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Blood drives scheduled

Vitalant has scheduled the following blood drives in January: Canonsburg: NovaCare - Select Medical, 400 Technology Drive, Feb. 9, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; All Saints Greek Orthodox Church, 601 W. McMurray Road, Feb. 26, 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Finleyville: St. Francis of Assisi, 3609 Washington Ave., Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Houston: VFD Houston, 14 W. McNutt St., Feb. 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. McDonald: South Fayette High School, 3640 Old Oakdale Road, Feb. 17, 7:30 a.m. to noon. McMurray: Center Presbyterian Church, 255 Center Church Road, Feb. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Washington: Washington & Jefferson College, Feb. 6, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Washington County Commissioners ...

Local ordinances important tool in regulating data centers

Data centers are coming whether people want them here or not, so it'll be incumbent upon local municipalities to set aside certain areas where they can be built and legislate parameters for them to operate. That was the main message of a town hall meeting held Saturday afternoon at Citizens ...

LSA grants include $1.95M for Washington County’s emergency radio upgrades

The Washington County commissioners approved 54 projects to receive a portion of this year’s Local Share Account money, including nearly $2 million that will be going directly to the county as it works to upgrade its emergency radio network. The commissioners during their Thursday meeting ...

Nottingham Township man charged in shooting

State police arrested a Nottingham Township man accused of firing a gun toward his brother. Vince Intrieri Cole, 23, faces felony charges of aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of simple assault and reckless endangerment. According to the criminal complaint, at about 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, police were called to the 500 block of Munntown Road after Michael Cole reported that his brother had tried to kill him. Charging documents allege that Vince Cole put the muzzle of a handgun against Michael Cole's head, and that Michael Cole moved his head back as his brother fired a single shot that struck a living room window. Michael Cole told investigators his nephew and his father were also in ...

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Sports

Good ole days: Were they really that good?

The recent cold snap has affected me. Maybe it has taken its toll on you, as well? My experience has not been necessarily a bad one, however. When we look back over the ages, time has an interesting way of skewing our perspective. I would venture to say that we might fancier ourselves a bit ...

Fit to be tied: Jefferson-Morgan survives C-H rally, earns section split

HOUSTON – Just when it looked like Jefferson-Morgan’s dream of a section championship for the first time in over a quarter century was slipping away, Jaymison Robinson came up huge. After Chartiers-Houston’s Noah Doyle nailed a pair of free throws that made a game that was once a ...

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High school basketball: C-M girls win outright title; PT makes playoffs

Madison Clair scored 14 points, Sam Miller added 11 and the Canon-McMillan girls won the Class 6A Section 2 championship outright with a 58-29 thumping of visiting Connellsville on Friday night. Twelve Big Macs scored in the game. Canon-McMillan, which won the second section championship in ...

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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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‘Sight Unseen’

Editor’s Note: This story is personal. I was born with albinism and am visually impaired. As a child, I was a participant in West Virginia University’s Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program. The tools, support, and community provided through CVRP played a meaningful role in my ...

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