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Amwell Township farm heavily damaged in recent flooding

As heavy rainfall led to flooding on her family’s property Saturday night, all Cailin Knopp could do was watch and listen as her goats screamed in distress. As a result of Saturday’s flash flooding, the 14-year-old member of the Washington County 4-H program lost the barns and supplies ...

UPMC - GoHealth Urgent Care opens doors in Waynesburg

Donald Yealy, UPMC’s chief medical officer and senior vice president of the Health Services Division, cuts the ribbon at the UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care center in Waynesburg Wednesday morning, accompanied by a group of medical leaders and officials from Greene County and Pennsylvania. The ...

Child injured on Fayette County Fair ride

A child suffered minor injuries on a ride at the Fayette County Fair Sunday. He was riding on Alien Abduction, a Gravitron-like spinning ride that uses centrifugal force to pin people to the inside of a flying saucer. He somehow slipped and bumped his head on one of the seats, said Ron ...

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Pirates, up 9-0 in 1st, lose to Rockies, 17-16

DENVER (AP) — Brenton Doyle hit a walk-off, two-run homer in a five-run ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies overcame a nine-run first-inning deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-16 on Friday night. The Rockies are the sixth team in major league history to win after surrendering nine ...

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Washington County hopes pitching, defense wins Pony championship

John Pryzbylinski was an assistant coach for the Washington County Pony League team last year, so he knows what the atmosphere is like when the hometown team is playing at Lew Hays Pony League Field. As the head coach this year, he knows no matter how many times he conveys to his players what ...

More scoreboard watching in final month of Frontier League season

The calendar has flipped to August. For Frontier League teams in postseason contention, that means the pennant race begins in earnest. However, after this weekend, that pennant race might seem like a long-distance affair for the Wild Things and the Lake Erie Crushers, the top two teams in the ...

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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 ...

Living

Picture-perfect paradise

As one who grew up in central New Jersey, I was embarrassed at how little I knew about the southernmost community in the Garden State – Cape May. I had passed through the area on several occasions, but never did a deep dive into its many offerings. That all changed during the first week ...

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