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Breakfast with Santa in Brownsville moved to Sunday

Due to inclement weather over the weekend, St. Mary’s Church in Brownsville moved its Breakfast with Santa to Sunday, Dec. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The pancake breakfast will be held in the social hall, 118 Church St., Brownsville. All are welcome.

Uniontown man charged for abandoning children at traffic stop

State police charged a man Thursday after he fled a traffic stop in October, leaving behind two children. Ramon Jerome Williams III, 27, of Uniontown, faces felony charges of endangering the welfare of children, and misdemeanors of reckless endangerment, fleeing or attempting to elude an ...

Fire damages Washington Township house

An early-morning fire Thursday damaged a house in Washington Township next door to the volunteer fire department. Crews from numerous departments in the tri-county area were called to the house fire on 1302 Axton St. about 1:45 p.m. and found flames shooting from the roof. There were no ...

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Mustangs rally falls just short in loss to Tigers

Laurel Highlands rallied from a 12-point deficit but fell just short in a loss to visiting McKeesport, 54-52, in a Section 1-5A boys basketball battle Friday night. Lamont Perkins scored a game-high 21 points for the Tigers (1-0, 3-1) and Darryl McCullough added 12. Luke Martin led the ...

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Family feat

YORK RUN — Dierre Jenkins remembers when he scored his 1,000th career point while playing for Uniontown. “Three in the corner against Woodland Hills,” said the 2002 Uniontown graduate, who finished his Red Raiders career with 1,244 points. “I remember Mr. (Dave) Shuck came and told ...

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Bulldogs optimistic with 4 returning starters

Now in his third year at the helm of the Beth-Center boys basketball program, Scott Bower is liking where things are trending for this team. His optimism stems from multiple perspectives. First, the team returns four starters from last year’s team that made the WPIAL ...

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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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