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Swinging into action

Several years ago, Bob Garbart and his wife, Marilyn, were walking to a church council meeting when they saw neighborhood kids playing in the adjacent parking lot in Uniontown’s East End. With no equipment set up for them, they were playing basketball on a broken portable hoop. “And Bob ...

State police: $91K in gambling funds seized from Washington club

More than $91,000 in cash was seized from an unlicensed, private gambling club in Washington, Pennsylvania State Police announced Monday, describing it as one of the largest seizures the liquor control enforcement unit has seen in years. According to PSP Liquor Control Enforcement Officer ...

The National Road connected a young nation

Editor’s Note: With new settlements being established in the Northwest Territory, leaders of the still young United States tackled another issue — how to link cities in the east with new opportunities in the west. This happened through an act of Congress creating what came to be known as ...

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Tough outs

WASHINGTON — John Woodward threw two pitches that he would have liked to have back, but the Jefferson-Morgan senior left-hander more than accounted for himself in Monday’s game in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class A baseball playoffs at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial ...

Greene machine

WASHINGTON — Carmichaels and West Greene defended their seeds in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class A softball playoffs at the same field Monday night at Trinity Middle School to set-up a showdown between the traditional softball powers and Greene County rivals. While the third-seeded ...

Diversify

Jason Tyska was good enough at two different sports to pave a path into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame He was an ace pitcher and top hitter for Connellsville baseball who went 10-0 in helping lead the Falcons to WPIAL and PIAA championships under coach Tom Sankovich in 1989, and also ...

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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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Easy insurance

It’s National Safe Boating Week. From May 16-22, state fishery and boating agencies, boating trade groups, US Coast Guard, and the US Army Corps of Engineers will be celebrating safe boating, reminding boaters of safe practices on the water and, unfortunately, summarizing the past year’s ...

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