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Tamburitzans perform for Croatian national soccer team

Members of the St. George Jr. Tamburitzans of Croatian Fraternal Lodge 354 in Cokeburg are “thrilled” after performing for the Croatian national soccer team during a recent visit to Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, in preparation for their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign. Just ...

Washington coroner seeks information

The Washington County coroner's office is seeking information on two people who died recently. Richard McCartney was born April 29, 1964, and died at his Washington home on June 3, 2026. James O'Conner was born January 26, 1960, and died May 29, 2026, in a care facility in Washington County. He was from Waynesburg. Information on either may be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.

Hundreds celebrate Juneteenth in Uniontown

With games, poems, crafts, food, music and stories of excellence, the community filled Main Street in Uniontown Friday for the annual Juneteenth Unity Fest. Put on by East End United Community Center and One Voice One Community, the five-hour festival celebrated the 141st anniversary of the ...

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Family affair

When Shelley Bortz was inducted into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame in 2021 she became part of the first father-daughter duo to be enshrined into that organization. The 1992 Geibel Catholic graduate joined her father George Bortz, who was part of the Class of 2016. The two will ...

Local Calendar

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Seattle at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. DISTRICT BASEBALL FAYETTE COUNTY LEAGUE Carmichaels at Charleroi, 6 p.m. FAYETTE AMERICAN LEGION Uniontown at Brownsville, 6 p.m. Smithfield-Fairchance at Carmichaels, 6 p.m. Charleroi at Thomas ...

Sooners rout UNC to claim CWS title

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When the Oklahoma baseball program brings in new players, coach Skip Johnson gives them a daily exercise to make sure they are cut out for the type of program he runs. “We make them make their beds and they send me pictures of beds being made,” he said. “It’s ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

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Timeline of the universe

Universe is defined in our dictionaries as all existing matter and space considered as a whole, the cosmos. It is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and has been expanding since its beginning, 13,800,000,000 years ago, known as the BIG BANG. In less than a second; ...

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