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Three hurt in truck-house crash

Three people were injured when a truck drove into a house in Hanover Township Saturday morning. The crash was reported about 10:15 a.m. on the 1100 block of Steubenville Pike, according to Washington County 911 dispatch. Everyone was able to successfully escape the vehicle and house. Two ...

Fayette County approves proposed budget with no tax increase

Fayette County residents will not see a tax hike if the commissioners approve the proposed 2025-26 budget. Commissioners voted 3-0 in favor of the balanced budget of $54,441,928 at their Thursday meeting. Spending was up 0.14% from 2024-25, or about $75,000. Chairman Scott Dunn said the ...

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Cal women roll past Wilmington to give Strom 300th career win

Kennedy Bankett scored a game-high 24 points as PennWest California rolled past host Wilmington, 79-58, in a women's basketball non-conference game Saturday to give Vulcans head coach Jess Strom her 300th victory. Cal gradually took control, leading 21-18, 42-33 and 66-44 at the quarter ...

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Defense wins championships

The cliché, “defense wins championships,” is one of the more overused phrases in sports, and there is no scientific evidence to prove a formidable defense leads to titles, but if validity is needed beyond a hypothesis, one can look to the 2025 version of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds ...

Herald-Standard All-Area Girls Volleyball Team

As Skyler Gates prepares to graduate early from Brownsville Area High School and enroll at the University of Virginia to continue her academic and volleyball careers, an interesting nugget has arisen regarding the soon-to-be Cavalier. “When I began playing sports, I didn’t even want to ...

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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 ...

Outdoors

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Bear aware

Outdoor excitement can arise as a surprise. Last week, I enjoyed an experience I’d wanted to undertake for a long time. I took a course at Touchstone Center for Crafts in the mountains near Farmington. The course was in botanical illustration, a blend of art and science in which ...

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