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Monessen police raid Washington County coroner’s office for autopsy report

Police investigating a drug death in Monessen raided the Washington County coroner’s office Wednesday after authorities said they were unable to get an autopsy report and other investigative materials surrounding a man’s deadly overdose last year. Detectives with the Monessen Police ...

Potential building sale won't affect Redstone Candy, owner says

A Republic candy company says it will continue operating at its current home while the building is up for sale. Redstone Candy Co.’s building at 1736 New Salem Road was recently listed for sale for $825,000. The building is owned by Redstone Distributing, which was sold to a West Virginia ...

Dunbar women accused in 9-year-old's death appear in court

The two Dunbar defendants accuse in the death of a 9-year-old girl in Fayette County last year appeared in separate court hearings Thursday. Sarah Shipley, 36, was scheduled for an omnibus pretrial motion hearing Thursday afternoon while Kourtney Eutsey, 32, had a status conference in the ...

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White Sox make Cholowsky top pick in MLB draft; Pirates take CF Curiel

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Expected to go as the first pick in the amateur draft, Roch Cholowsky submitted a video to Major League Baseball with the correct pronunciation of his last name. For the record, the name is pronounced chil-OW’-skee. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred still botched ...

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Noskova regroups, tops Muchova to win Wimbledon women’s title

LONDON (AP) — Linda Noskova placed fingers in both of her ears to drown out the noise from the Centre Court crowd. She draped one of Wimbledon’s strawberry-red towels over her head. And eventually — after she had wasted five match points and a 5-2 lead and conceded the second set of ...

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Philadelphia’s Sánchez, Toronto’s Cease named All-Star Game starters

Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night's All-Star Game in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League's starter. Dave ...

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OP-ED: Three strikes and a lifetime of splinters

At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...

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Better days ahead

The heat dome that was forecast to visit our region arrived in Southwestern Pennsylvania on June 29 when we experienced our first 90 degree day of the summer season. This was quickly followed by five more consecutive days of 94, 95, 96, 97, and back to 96 on the fourth of July. Along with the ...

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