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Allenport man killed by train

An Allenport man died Friday after he was hit by a train in the borough. Anthony Michael Chilzer, 43, was pronounced dead after he was struck by a Norfolk Southern train in Allenport about 5:10 p.m., according to Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco. According to the release from Warco's office, Chilzer was hit while attempting to cross the tracks near Bridge Street in Allenport on his motorized wheelchair. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A video recorded by a nearby rail enthusiast shows that the legally required warning signals and crossing gates were both active when Chilzer attempted to cross the rail intersection, the coroner's office said. Warco was assisted at the ...

Everson council to vote on securing public property, law enforcement records

The Everson Borough Council will vote Tuesday on emergency measures including assuming control of law enforcement records and revoking access after last week’s vote to formally suspend the borough’s police department. In a post on the borough’s Facebook page, council members said the Sept. 16 vote to suspend the department came after many years of difficulties maintaining a full-time police force. “Recently, staffing shortages left our town with less than 10 hours of local coverage per week out of 168 hours,” council members said in the post. “Our town and our residents deserve constant protection.” Police coverage will be provided by the Pennsylvania State Police - ...

W. Va. company accused of defrauding Dunbar residents

The owners of a West Virginia construction company are accused of not paying back the vast majority of $51,000 they collected for work on a Fayette County kitchen that was never started. Charges were filed Friday in Judge Richard Kasunic’s office against Eric Dalton, 52, of Morgantown, W.Va., and Christopher Collins, 51, of Orlando, Fla. Both are both charged with home improvement fraud, deceptive business practices and theft by deception. Residents at a home in Dunbar Township reported to state police on March 12 that Davis Kitchen and Tile had been scheduled to begin work on their kitchen in June 2025, but had kept delaying the project. After months without progress, the ...

Springhill Township adopts data center, power generation ordinances

The three members of the Springhill Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a pair of ordinances restricting data centers and associated fossil fuel power facilities during a Thursday night meeting, capping a monthslong effort to regulate the high tech industry in rural southern ...

Area residents become U.S. citizens in courthouse ceremony

They came from all corners of the globe. They came from Thailand and Taiwan, from Jamaica and Germany and El Salvador and Afghanistan. And on Friday afternoon, 27 people from these places and others became United States citizens in a ceremony that took place at the Washington County ...

Man convicted of third-degree murder in Canonsburg shooting sentenced to prison

The Canonsburg man convicted of third-degree murder in the killing of another man at a house party in the borough last year said nothing to the family of his victim before he was sentenced Friday to serve more than a decade in prison. Kristopher Moorehouse, 21, sat emotionless as he was ...

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Steelers at early crossroads after debacle in New England

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers hasn't lasted 22 years in the NFL out of pure luck. The most sacked quarterback in history knows how to take a hit. So moments after getting drilled by all 231 pounds of New England linebacker Christian Elliss running at full speed in the second quarter of ...

Brownsville blanks C-H in key in section match

Despite having to switch venues on the day of the match and coming off its first loss of the season, Brownsville edged Chartiers-Houston, 1-0, in girls soccer Section 2-1A play on Monday at Buccaneer Stadium in Houston. The game was scheduled to be played at Redstone Field in Republic, but ...

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WEDNESDAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER Laurel Highlands at Belle Vernon, 7:30 p.m. Connellsville at Gateway, 7:30 p.m. Ringgold at Waynesburg Central, 7 p.m. Mount Pleasant at Southmoreland, 7 ...

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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 ...

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(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...

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