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Helping hands: Local communities aid victims of deadly flash floods in W.Va.

Canonsburg Ambulance Service paramedic Megan Graham was midway through a 24-hour shift on Saturday night when her husband, Levi, an off-duty advanced EMT at Canonsburg Ambulance, got a call from their next-door neighbor in West Alexander that water was rising fast in his home. The ...

Fayette County judge grants mother new trial in daughter's death

A Uniontown woman who spent close to a decade in prison after the death of her 23-month-old daughter will receive a new trial. Andrea Dusha, 35, was sentenced to nine to 19 years in prison after pleading no contest to third-degree murder in 2018. Dusha and Michael Wright Jr., 41, were both ...

County cleans up after damaging weekend storms

The weekend’s torrential rains that led to damaging flooding in portions of Washington County have subsided, and now cleanup efforts are underway as the region copes with the aftermath. Donegal Township has issued an emergency declaration, and the township, which purchases water from ...

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Local roundup: Carmichaels rides big first inning to win over Charleroi

Andino Vecchiolla’s two-run double sparked a six-run first inning that helped propel the Carmichaels Copperheads to a 7-3 win over the visiting Charleroi Magicians in Fayette County Baseball League action Tuesday. Both teams entered the game with 3-0 records. Carmichaels’ big first ...

Into the Hall: Pete Smith

High school athletes dream of leading their team to a WPIAL championship. Pete Smith accomplished that goal in not one, but two sports in the same year. The Uniontown graduate was the point guard on the Red Raiders boys basketball team that won WPIAL and PIAA championships in 1962 and also ...

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A step up

A year ago, Waynesburg Central’s baseball team let a section title slip away with a couple late-season losses to Mount Pleasant then fell in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Despite a 13-4 overall record, the Raiders felt unfulfilled. Waynesburg broke through on two fronts in ...

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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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Our climate may be in crisis

New data shows that CO2 levels have risen to 430 ppm (parts per million), a pretty sure indicator that what we have been doing for the last 175 years is moving our climate in the wrong direction and the problems associated with this change will only continue to disrupt the weather on our ...

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