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Westmoreland Co. man accused of sexting with West Beth pre-teen girl

A Westmoreland County man is accused by state police of sending sexually explicit photos to a pre-teen girl living in West Bethlehem Township earlier this year and having her send a nude photo of herself. Logan Garrett Rowles, 18, of Scottdale, was arrested Thursday on felony charges alleging that he communicated with the 12-year-old girl using a social media app on their electronic devices to send and receive the sexual images, according to court documents. The girl’s grandmother became suspicious of the situation and looked through her tablet, where she found numerous sexual photographs being sent and received, police said. The conversations on the social media platform Snapchat ...

Penny candy, parades and high school pride

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a daily monthlong series about the people who live in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. You may not know her name, but if you’ve ever been to a Claysville Memorial Day parade, you certainly know her ...

Community calendar

Food collection The Brownsville Area Ministerial Association’s "Food For Falcons" food program is collecting sandwich crackers and Pop-Tarts during the month of June. There will be a donation area in each participating BAMA church and at the end of the collection period the items will be gathered and taken to the Brownsville First Christian Church to be packed and sent home with selected elementary students. Yard sale Brownfield United Methodist Church, 1429 Brownfield Road, off of Hopwood Fairchance Road, will hold a yard sale starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 6. The fellowship hall will have refreshments and snacks. Rain date will be Saturday, June 13. Strawberry ...

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Breaking new ground

GRANVILLE, W.Va. — In the top of the third inning, West Virginia baseball's leadoff Armani Guzman crushed an inside pitch over the right field wall. Guzman hadn't hit a home run all season and saved his blast in Game 2 against Cal Poly, with a trip to WVU's first-ever College World Series on ...

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Into the Hall: Connellsville wrestling

Connellsville wrestling was already established as one of the premier programs in the state by the time the 2004-05 season came along. That team, under head coach Tom Dolde Jr. and led by state champions Ashtin Primus and Steve Bell, enhanced the Falcons’ legacy even ...

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Pirates’ Ozuna returns to Atlanta where Smith is now DH

ATLANTA (AP) — One day after Braves fans gave a stirring ovation to Marcell Ozuna in his first return to Atlanta with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dominic Smith provided a reminder that the Braves have another veteran providing a lead role at designated hitter. Before Ozuna's first at-bat in the ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

Outdoors

A walk in the woods

Have you ever wondered about how it all happened? Why does a certain plant grow in the shade, while another must have a sunny location to reach its potential to just survive? What did the first plants look like and how different were they from what we see today? For billions of years the ...

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