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Connellsville students object to elimination of ranking system

By Garrett Neese

Members of the first year of Connellsville Area High School graduates without a class rank are asking the district to reinstate it. Earlier this month, students posted a petition on change.org calling for a return to the previous system, which recognized a valedictorian, salutatorian and class rank. The petition had received 1,056 online signatures as of Friday afternoon. In 2023, the district board voted to eliminate ranking, with the changes taking effect for the class of 2026. Instead, the district instituted a tiered honors system, recognizing all students with grade-point averages 3.8 or above, with the top level being those with grade-point averages 4.15 or above and at ...

Branching out: Montour Trail opens new stretch of trail in Muse

The Montour Trail spreads out a bit farther now with the official opening of the Muse branch. The Montour Trail Council held a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by local and statewide elected officials Thursday morning to commemorate the new 0.6 mile stretch of trail. “The railroad built a ...

Three arrested in South Union Twp. burglary

Three Fayette County residents are accused of burglary and rioting at the Shogun Steakhouse restaurant in South Union Township earlier this month in an incident that left another man there injured. Felony charges were filed Monday against Thomas Butterfield, 40, of West Leisenring; Britney ...

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Crouse sparkles in Waynesburg’s win over West Greene

WAYNESBURG – Just call Teagan Crouse the eraser. Waynesburg Central didn’t play a clean, perfect game in its football opener against visiting West Greene on Friday night but Crouse made sure that few of the miscues were costly with a sparkling performance in the Raiders’ 50-6 ...

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Keller’s late TD spree propels Connellsville past Latrobe

Connellsville was playing a solid game at Latrobe Friday night but needed a little something extra to put it over the top. Linkon Keller added the spark that lit a late explosion to propel the Falcons to a rousing 28-13 victory in the Week Zero clash at Memorial Stadium. Keller scored ...

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The specialists

There were many “special” instances in Laurel Highlands’ 27-0 non-conference victory over Uniontown on Friday night in Week Zero play at Bill Power Stadium. For starters, any win over their cross-town rivals is special for the Mustangs. In addition, the triumph was the first, in what ...

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Angry, disappointed fans wait and wait

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 ...

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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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