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Victim of fatal rockslide identified

The Fayette County coroner's office has identified the woman who died in a fatal rockslide Saturday along the Great Allegheny Passage. Gail Luck, 79, of Germantown, Wis., had been bicycling with her husband near mile marker 87.6 between Ohiopyle and Connellsville Saturday afternoon. Initial reports indicated the victim was from Florida. Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker said the couple spent their winters in Florida. A Morrell Volunteer Fire Company member said the two were trapped by a 1,000-pound boulder, which first responders were able to dislodge after 10 minutes. Luck's husband was transported to a Pittsburgh hospital with severe injuries. He is expected to make a ...

Vandals destroy flower display at Uniontown's Marshall park

After a summer filled with rain, the annual flowers at the Marshall Memorial Park in Uniontown had never looked better in the 20 years since the Green Gardeners group began planting them, the group’s president said. The floral display came to a premature end overnight Saturday night or ...

Benson 'all in' as WVU's 27th president

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The swearing-in was complete. Prewritten remarks delivered by a procession of speakers had been delivered and applauded. Everything was moving with a practiced precision. And then, for a brief moment, it wasn’t. There was nobody at the podium. The emcee wasn’t ...

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Pondering the pairings

Brownsville's girls soccer team was in uncharted territory as it awaited the WPIAL playoff pairings on Wednesday, having never entered the postseason as a section champion. The Lady Falcons, who tied Bentworth for first place in Section 2-A, found out they would be the third seed when the ...

Frazier rallies past B-C to clinch 19th section title

Allie Monack rang up 38 kills, 19 assists, 12 digs and eight service points in helping Frazier stormed back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat host Beth-Center, 3-2, in a hard-fought Section 4-2A girls volleyball match on Tuesday. The Lady Commodores (12-0, 15-3) won by scores of 28-30, 20-25, ...

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Steelers bring back veteran Valdes-Scantling

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marquez Valdes-Scantling is back with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers signed the veteran wide receiver to their practice squad on Tuesday ahead of a trip to Paris to take on New Orleans. The 32-year-old Valdes-Scantling spent a portion of the 2025 season in ...

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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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Peeping by paddle

I’ve never liked the phrase “leaf-peeping,” but it’s well entrenched now so we’ll go with it. Leaf-peeping refers, of course, to the popular diversion of savoring the beauty of fall foliage, which surrounds us in our region. “Peeping,” though, doesn’t feel like the right ...

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