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Four-year-old boy from Ohio, mother killed in I-70 crash

The Washington County coroner has identified the mother and child who died in Sunday’s head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70. Killed was 25-year-old Aisha Trawally and 4-year-old Abdul-Salami Touray, both of Columbus, Ohio, according to Coroner Timothy Warco. State ...

‘It was a good run’

With over two years left in his four-year term, Fayette County Commissioner David Lohr has submitted a letter of resignation ending his nearly decade-long tenure. “It wasn’t anything personal, it was just time to go ahead and make some changes in my life,” Lohr said. “I’ve been ...

Police issue warrant for man accused of crashing into Vanderbilt Post Office

A Dunbar man wanted for allegedly crashing into the Vanderbilt Post Office should be considered dangerous, a state police spokesperson said. Police said Justin Lee Martin, 45, fled from troopers “at a high rate of speed,” when they tried to pull him over for having an inoperable brake ...

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Pirates hit 2 homers off Holmes and blank Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Gorski and Jared Triolo each connected for a two-run homer off New York Mets starter Clay Holmes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally mustered some offense in a 4-0 victory Wednesday night at rainy Citi Field. Five pitchers combined on a six-hitter as the last-place ...

McNeely homers as Wild Things win

Caleb McNeely hit a two-run homer and the Wild Things won their third consecutive game, defeating the Ottawa Titans 4-2 Wednesday night at EQT Park. McNeely, last year’s Frontier League MVP, hit his homer in the fifth inning and it gave Washington a 4-1 lead. Wild Things starter Regi ...

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2025 Pittsburgh Steelers schedule

Sunday, Sept. 7 -- Pittsburgh at NY Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 14 -- Seattle at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Sept. 21 -- Pittsburgh at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 28 -- Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Dublin, Ireland, 9:30 a.m. (NFLN) Sunday, Oct. 12 -- Cleveland at ...

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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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Fallowfield Township native named director of the Frick Pittsburgh

Like many people who acquire a fascination with history, it all started early for Amanda Dunyak Gillen. In the years before she graduated from Charleroi Area High School in 1993, she would travel with her family to historic sites that were within a day’s drive, like the Gettysburg ...

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