’s well entrenched now so we’ll go with it. Leaf-peeping refers, of course, to the popular diversion of savoring the beauty of fall foliage, which surrounds us in our region. “Peeping,” though, doesn’t feel like the right ...

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