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‘Here for the fun of it’: Harvest Festival crowd reaps bounty

The square bale of straw that people might use to spruce up their fall decor could come from a quick trip to the store. Or it could come through a tractor, baler and sweat. Matt Mooney of Waynesburg drove his tractor 5 miles from his farm to the Greene County Historical Society Museum ...

Morris Twp. celebrates new community center

Morris Township residents will again have a space for meetings, banquets, weddings and other community functions — and in a spot they know well. The township hosted a ribbon cutting at the newly built community center Sept. 27, coinciding with the annual 5K run. “We should get our ...

Dogs receive blessing at Uniontown dog park

About a dozen dogs were blessed Saturday during a “Blessing of Animals” at Tails of the Trail Dog Park in Uniontown. “We’ve invited dogs from our church and around the community to come and receive a blessing because we know what a blessing our animals are to us,” said the Rev. Laura ...

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Burns learned the true meaning of ‘student-athlete’ early on

Jim Burns Jr. learned early on in his life that he was never going to be an athlete if he wasn’t a student first. That expectation is not surprising when your father is the superintendent of schools. Burns’ father, Jim Burns Sr., had a passion for sports, but also education, as he was ...

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High school football roundup: Scotties rout Yough, remain unbeaten under Shoaf

Dustin Shoaf still has yet to taste defeat as a head coach. Southmoreland upped its record to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Class 3A Interstate Conference in Shoaf’s first year at the helm with a 41-0 win at his alma mater Yough on Friday night in Week Six football action. Jackson Mickens had ...

Electric 18

JEFFERSON — Jefferson-Morgan pushed its regular-season winning streak to 18, but there wasn’t much celebrating after a 37-19 victory over Beth-Center on Friday in Class A Tri-County South Conference play at Parker Field. The Rockets improved to 4-0 in the conference and 7-0 overall, and ...

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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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