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Washington Co. celebrates 50th farm preserved through conservation program

Bill Iams remembers a time when he could drive north on Route 19 from the edge of Washington to the crossroads of Peters Township and only see farmland. Over the past few decades, many farmers sold their properties, leading to the development of strip malls and housing plans along the way. And ...

Uniontown woman charged with animal cruelty

A Uniontown woman faces charges of aggravated cruelty to animals after her ex-husband’s dog was determined to have died of starvation in her care, court paperwork alleged. Jessica Benedetto, 28, had been reported to police by her ex-husband, Brian Benedetto, who found the dog’s body ...

Man charged with concealing death of 17-year-old girl, hiding her body

A Uniontown man is accused of concealing the death of a 17-year-old girl and hiding her body at an abandoned property in North Union Township in November 2023. Police said Derrick Bradley, 37, conspired with Vincent Cossell, 44, to dispose of the body of Kaitlin Whoolery, who had spent the ...

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On a roll

Albert Gallatin and Jefferson-Morgan are a pair of red-hot football teams. Both are both riding significant winning streaks into Week Four of the high school season. The Colonials (4-0) have won seven games in a row dating back to last season when they finished up with three consecutive ...

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Sharing the wealth

On third and 9 with two minutes left, West Virginia quarterback Nicco Marchiol dropped back and found tight end Grayson Barnes over the middle of the field for 34 yards, putting the Mountaineers into Pitt territory during Saturday’s game at Mountaineer Field. A couple of plays later, with 11 ...

AG’s Pegg soars up TD Club standings

There are three unbeaten area high school football teams and a look at the latest Herald-Standard Touchdown Club standings gives a good indication why. That trio of 4-0 teams – Albert Gallatin, Jefferson-Morgan and Southmoreland – occupy six of the top nine spots on the scoring list ...

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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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