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Household chemical collections planned

In June, Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) will host three household chemical collection events in western Pennsylvania to enable area residents to conveniently dispose of materials such as cleaners, paints, batteries, automotive fluids, e-cigarettes/vapes and pesticides. Events will be held Saturday, June 13, at the Fayette County Recycling Convenience Center, Uniontown, and Saturday, June 27, at EQT Park, Washington. A $20 fee will cover the cost of disposing every 10 gallons/50 pounds of aerosol cans, automotive fluids, chemistry sets, gasoline and kerosene, household cleaners, mercury thermometers, paint products, pesticides/garden chemicals, photo chemicals and pool ...

West Greene Lions Club names outstanding students

The West Greene Lions Club recognized three students for being selected as Outstanding Students of the Class of 2026. The students and their families received a meal in their honor. The students were also awarded a certificate and a $50 Amazon gift card. By attending the meeting and giving a ...

Party on the pike

Back in the early days of the 1800s, when the United States was barely out of the cradle and large parts of the continent were still uncharted to its East Coast settlers, the idea of a highway constructed with federal funds was kicked around. Thomas Jefferson was among its supporters, and ...

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Sports

Track notebook: Canon-McMillan’s Taylor has career end in heartbreak

Canon-McMillan senior Aaron Taylor was the top seed and defending champion in the WPIAL Class 3A 300 hurdles, but he left Thursday with a disappointing finish to his career. Taylor, a Villanova recruit, fell in both the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdle finals and not only did he fail to win at the ...

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B-C’s DeHoet and Belle Vernon’s Kent win multiple WPIAL titles

SLIPPERY ROCK – Beth-Center’s Deakyn DeHoet and Belle Vernon’s Ryan Kent competed in completely different areas Thursday, but their stories are somewhat intertwined. After coming close in the past, both athletes were aiming to end their careers as WPIAL champions. They each realized ...

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Rodriguez drives in a pair as Pirates top Rockies

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Endy Rodriguez had two hits and drove in a pair of runs in his return to the majors and the Pittsburgh Pirates breezed past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Thursday. Rodriguez, a catcher once considered among the top prospects in Pittsburgh's farm system before missing all of ...

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Opinion

A second chance for Blue Skies

Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...

Living

‘Finding Alice in Wonderland’

Being in middle school can frequently be disorienting, but a project crafted by students throughout the region might help some of their peers feel a little bit less like they’ve tumbled down a rabbit hole. Throughout this academic year, students in the California Area School District and ...

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