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UPMC Washington receives national recognition for stroke care

By By Karen Mansfield

UPMC Washington has received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for providing evidence-based stroke care for the 17th consecutive year. Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming over 160,000 lives annually, and it remains a leading cause of long-term adult disability, with approximately 795,000 new or recurring strokes occurring each year, according to the American Heart Association. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel supplying the brain is blocked by a clot or ruptures, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching brain tissue and causing brain cells to die. Early detection and rapid treatment ...

Farmington man accused of trying to meet up with 15-year-old

A Farmington man is accused of traveling to a Fayette County park with the intent of a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. Gary Phares Jr., 39, had been communicating via text and Facebook with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl for a month before Wednesday afternoon’s planned meet-up at the Wharton Township Park, according to the criminal complaint. On Monday, a person not listed in the criminal complaint contacted Pennsylvania State Police about the messages, which began with Phares asking the girl’s age and continued with a series of sexual comments, as well as naked photos of Phares, court paperwork stated. Phares also discussed setting up an encounter with the ...

Flenniken Library planning remodel, expansion

CARMICHAELS – The Flenniken Library plans to stay put — but in a renovated and expanded facility. After originally planning to construct a new building at Wana B Park, the Carmichaels library has shifted focus to a $6.6 million project to remodel the existing library, as well as ...

National health survey stops at Tanger Outlets

More than 650 local households have been invited to participate in a federal health survey during a two-month stop in Washington County. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is an annual data collection program run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Fayette County Fair cuts ribbon on new barn

At the Fayette County Fairgrounds Wednesday night, people kept craning their necks in amazement. The sight that drew multiple comparisons to New York City was the fair’s new small species barn, which many were seeing for the first time at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. At 100-by-176 feet, ...

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Off with a bang

Belle Vernon took control early and reasserted itself late in winning its opening game at the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball playoffs on Saturday evening. Belle Vernon built an early 5-0 advantage then pushed across three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning after host ...

Volpe presents Warrick family with group sportsmanship award

Umpire Joe Volpe began presenting a pair of sportsmanship awards in 2021, choosing one player in the Fayette County Baseball League and one in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League. "I just always thought good sportsmanship shouldn't go unnoticed and when my colleague Paul Lancaster ...

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Skenes rocked as Cubs rout Pirates, 11-0

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 11-0 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Shota Imanaga (7-8) held Pittsburgh to four hits in six innings, striking out four and walking one. Pittsburgh's Paul ...

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OP-ED: Three strikes and a lifetime of splinters

At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...

Outdoors

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Spotty offspring

Yes, crop damage from overabundant deer is a big problem for agriculture in this region. And everyone agrees that deer on the highway are a hazard to motorists’ safety (not enough of a concern, though, to curb speed). Less obvious but serious for the future is the damage too many deer ...

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