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Donora police charge three with child endangerment

Donora police charged three people Tuesday after an unsupervised toddler was found near a firearm. Timothy Allen Pace, 37, Kaden Pace-Davis, 19, and McKenzie Rose Fisher, 18, all face a felony charge of endangering the welfare of children. According to the criminal complaint, Washington County Probation informed Donora police last week that Pace was in possession of a firearm despite being a convicted felon. Police went to a home in the 100 block of South Mellon Avenue, where all three defendants live, and searched Pace’s room. According to the complaint, Pace-Davis’ and Fisher’s 20-month-old child was lying on the mattress in Pace’s room unsupervised. Police found a loaded ...

Washington Co. reducing precincts ahead of primary election

Washington County elections officials are planning to downsize the number of voting precincts in the county due to population changes, poll worker shortages and overall costs. The county submitted a petition Friday to Washington County Court of Common Pleas asking for approval to reduce its ...

Brownsville library closed indefinitely

The Brownsville Free Public Library announced last week it was closing indefinitely as a consultant works with the library board to deal with financial and staffing issues. Diane Ambrose, district administrator for libraries in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties, said the ...

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Michigan will finally claim a second national title

Well here it is, March Madness is upon us and there are no area teams anywhere to be found. Pitt Panthers? The only drama late in their losing season was whether Pitt would eat Jeff Capel’s contract or not. He’ll remain. Next season will be his last, though, if a solid recruiting class ...

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Penn State favored to win 5th straight NCAA wrestling title

Penn State is out to claim an elusive fifth straight NCAA Division I men’s wrestling title this weekend. The Nittany Lions have won four straight championships three times under coach Cael Sanderson, including the current run. He said the pressure to win a 13th title overall and make this ...

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Howard claims first March Madness win; Texas edges Wolfpack

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC in the First Four on Tuesday night. Ose Okojie scored a career-high 23 points ...

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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 ...

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Varieties of weather experience

Today is Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. I awoke this morning to a loud bang of thunder that shook the house as it rumbled through the skies accompanied by lightning, wind and even some small hail that could be heard bouncing off of roofs and cars. The clouds were departing by sunrise and the ...

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