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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 ...

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 ...

2026 LSA Grants in Washington County

TOTAL LSA GRANTS - $9.526 million Community Improvement - $1.282 million BOROUGH/VFD BUILDING ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT Midway VFD Recommended Funding: $85,086 CAMP ANAWANNA FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS & ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE Laurel Highlands Council, Scouting America Recommended Funding: $100,000 DEEMSTON BOROUGH MUNICIPAL PROJECT Deemston Borough Recommended Funding: $200,000 FORT VANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY RENOVATION PROJECT Fort Vance Historical Society Recommended Funding: $23,300 LITTLE A TOWN ARENA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE II Little A Town Arena Recommended Funding: $250,000 LONE PINE SOCIAL HALL Lone Pine VFD Recommended Funding: $125,000 MARIANNA MINE 58 ...

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

Super Bowl has several local connections

By John Sacco Contributing Writer Brandon Martuccio's job is to make big, strong men bigger and stronger and get them into the best condition they can be to compete at the highest level in the National Football League. But the secret to the success he has had as the assistant strength and ...

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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