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Trauma on the job: Program in works to help first responders cope

A few days after a 15-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle in the city of Washington while riding a dirt bike, Natalie Ross, CEO of Healing Bridges, received a phone call. The call was from a distraught EMS worker who had responded to the April 14 accident, which happened in front ...

Brownsville man charged with alleged indecent assault of minor

A Brownsville man is accused of assaulting an underaged co-worker after providing her alcohol at his apartment, then lying about her whereabouts when police came to check on her. David Rairigh, 20, faces felony charges of aggravated indecent assault of a person under 16 and interference with ...

Getting fiscally fit McGuffey students take part in Financial Reality Fair

McGuffey High School and Middle School students got a dose of reality – financial reality – on Thursday. “I didn’t realize it cost for some things,” said Emma McAnallen, a McGuffey High School junior. The school district, in partnership with CHROME and Washington Area federal ...

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Money Mertz

Robbie Mertz was a toddler when the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were founded, but the Upper St. Clair graduate has grown up, and he fittingly scored the only goal his team would need in a 1-0 victory over Rhode Island FC on Saturday at Highmark Stadium in the USL Championship Eastern Conference ...

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Daniels-Nimick’s play in goal key in Falcons’ victory

Connellsville goalie Nick Daniels-Nimick stopped 24 shots, including several from point-blank range and on rebounds, in the Falcons’ 3-1 victory over Burrell in PIHL Division 2 play on Thursday at CFS Bank Event Center in Rostraver Township. Connellsville improved to 5-1-0-0 and sits in ...

Penn State bound

When arguably the greatest college wrestler, and quite possibly, the best coach at the collegiate level, is interested in you competing for him, it is tough to decline. That’s what Belle Vernon senior Elijah Brown encountered when he spoke with Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson after ...

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OP-ED: A fact-based look at America’s violence problem

Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...

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Best and worst places to live

AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...

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