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More than $400K, guns, drugs seized in Fayette County sweep

More than $400,000 in cash, along with narcotics and 20 guns, was recovered in a law enforcement sweep in Fayette County Thursday morning. Search warrants were executed at three locations in German Township and Masontown as part of an extensive narcotics trafficking investigation, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said in a Facebook post. Thursday’s operation included members of the Pennsylvania State Police Vice Unit and their Special Emergency Response Team patrol units, along with the Masontown Police Department and Assistant District Attorney Anthony Gentile. Detectives seized about $425,000 in cash, firearms and multiple kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine, ...

North Strabane working to draft data center ordinance

North Strabane Township supervisors are signaling their intent to implement an ordinance regulating data centers. A comprehensive ordinance will be discussed and opened up for public input on Nov. 24 at 6 p.m., an hour before the board's regularly scheduled monthly meeting. According to township Manager Patrick Karnash, the regulatory effort is “proactive,” adding that the township has not received any formal project applications or interest from data center developers. North Strabane is the latest in a series of Washington County municipalities that have hurried to enact similar regulations after a large property in neighboring South Strabane Township was listed for sale as a ...

Dunbar teen charged in fatal crash on Route 381 near Mill Run

State police accused a teenage driver of being legally drunk when he crashed head-on into an SUV on Route 381 in Springfield Township in August, killing the other driver the night before her 66th birthday. Seth David Moore, 17, of Dunbar Township, was charged Thursday with felony counts of ...

CMU researchers present Greene County workforce study

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University shared preliminary findings from a study on workforce development in Greene County during a presentation Thursday at Waynesburg University. Researchers Jillian Miles and Valerie Karplus looked at the characteristics of the workforce in Greene County ...

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Oklahoma State’s Mestemaker torches WVU in 41-24 victory

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker was the top quarterback in the transfer portal and had first-round NFL Draft pick buzz. Some might’ve doubted that praise, but Mestemaker quickly proved them wrong in the second half against West Virginia. Mestemaker threw for 389 ...

Heintschel throws for 6 TDs as Pitt routs out-manned Bucknell

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Heintschel passed for 403 yards and six touchdowns, and Pittsburgh remained perfect by rolling past Bucknell 59-0 on Saturday. The Panthers (4-0) reached the end zone on each of their first five drives, as Heintschel spread the ball around on an afternoon that Pitt ...

Waynesburg overwhelms Mount Pleasant, 42-7

WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg Central’s offense keeps piling up points quickly and in bunches. Ky-mani Sumpter ran for three touchdowns and Teagan Crouse passed for three scores as the Raiders bounced back from their first loss of the season by pounding visiting Mount Pleasant, 44-14, in a Class ...

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OP-ED: Listening to silence for personal development

People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...

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(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...

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