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Boyfriend accused of stabbing Peters teen to death in SUV

The teen accused of stabbing his 18-year-old girlfriend to death Wednesday night told state police a “demon” urged him to kill her as he went into his North Strabane house to retrieve a kitchen knife and then plunged it into her chest as they sat together in her SUV. Karoline Heintz had ...

Eighteen dead cats found in North Charleroi home

Charleroi Regional Police filed felony charges against a North Charleroi man after a search of his residence Wednesday revealed 18 dead cats and another 20 cats that were allegedly neglected. Joseph B. McKenna Jr. is facing 18 felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty and 20 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. According to the affidavit of probable cause, a police officer was dispatched to the 400 block of Fourth Street in North Charleroi on Wednesday morning after a neighbor reported seeing two dead cats in garbage bags on the property and an odor of dead animals. As the officer walked up the sidewalk to the front door, he saw the garbage bags that were covered in maggots and ...

Commissioners approve additional opioid settlement funds

The Washington County Board of Commissioners approved dispersing $867,180 in opioid settlement funds Thursday to 13 businesses and agencies in the county that deal with substance abuse and recovery. It brings the total of opioid settlement money the county has allocated to a little over $6 ...

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Sports

Ringgold ‘ready to roll’ in new-look conference

There is a different type of buzz around the Ringgold football program this year, one that hasn’t been felt in quite some time. For third-year head coach Robert Heller, it has everything to do to players buying in during the offseason, especially the returning leaders. “This has been our ...

South Fayette’s past dictates return to ranks

McDONALD – South Fayette football is going back to the future to regain its rank in athletics at the high school. Since winning back-to-back state championships in 2013 and 2014 and a WPIAL title in 2018, the program has become stagnant. Since the turn of the decade, the Lions have enjoyed ...

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Trump trying to turn back clock at Beth-Center

Tim Trump remembers what it used to be like to play football for Beth-Center. “It all started with Billy Connors, then Bart (Don Bartolomucci) and Eddie (Woods),” said the Bulldogs’ second-year head coach. “We want to reestablish that culture.” Trump, a B-C graduate who was a ...

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Opinion

Op-Ed: Rather the ‘saving’ America, the SAVE Act is about voter suppression

For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...

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AI tools shape local design industry

Artificial intelligence programs are quickly becoming a facet of everyday life for millions of Americans, from students using OpenAI’s ChatGPT to solve homework problems, to national politicians using AI-powered tools to draft campaign materials. And for better or worse, it is ...

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