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Waynesburg woman charged with assaulting 18-month-old stepson

A Waynesburg woman is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing next week after being accused of severely assaulting her 18-month-old stepson while the child was visiting in May and failing to seek medical attention. Delaney Girvin, 24, is charged with aggravated assault, endangering welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and harassment. The child’s grandmother noticed a contusion on his head and a limp when Girvin dropped him off after a four-hour visit on May 19, according to her criminal complaint. Girvin told the grandmother she hadn’t noticed any bruising, but that the child had fallen a couple of times while playing with her 1-year-old son outside, ...

City Mission 5K to benefit veterans house

Washington City Mission’s 11th annual Mission Possible 5K Run/1 Mile Walk, presented by AccuTrex Products Inc., will be held at North Strabane Park at the Quail Acres Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 8 a.m. The event benefits City Mission’s Crabtree Kovacicek Veterans House, which provides shelter and comprehensive services to homeless veterans. The Mission Possible 5K was started 11 years ago by Jeff McCartney, a local Realtor and vice chairman of the City Mission Board of Directors, as a way to raise funds in support of the veterans house. The house opened in July 2018 and provides housing and supportive services for up to 22 homeless veterans, helping them rebuild their lives ...

Washington business loses $50,000 in check-washing scheme

A Nevada woman is charged in a check-washing scheme in which she allegedly took possession of and altered a check from a Washington mobile home and recreational vehicle parts supplier, bilking the company out of more than $50,000 in funds. Cassandra A. Medina was charged last week by city ...

Recreational fields among topic at joint Peters meeting

Does Peters Township need more recreational fields? That was an issue that emerged in a joint workshop meeting Tuesday that pulled together members of the Peters Township School Board and Peters Township Council, along with administrators from the school and the township. While most of the ...

Game day traffic no worse than usual in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN – Reports of traffic backups on Interstate 79 between Star City and Mount Morris, Pa., appear to stem more from construction on an overpass rather than West Virginia University game day travelers or the new traffic lights at Exit 155 at Chaplin Road. Greene County Emergency ...

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Storms lead to ‘widespread’ flooding in Washington area

A torrential downpour Saturday afternoon led to "widespread" flooding in the Washington area and even caused the suspension of Washington & Jefferson College’s football game as water poured into the stadium and forced its evacuation. The notoriously flood-prone area of Park Avenue in ...

WVU wins, move to 2-0 for 1st time since 2018

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. had a wide-open D.J. Epps down the seam. Hawkins pitched it to him, and Epps took off in all the open space for a 53-yard touchdown. The big touchdown set the tone for a day full of explosive plays against the inferior Tennessee ...

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Becht throws 3 TD passes to lift Penn State past Temple

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rocco Becht expected to get cheered on by hundreds of fans from the Philadelphia suburbs and other surrounding areas where most of his family and their friends are from. The Penn State quarterback was a bit more amazed at the other 40,000-plus fans in their ...

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Op-Ed: Tariffs can be like barriers that isolate an economy

A tariff is a tax imposed on imported goods, and it sits at the center of how nations manage trade, protect industries, and shape economic strategy. At its core, a tariff raises the price of foreign products entering a country. This makes imported goods less competitive compared to domestic ...

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Triumph over tragedy

Although he now lives in San Diego, Kevin Shaeffer is a proud member of Steelers Nation. He and his wife, Blanca, will be in attendance when Pittsburgh kicks off the 2026 NFL season against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 13 at Acrisure Stadium. “We bleed black and gold,” Shaeffer said. ...

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