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Great Cross at Jumonville celebrates 75th anniversary

The Great Cross at Jumonville, which for 75 years has been an enduring symbol of faith and hope to those who visit the United Methodist retreat center or travel by its perch on the summit in Fayette County, is beginning to show its age. The cross has been painted in the past, but there are ...

Carmichaels students, parents push against purchase of cellphone pouches

As Carmichaels Area School District weighs a move that would require students to keep their cellphones in a pouch for the entire school day, a mix of students, parents and community members asked the school board to return to the earlier policy. Last week, the district heard a presentation ...

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Rodgers throws 2 TD passes, Steelers force 5 turnovers to beat Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw a go-ahead 17-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Austin III with 2:16 left, and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New England Patriots 21-14 on Sunday. Rodgers passed for 139 yards and two touchdowns, Kenneth Gainwell ran for a 1-yard TD and the ...

Stoppage-time incident overshadows Hounds’ victory

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds earned a 2-1 road victory at Hartford Athletic on Saturday night, but the triumph was overshadowed by a stoppage-time incident that ended the match with Pittsburgh captain Danny Griffin and Hartford’s Marlon Hairston engaged in a dispute. Following a 10-minute ...

Leopards’ Edwards in top 5 after 1st round of WPIAL golf championships

Belle Vernon’s Jack Edwards shot a 2-under par on the back nine to finish at even-par in the first round of the WPIAL Boys’ Individual Golf Championships in Class 3A on Monday at Willowbrook Country Club in Apollo. Edwards, a senior, sits in a four-way tie for fifth place with Indiana’s ...

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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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