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Liberty Chapel hosts dinner

Liberty Chapel, 1330 Banetown Road, Washington, will hold its monthly chicken and biscuit dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. The dinner is held the first Thursday of every month. Donations, which benefit the missions and outreach, will be accepted.

Fire destroys apartment building in Mather

Multiple people were injured early Saturday trying to escape a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Greene County as firefighters battled both the blaze and extreme cold for hours. Firefighters from eight departments were called to 331 Third St. in the Mather neighborhood of Morgan ...

No Sunday print edition

Due to press issues, the Observer-Reporter was unable to print Sunday's newspaper.

New Bentleyville budget includes tax jump

Bentleyville Council voted to reopen its 2026 budget, which calls for a one-mill tax increase. The vote was passed in a 5-1 vote at a special meeting Thursday. Councilwoman Kara Shaw-Dearth cast the negative vote. Councilman Joseph Patress was not in attendance. Mayor Adrian Gordon has 10 days to consider vetoing the new budget. Five votes are needed to override a veto. “I really don’t have too much of a foot to stand on,” Gordon said Friday. “If I voted to veto and made an ordinance up, I’m going to be landslided when it comes to vote time anyway. I’m going to give it the full amount of time before I say anything. I’m going to wait until the 10 days are up until I ...

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Sports

High school basketball: Fort Cherry clinches at least a share of title

Fort Cherry clinched at least a share of the Class 2A Section 2 girls basketball championship with an easy 77-21 victory at Northgate on Monday night. The Rangers (8-0, 14-5) scored 54 first-half points and led by 44 at halftime, then held Northgate (1-7, 4-13) scoreless over the first eight ...

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Canon-Mac solves Norwin, clinches share of title

NORTH HUNTINGTON – Three years ago, when John Fontana took the girls basketball coaching job at Canon-McMillan, he told the girls that he believed they could become section champions. The biggest test of all toward that goal came Monday night in the gymnasium of perennial power Norwin and ...

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High school basketball: Waynesburg girls hand Seton LaSalle first section loss

Emma Blair had 17 points and Peyton Cowell scored 16 to help Waynesburg (8-2, 16-2) win 46-41 and hand Seton LaSalle (9-1, 12-7) its first Class 3A Section 3 loss of the season. The Raiders used a 20-6 advantage in the third quarter to take control. Boys results Avella 74, Summit Academy ...

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OP-ED: Random thoughts about man’s stupidity

I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...

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Community briefs

Warm Up with Community & Kindness, a free community dinner, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at California United Methodist Church social hall, 227 Third Street, California. For more information, call the church office at 724-938-2270. The Carmichaels Women's Civic Club will meet ...

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