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Mail-in ballots going out in Fayette County

Election officials in Fayette County began sending out more than 7,000 mail-in ballots Monday ahead of the May 19 primary election. Elections Director MaryBeth Kuznik said they have exactly 7,100 mail-in ballot requests so far, with 5,255 coming from Democrats and 1,845 applications from Republicans. She urged people to receive them and return them “ASAP” since they must be received by the elections office no later than 8 p.m. on election day. “The sooner the better,” she said. There was a slight delay to the process due to a challenge to Republican state Senate candidate Harry Young Cochran in his race against state Sen. Patrick Stefano, but that was dismissed by the ...

Scrap heap

An excavator stacks steel beams pulled from the Courthouse Square tower Monday as crews are nearly halfway through demolishing the former Washington County government office building in Washington. The site will eventually be the location for the county’s new public safety building.

Waynesburg woman sentenced to 5-10 years for fatal drug delivery

A Waynesburg woman was sentenced to five to 10 years incarceration for providing fentanyl-laced drugs that led to a man’s fatal overdose in 2024. Tiffany Gump, 29, pleaded no contest in January to drug delivery resulting in death, as well as misdemeanor charges of tampering with or ...

Mail-in ballots going out in Greene, Washington counties

Mail-in ballots began going out in Greene County late last week for the May 19 primary election, while the ballots from Washington County will start hitting the mail later this week due to the ongoing legal challenges involving one of the candidates. Greene County Commission Chairman Jared ...

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Penguins are win away from forcing a Game 7 at home

The Pittsburgh Penguins are halfway to history. Sidney Crosby and the Penguins are aiming to become just the fifth team in NHL history to win a series after trailing 3-0. They've won two straight games to force Game 6 in Philadelphia tonight. "It's quite clear the situation for us is win or ...

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Steelers place unrestricted free-agent tender on Rodgers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have left the door wide open for Aaron Rodgers to return. Still, the club gave itself a little bit of protection in case he does not. Pittsburgh placed the unrestricted free-agent tender on the four-time MVP on Monday, meaning the Steelers would be ...

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High school baseball: Waynesburg walks off Keystone Oaks

C.J. Corwin’s two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Jaxon Parker from second base and gave Waynesburg a 5-4 come-from-behind win over Keystone Oaks in a Class 3 Section 4 baseball game played Tuesday in Carmichaels. Waynesburg (5-5, 6-10) split the two-game series with KO ...

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Opinion

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 ...

Living

Pecans give these cookies extra appeal

Pecans are tasty offerings that are ideal in both savory dishes and desserts. Like fruits of other members of the hickory genus of trees, pecans are not truly nuts, but drupes. A drupe is a fruit with a single stone or pit surrounded by a husk. With pecans, the outer husk dries out and splits ...

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