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Interim superintendent named at Carmichaels Area School District

The Carmichaels Area School District is heading into the next school year with a new leader. At Thursday’s meeting, the board unanimously approved the resignation of Superintendent Fred Morecraft and appointed Amy Todd as interim superintendent. Morecraft, who was named superintendent in ...

Waynesburg native wins award for AmeriCorps service

Math can tell you the quickest route from point A to point B, though a mathematics degree normally wouldn’t seem like the fastest route to a career of service. It was for Myles Cramer. The Waynesburg native, who spent three service terms with AmeriCorps, was one of 11 honorees for this ...

‘Planting the seeds that grow’

Tyrique Glasgow was shot 11 times during his early years as a drug dealer on the streets of Philadelphia. After spending five years in prison, he decided to become an agent of change. “My yesterday was a little challenging, and now I’m here to help support a better tomorrow,” ...

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Gillott key in Connellsville Legion victory over Belle Vernon

CONNELLSVILLE — The weather was hot, but Grayden Gillott’s bat was hotter. The Connellsville shortstop had a trifecta of threes in a 12-2 victory over Belle Vernon Monday night at Thomas E. Sankovich Field in Fayette American Legion Baseball action. The game ended with no outs in the ...

New plan

Brownsville’s football program has struggled mightily in recent years and hasn’t had much stability at the head coaching position. A year ago, the Falcons’ third as an independent, David Martin III began the season as coach and former coach Von Braddock stepped back in on an interim ...

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Local roundup: Smithfield-Fairchance blanks Colonial, 5-0

Geno Valenti pitched 6 ⅓ scoreless innings and Michael Dunham had two hits and three RBIs as Smithfield-Fairchance shut out visiting Colonial, 5-0, in a Fayette American Legion baseball action Wednesday. Valenti gave up four hits and three walks with nine strikeouts before hitting the ...

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Angry, disappointed fans wait and wait

On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...

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Trout bounty

It grabs your attention when a place you’ve been to and enjoyed earns acclaim. That happened to me this week when I learned of an economic study performed by the prestigious natural resource research firm Responsive Management, based in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Their research studied the ...

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