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Hitting the road

A record number of people are expected to travel “over the river and through the woods” this Thanksgiving to visit friends and family or simply to get away. AAA is projecting 81.8 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Thanksgiving holiday period, which starts ...

Fayette Co. commissioners terminate longtime chief clerk

The Fayette County commissioners have terminated their longtime chief clerk, but not before she criticized them and questioned their decision during public comment at Thursday’s voting meeting. Amy Liston, who served as the county’s chief clerk for more than 13 years, said two workers from ...

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Herald-Standard All-Area Golf Teams

The individual postseason wasn’t kind to Belle Vernon’s Jordan Mocello, but the Leopard senior’s body of work was enough to earn the title as Player of the Year for the Herald-Standard All-Area Boys Golf Team. Although he wasn’t able to qualify for the state tournament after a ...

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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 ...

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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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