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Washington County releases fourth round of opioid settlement grants

Washington County has released another round of grants from its portion of the nationwide opioid settlement lawsuit funds, with the awardees focusing on drug recovery efforts, after-school programs and even dentistry services in Avella. The county commissioners during their Sept. 18 meeting ...

Driver in fatal South Union Twp. crash charged with murder

A Waynesburg man is charged with third-degree murder after tests showed he had drugs and nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system during a March crash in South Union Township that killed a Washington woman. Anthony Franco, 26, was also severely injured in the crash that killed ...

Labor of love: Challenges force closing of West Middletown scratch restaurant

Marsha Cassel was elated when she opened her scratch restaurant, Marsha Cassel’s Kitchen on Main, in historic downtown West Middletown, in February 2023. Cassel, who had cooked for 30 years – specializing in healthy, delicious farm-to-table meals – and had successful businesses as a ...

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Tragedy alters schedule

Tragedy at Carrick High School on Wednesday forced the school to cancel its game at Uniontown tonight. A student was accused of stabbing three other students at Carrick during school hours Wednesday with one being critically injured, according to authorities. The school alerted Uniontown Area ...

Guthrie, Wilson, Renner to be inducted into West Greene HOF

West Greene will add three more members to its Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame tonight. Kevin Guthrie, Madison Renner and Arnold Wilson will be inducted during ceremonies beginning at 6:30 tonight at Kennedy Field prior to the kickoff of West Greene’s football game against ...

H-S Athlete of the Week: Gabby Dusi, Belle Vernon

Name: Gabby Dusi Year: Senior School: Belle Vernon Sport: Tennis Dusi’s week: The Duquesne University commit won her third-straight WPIAL Class 2A singles championship in girls tennis last Thursday at North Allegheny High School despite playing with severe discomfort in the left side ...

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OP-ED: A fact-based look at America’s violence problem

Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...

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Best and worst places to live

AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...

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