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By Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Hundreds of ...
A family of four and their three animals escaped a weekend house fire uninjured in Lower Tyrone Township. Firefighters were called to the house on Hickory Square Road shortly before 8:45 a.m. Saturday after a caller told emergency dispatchers that the structure was filling with smoke, Fayette ...
Long before Donald Trump became synonymous with the red “Make America Great Again” hat, people in Waynesburg came to associate him with a different cap entirely. In the borough office window, flanked by Kent Tekulve’s Pirates cap and actor William Sanderson’s cowboy hat, sits a white ...
There is no buzzer or horn that signifies the end of a professional soccer match, but Charles Ahl came as close as you can to a shot “at the buzzer” when he headed in his first professional goal on the final play of Tuesday’s match that helped the Pittsburgh Riverhounds draw Miami, 1-1, ...
Carmichaels’ 7-2 victory over Potomac Valley at Garrett College Friday ended a five-year drought for the Copperheads who claimed their 15th Fayette County Baseball League championship. The win also extended an amazing streak by one of Carmichaels’ key players. Santino Marra has ...
MILLCREEK TWP. — Connellsville has seen some solid pitching this season, which started for most of its players in the high school campaign, but head coach Brian Sankovich believed the best hurler his team faced came on Monday afternoon in an elimination game during the Pennsylvania ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
Hunting and furtaker licenses for Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 seasons go on sale Monday, June 23, but there will be plenty of time for hunters to get them without waiting. As in recent years, antlerless deer licenses will be available when general license sales open. But this year, all ...