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Uniontown man charged with raping 12-year-old girl

A Uniontown man is charged with rape after allegedly having sex with an underaged girl multiple times over a two-year period. Joseph Martin, 28, allegedly began having sex with the girl when she was 10, according to his criminal complaint. Most recently, Martin had taken the girl to a ...

West Virginia woman charged in 2024 interstate crash

A West Virginia woman faces criminal charges in connection with a 2024 crash on Interstate 79 that left her passenger paralyzed. State police charged Mallory Jett, 19, of Morgantown, on Wednesday with felonies of aggravated assault by vehicle. According to the criminal complaint, the accident ...

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Reeling Penn State tries to salvage season

By Travis Johnson Associated Press STATE COLLEGE — The pain and anger was just beginning for Penn State players as handfuls of UCLA fans stormed the Rose Bowl to celebrate their Bruins' upset win on Saturday. The Nittany Lions, ranked second in the country just two weeks earlier, still ...

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Fort Cherry, Bishop Canevin square off for Black Hills Conference title

It is a game that’s been circled on Fort Cherry’s schedule for the last three years. Sometimes twice. Fort Cherry and Bishop Canevin have faced off three times in the last two years, including in a WPIAL semifinal, and the Rangers have won all three times. It’s not a surprise that ...

W&J, Westminster battle for top spot in PAC

By John Sacco For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com Talk of a losing streak and early struggles just a few weeks ago have given way to dreams of winning a second consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship. To do that, however, the Washington & ...

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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 ...

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Nate Powell talks about life in comics, graphic novels

MT. LEBANON – Nate Powell’s life changed as a result of a couple of comic books. One of them was a so-called “silent issue” of a “G.I. Joe” comic book from 1984 that had its characters speaking not a bit of dialogue. Its story is told entirely through the panels drawn on its ...

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