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Chernobyl, 40 years later

Gas masks littered on a floor. Forests overgrowing empty villages. An abandoned hospital operating room. Those are some of the photographs that Brook Ward, president of UPMC Washington and Greene hospitals and a photographer, captured on a 2018 trip to Chernobyl, the site of the world's ...

Connellsville man accused of theft

A Connellsville man is accused of stealing a woman’s debit card and using it to spend upwards of $8,000. Billy K. Cable, 39, was charged on Thursday with identity theft, theft by unlawful taking, financial exploitation of an older adult or care-dependent person, receiving stolen property and access device fraud. Police alleged that between March 3-19, he used the card to withdraw money at ATMs and to make purchases. A Connellsville police officer who looked at a surveillance photo from one of the ATMs recognized Cable, according to court paperwork. The alleged victim, an 82-year-old woman, told police $8,415 was taken from her bank account. She also told police she did not give ...

An impressive performance

As the Heisman Trophy winner and consensus favorite as top pick of the NFL Draft, nobody would predict Fernando Mendoza to fall to the bottom of the first round. But if the reigning Super Bowl champs somehow nabbed him with the 32nd pick, he’d immediately be handed a Seattle Seahawks jersey ...

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Pittsburgh a winner with NFL Draft production

How well the host team Steelers did in the 2026 NFL Draft, like any draft, won't be determined until years down the road. One grade you can give right now, though, is on the production itself. The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh gets a rousing "A" for that. As for the picks themselves, here's a ...

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Penguins stave off elimination with 4-2 win over Flyers

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang each scored goals and the three-time Stanley Cup champion teammates are headed back to Pittsburgh after they helped the Penguins avoid a first-round series sweep with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 on Saturday night. Game ...

Mustangs beat Lady Titans again, clinch second place

Laurel Highlands defeated West Mifflin for the second time in five days to wrap up sole possession of second place in the Section 2-4A softball standings with a 5-2 victory on Friday. The Mustangs got another strong performance from Payton Senge, who gave up just one earned run on eight hits ...

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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

Never know about April snow

Almost 100 years ago on April 28, 1928 the Uniontown area and much of Western Pennsylvania was paralyzed when an innocent looking storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico and quickly moved to North Carolina. The storm intensified and affected much of the eastern United States and the Appalachian ...

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