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Washington County jail laundry room damaged in fire

Washington County will look for another facility to do the jail’s laundry after a dryer caught fire Monday night. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, emergency crews were called to the jail at 100 W. Cherry Ave. at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. The fire was contained to the laundry ...

Business owner in Washington cited as junk piles up on property

City officials in Washington are trying to clean up the town, but are stuck with a trashy situation. Over the past few months, a business owner has allowed garbage and refuse to pile up in the parking lot of a property at Jefferson and West Hallam avenues directly across from Washington High ...

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Versatile DiLucia leads Peters Twp. into WPIAL title game

Nobody can accuse Nolan DiLucia of not giving everything he has. Sure, he’s a 2,000-plus yard quarterback that’s guided the Peters Township offense to an unbeaten 12-0 record and a spot in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game for a third straight year. But his contributions to the ...

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Sports Vault: Pivnick and Pintar cleared way to greatness at W&J

By John Sacco For the Observer-Reporter Pivnick and Pintar cleared way to greatness at W&J Tom Durbin, the former offensive line coach at Washington & Jefferson, once told Todd Pivnick and Kevin Pintar they were going to make him famous. The two – a left guard and tackle ...

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Rodgers, with broken wrist, could play against Bears

By Will Graves AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers might get a chance to say goodbye to one of his favorite places after all. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday there's a chance that Rodgers and his fractured left wrist could still play on Sunday when the Steelers visit ...

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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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Time change disrupting your sleep? Try cognitive reshuffling

Twice a year, we adjust the clock and it often appears to wreak havoc on our sleep schedules and body clocks. Why does changing our clocks by one hour mess up our body clock? "Our body’s rhythms are finely tuned to our environment to ensure that sleep/wake timing, eating and many metabolic ...

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