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Veterans Day events scheduled across the region

Veterans Day is Tuesday and veterans will be honored and remembered throughout the region this weekend and next week through parades, ceremonies and other events. One location where there will conspicuously be no Veterans Day ceremony – at least not an official one – is the National ...

All Harvey miners out of hospital

The last of six miners who received medical attention after an underground accident at the Harvey Mine Monday night has been released from the hospital, according to a statement sent out by mine owner Core Natural Resources said Wednesday. All of the miners were taken to local hospitals for ...

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Geneva passing game will test W&J

By John Sacco For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com Geneva College football coach Geno DeMarco seems to have saved his best for last. Washington & Jefferson, which needs a victory to clinch a second consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship ...

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Rooney Jr. a semifinalist for HOF Class of 2026

By Josh Dubow AP Pro Football Writer Six-time Super Bowl-winning owner Robert Kraft and Bud Adams, who founded the Houston Oilers and was a key part of the formation of the AFL, are among the nine contributors who advanced to the semifinal stage for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of ...

Wash High meets high-scoring South Allegheny in WPIAL quarterfinals

The final week of the regular season did not go the way Wash High or South Allegheny football teams wanted and now they are facing off in the playoffs maybe sooner than expected. Wash High lost to Seton LaSalle in the Century Conference championship game. South Allegheny saw its bid for an ...

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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 ...

Living

Author to discuss Mount Washington tunnel disaster

It was Christmas Eve 1917, and the Pittsburgh Railways trolley that bore the number 4236 was overloaded with passengers heading to work or shop or meet up with friends and family as the day wound down. At 3:18 p.m., it roared out of the Mount Washington Tunnel, traveling much, much faster ...

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