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Local nonprofit holding donation drive for Washington Area Humane Society

A nonprofit that helps spay and neuter animals is holding a donation drive to provide food and toys for Washington Area Humane Society. Kids Excel with Pets is collecting money through December for its annual community outreach program. Rebecca Simpson, the group’s president, started Kids ...

Waynesburg Rotary raises funds for scholarships, community programs

Editor's note: This article is a part of Helping the Helpers, our annual series to raise awareness for nonprofits throughout the area. Since 1936, the Rotary Club of Waynesburg has been working to enhance the lives of those who call Greene County home, with a special focus on its young ...

Give-A-Christmas contributions continue

Total: $1,760 Goal: $10,000 One week into the Give-A-Christmas campaign, donors have stepped up to support the Salvation Army. As of Wednesday morning, $1,760 had been contributed toward the goal of $10,000. Sparkle the Christmas Star, the campaign’s mascot, said the funds raised ...

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Cacurak eager to take over at alma mater

Abby Cacurak graduated from Mapletown Area Junior/Senior High School in 2019. For some, including herself, it seems like she never left alma mater, and that’s because she hasn’t. Born Abby Antill, the Lady Maples’ new head coach has been on staff as an assistant for the past six ...

Jenkins won’t back down from tough competition

Dierre Jenkins never shied away from tough competition as a player, and he won’t back down as a head coach. The former Uniontown basketball star, who scored 1,000 points in his career and helped lead the Red Raiders to a WPIAL championship in 2002, along with advancing to the state final ...

H-S Athlete of the Week: Emma Larkin, Geibel Catholic

Name: Emma Larkin School: Geibel Catholic Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Larkin’s week: The Lady Gators’ point guard opened her season last Friday with a 30-point effort in helping her team to a 71-16 victory before putting in 27 against Beth-Center in a 72-24 triumph the next day in ...

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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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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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