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Belle Vernon man accused of stealing $500K from his mother

A Belle Vernon man, along with his wife and son, allegedly emptied his mother’s bank account over a four-year period, buying a luxury car and real estate, and gambling. State police on Thursday charged Todd Reppert, 56; his wife Laura Reppert, 55; and their son Ty Reppert, 29, with stealing ...

Top dogs

The Hazel and JW Ruby Community Center in Morgantown, W.Va., was filled with anticipation – and quite a bit of tail wagging – this week, as hundreds of humans and their show dogs gathered inside to compete in the Mountaineer Kennel Club’s annual Black Diamond Cluster dog show, hosted ...

Nation’s oldest record store keeps going after almost a century

JOHNSTOWN – It’s almost lunchtime on a recent Friday morning, and the front door of George’s Song Shop is open, letting in a warm breeze. A visitor tells owner John George he’d like to find out a little more about his store. George responds, “What do you want to ...

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Family day: Local kid Skenes outduels Yamamoto

LOS ANGELES — Paul Skenes and his parents got a suite at Dodger Stadium on Friday night and handed out tickets for about 35 aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. "I was playing for free tonight," he joked. Seemed like everybody Skenes knows from back home wanted to watch the Pittsburgh ...

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Pittsburgh leans into physicality during the NFL draft

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the NFL draft with a very real need at quarterback. They left it much the same way, save for taking a late-round flyer on former Ohio State star Will Howard. And while that decision sent a very public flare to free agent Aaron Rodgers that he can ...

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Mighty Mustangs

In what was likely their last meet on the track at Mustang Field, the Laurel Highlands senior duo of Diondra Brown and Matt Schwertfeger dominated the competition on their way to winning the Track and Overall MVP awards Saturday afternoon in the Fayette County Coaches Association Track & ...

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OP-ED: Gatsby: once smitten, always in love

Every summer for more than I can recall, I've read, or reread, two books, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One is the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1940, at the age of 44 - “The Last Tycoon,” or more properly, “The Love of the Last Tycoon, A Western.” The other is ...

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Silver Lining

Fishing conditions were poor for the April 5 opening day of trout season on area streams. Heavy rain for several days prior to the opener made creeks and streams high and muddy. Anglers have everything going against them on creeks near flood stage. Trout don’t feed. Instead, they hug the ...

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