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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, ...

Fall is in the air... and festivals are here, there and everywhere

The mornings are darker and crisper, jackets are being pulled out of the back corners of closets and baking a pumpkin pie now seems much more appealing now than it did in those humidity-drenched days in July. Fall has arrived, but it’s not time yet to retreat under a heavy quilt with a cup ...

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 ...

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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Sorting through a key Steelers victory

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers only had one sack of Joe Burrow on Sunday. But boy did the make it count. Derrick Harmon's bull rush and forced fumble was gathered in by Sebastian Joseph-Day with just 44 seconds left to allow Pittsburgh to escape with a 30-27 win over the Bengals at Acrisure ...

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Down to the wire

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have been around each other a long time. So much so that when the Pittsburgh Steelers coach told Rodgers and the rest of the offense it was time to “cut it loose” before Sunday's early-season litmus test against Cincinnati, it didn't ...

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Griffin’s homer helps Pirates beat Detroit, finish with winning record

DETROIT (AP) — Konnor Griffin homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates recorded their first winning season in eight years with a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in the final game for both teams. Pittsburgh (82-80), which improved by 11 wins over 2025, hadn't finished with a record ...

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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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It’s happening again

Remember the tobacco industry and their denials or the fertilizer companies that told us their products were safe? How about our governments that told us air pollution in our cities was just harmless haze and now we have our president telling us climate change is just a big hoax and the ...

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