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Fayette coroner: Uniontown woman's death a homicide

The October death of a Uniontown woman who was found dead at home in what the Fayette County coroner’s office called unsanitary conditions has been deemed a homicide by the coroner. Elizabeth Fike, 44, had been bed-ridden for three months at her home on North Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown before dying from complications of neglect, Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker wrote in a news release Thursday. Baker said Fike’s caretaker had “basically let her rot in a bed for three months.” “He was her primary caregiver, and a paid caregiver, hired caregiver, and her care was dependent on him,” he said in an interview Thursday. “He just let her lay there.” Baker performed an ...

Texas man identified as I-70 crash victim

A Texas man has been identified as the driver killed Thursday afternoon when he crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 near the Taylorstown exit. Joshua Hopkins, 23, of Austin, was driving east on I-70 near the 10-mile marker in Buffalo Township about 1:30 p.m. when his car ...

Driver killed in I-70 crash near Taylorstown exit

The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the Taylorstown exit were closed for three hours Thursday afternoon following a head-on crash that killed one person. Emergency responders were called to the crash near the 10-mile marker of I-70 in Buffalo Township shortly before 1:30 p.m., state ...

SBA chief Loeffler tours Canonsburg business

CANONSBURG – Former Georgia senator and current Small Business Administration Chief Kelly Loeffler visited Steel Nation Inc. in the borough Wednesday afternoon during a multi-state tour in celebration of National Small Business Week. Loeffler’s tour to tout the Trump administration’s ...

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Skenes pitches Pirates to 1-0 victory

PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes threw eight brilliant innings in one of the best outings of the young star's career, Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 on Wednesday night. Skenes — the defending National League Cy Young award winner — ...

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Perry pitches Washington & Jefferson past Bethany

For the first 16 innings of Washington & Jefferson’s games in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball tournament, the host team’s relief pitchers weren’t exactly busy. The W&J relievers went through bags of sunflower seeds, did some stretching and watched the Presidents’ ...

Wild Things can’t protect lead, lose opener

CRESTWOOD, Ill. – The 2026 Frontier League season started much like last year did for the Wild Things. For the second consecutive year, Washington opened at Windy City and was unable to protect a late-innings lead before losing. Victor Cerny had a three-run double in the seventh inning ...

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A second chance for Blue Skies

Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...

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Giving Heart award presented to W&J junior

The 2026 Jonathan Flickinger Giving Heart Recognition has been awarded to Washington & Jefferson College junior Emily Grace Bloom. Her name will appear on the Flickinger Giving Heart plaque recognizing each year’s selection and displayed on the W&J campus. Bloom is the ninth recipient ...

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