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Greene man arrested on child porn charges

A Greene County man was charged with more than 20 counts relating to child pornography In December, TikTok made a report to a national tipline after discovering several videos on the account of Jacob Rex, 19, of Crucible, according to his criminal complaint. The reports described four videos, one of which involved a girl appearing to be between 5 and 7, the complaint said. An IP address provided by TikTok led investigators from the Southwest Computer Crime Unit to a home in Crucible, where they executed a search warrant on Friday. Court documents stated Rex declined to speak with police, who recovered a phone in Rex’s bedroom on which they found videos within one of the apps. Rex ...

America250PA visits Greene County in kickoff tour

State and local leaders touted America’s semiquincentennial and the ways Pennsylvanians will be able to celebrate it locally during America250PA events in Southwestern Pennsylvania Saturday. The organization held kickoff events in Greene and Fayette counties Saturday as part of a statewide ...

Annual calendar celebrates Greene County’s heritage

Every year, Colleen Nelson’s calendar captures a new collection of Greene County sights. For the nation’s sesquicentennial, she’s also turning it into a learning experience for local students with artwork and information about local history. Nelson began making the calendars with her ...

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WVU betting on Cook, youth at running back

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia running back Tye Edwards lined up behind center with just a few yards until the end zone. Edwards took the handoff from quarterback Nicco Marchiol, behind extra linemen, and punched it in for the go-ahead overtime touchdown against Pitt in the Backyard ...

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Kindel scores twice as Pens beat Canucks

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Rookie Ben Kindel scored twice in the second period to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and a sweep of Pittsburgh's four-game western Canada trip. Kindel, from nearby Coquitlam, British Columbia, had a large contingent of ...

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Super Bowl 60 a rematch from 2015: Patriots vs. Seahawks

Drake Maye vs. Sam Darnold. Two stingy defenses. A second-year head coach vs. a veteran coach in his second act. Super Bowl 60 is set and it's a rematch: The New England Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks. The Patriots will seek their NFL-record seventh Super Bowl victory when they face the ...

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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...

Outdoors

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Turning back time?

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is scheduled to meet at Commission headquarters in Harrisburg on Saturday, Jan. 24 to consider significant changes to the hunting season framework for the 2026-27 hunting year. Foremost among potential changes is shifting the opening of firearms deer season one ...

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