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Greene County hires Westmoreland elections worker to assist with local office

Greene County officials have hired a temporary employee with nearly a decade of experience helping run elections in Westmoreland County to bolster their own local office ahead of the Nov. 4 general election. The commissioners during their voting meeting last Thursday approved a contract with ...

Perryopolis man accused of assaulting, robbing girlfriend

A Perryopolis man was arrested after allegedly cutting his girlfriend’s throat while holding her at knifepoint, then stealing money from her purse. Police found Riley Capps, 26, Tuesday night after tracking his location via an app on the alleged victim’s cellphone, according to the ...

Small pest: Big problems

Before June 2024, Sandy Mansmann said she could multitask with ease and remember everything. Then she was bitten by a blacklegged tick. Now, the 84-year-old Nottingham Township woman said she lives with fatigue, achy joints and brain fog. Mansmann is one of thousands of Pennsylvanians who ...

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Rise of the Commodores

Tony Battaglini realized what he was up against when he stepped in as a first-year head football coach at his alma mater Frazier for the 2025 season. The Commodores record the past four years had been 0-9, 1-9, 1-9 and 2-8. “We all kind of knew it was going to be a learning curve for ...

AG shoots for undefeated season; California, J-M play for TCS title

Albert Gallatin had never had a winning football season since it was formed with the consolidation of AG, German and Fairchance-Georges in 1987. The hiring of head coach Drew Dindl in 2018 along with the move to become an independent the next year after an 0-10 record in the WPIAL Class 5A ...

Fantastic five

WHITE OAK — Laurel Highlands senior Bella Baker led a group of five local runners who qualified for the state meet after crossing the finish line in fifth place on Thursday in the Class 2A girls race during the WPIAL Cross Country Championships at White Oak Park. Junior teammate Taylor ...

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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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