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Former Marine accused of child rape waives preliminary hearing

A Marine and Uniontown native accused of having intercourse with a 13-year-old waived his case to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas after prosecutors agreed to drop three of the charges lodged against him. Brandon Rumbaugh, 36, of Pleasant Hills, struggled to get seated in the ...

Alleged gunman in Greene County shooting arrested in W. Va

The suspected gunman in an attempted homicide case in Greene County was shot in the hand during a police pursuit in West Virginia on Monday. Jonathan Trump, 24, of Maidsville, W. Va., had been on the run since June 3 before he was arrested in Harrison County. His last known whereabouts ...

Dire warning: Proposed Medicaid cuts could close rural hospitals

The more than $700 billion in proposed cuts to Medicaid could be devastating to Pennsylvania’s hospitals, health care experts and advocates continue to warn. Major cuts to Medicaid funding could significantly increase uncompensated care, potentially leading to reduced services and staffing, or hospital closures, especially in rural areas. More than 3.1 million Pennsylvanians –- roughly 21% of the state’s population, including people in long-term facilities, children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities – are covered by Medicaid, the public health insurance that also connects patients to everything from school-based health screenings to addiction treatment and mental ...

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Golden Gillott

Uniontown was in a good spot Wednesday night against Connellsville in a key Fayette County American Legion baseball game at Hutchinson Field in Hopwood. The home team had an 8-1 lead and Connellsville just lifted starting pitcher Mason Miller, who had a rare subpar start, for Grayden ...

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Eight-run 5th inning leads Carmichaels to victory

Carmichaels plated eight runs in the fifth inning to break a tie in a 10-1 victory over Youghiogheny on Tuesday in Fayette County Baseball League (FCBL) play at Carmichaels High School. The Copperheads (2-0) drew four walks and had three hits, all singles, in their eight-run inning that gave ...

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Herald-Standard All-Area Track & Field Boys Team

It was now or never for California’s Lee Qualk. The senior was down to his last attempt in the long jump on May 23 during the PIAA Individual Track & Field Championships at Seth Grove Stadium on the campus of Shippensburg University. Despite a pouring rain that left him drenched ...

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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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June 1st: The real beginning of our summer

June is so much more of a summer month than September. From a meteorological standpoint summer begins on the first day of June and continues until August 31st. Our lazy hazy days of September are more aligned with the weather of fall than summer. With the damp and cool days of May folks are ...

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