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Reports: Monessen man person of interest in Rostraver homicide

A Monessen man arrested earlier this week in Florida is considered a person of interest in a Rostraver Township homicide case. Unnamed police sources have identified the man as Dorian Jeri-Greene, 39, multiple news organizations report. On Wednesday, the Westmoreland County district ...

Judge hears arguments in Peters Lake housing appeal

A group seeking to reverse the North Strabane Township supervisors’ approval of a conditional use application for a housing development along Peters Lake appeared in court Thursday. About a dozen residents supporting Friends of Peters Lake were at the Washington County Courthouse in the ...

Open house shares details of proposed 105-mile transmission line

A proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line would stretch 105 miles from Greene County, southeast to Frederick County in Virginia. Landowners whose property falls on one of the potential routes as well as other community members came to an open house at the Fairchance Volunteer Fire Department ...

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Steelers can’t blame schedule this season

By Dale Lolley For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com The NFL has turned its schedule release day into a weeklong event, showing just how media savvy the league happens to be. But considering we already know the opponents for each team, does it really matter? Well, ...

End of the line … for Christmas trees

By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter As I write this article from my study, I am staring up at a deer mount that was arrowed in the 1950s by my friend, Ralph Bell. He harvested the little buck in the same neighborhood in which I hunted grouse nearly a half century later. A smile creeps ...

Home runs power Y’alls over Wild Things

FLORENCE, Ky. – Rookie infielder Eddie Javier Jr., who played his final two years of college baseball in Pittsburgh at Point Park, hit two of Florence’s three home runs, powering the Y’alls to a 10-7 series-opening victory over the Wild Things on Friday night. The loss snapped ...

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OP-ED: Homer City: The end of one era, dawn of the next

It is a somber sight to see towering smokestacks fall. They serve as monuments to a past era, symbols of industry and progress – until they are no longer needed. Last month, the demolition of the Homer City Generating Plant in Indiana County marked the end of a once mighty, coal-fired power ...

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Trinity Middle School honor roll

Trinity Middle School Term 3 Grade 8 High Honors Alaina Allum Lily Anders Irelynd Avolia Jonah Barrette Kamille Behrens Francesca Bennington Ella Berry Jacob Blackburn Ryan Bockstoce Gavin Bricker Cecelia Bristor Waylon Brown Andrew Bruno Avery Bryker Lydia ...

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