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UPDATE: Toddler among 6 dead in W.Va. flash floods

WHEELING, W.Va. – A toddler and her mother were among six people who died in weekend flash flooding in the Triadelphia and Wheeling areas. Three more remained missing Monday. Officials with the Ohio County Emergency Management Agency, Ohio County Sheriff’s Office, Wheeling Police ...

Annual Dryerson Festival celebrates Ryerson’s past, future

If all goes as planned, the “Dryerson” label may no longer be so apt. At this year’s Dryerson Festival, people came out to celebrate Ryerson Station State Park, remember Duke Lake and look forward to improvements announced in the near future. This was the 19th year for the festival, ...

Heavy rains lead to sinkholes, fire department damage in South Strabane

Heavy rains Saturday and Sunday led to sinkholes and multiple road closures in Washington County, while flood warnings remained in effect for the three-county area into Sunday night. The National Weather Service instituted a flood watch for large portions of southwestern Pennsylvania, ...

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Sports

Wild Things routed in opening game of road trip

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Evansville’s Dennis Pierce hit a home run to lead off the bottom of the first inning and that was a sign of things to come for the Wild Things. Evansville scored in six different innings and unleashed a 15-hit attack to defeat Washington 12-3 Tuesday night at Bosse ...

Anderson hired as Wash High boys basketball coach

Travis Anderson first saw the Wash High boys basketball team at a summer league game last year. He was an assistant coach at Community College of Beaver County at the time, but the Prexies made an impression on him. “I watched them warm up and thought they were a big, athletic team,” ...

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Báez hits 2 of Tigers’ 4 home runs against Pirates

DETROIT (AP) — Javier Báez hit two of the Detroit Tigers' four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also ...

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Opinion

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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 ...

Living

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Dormont store dedicated to sustainability and zero waste

DORMONT–It would take most of us a year, maybe, to get through one of those jumbo boxes of 200 tall kitchen trash bags you can buy at a big box store. It would take Marty Smyczek 400 years. Smyczek has been so diligent about leading a life that produces minimal waste that it took him two ...

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