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Hang onto your hats: Strong winds blow through SWPA; temperature drops

Strong gusts of wind swept through southwestern Pennsylvania on Monday morning, causing scattered power outages in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties and ushering in a plummet in temperatures. The drop started early Monday, after some areas in western Pennsylvania hovered around 60 ...

Suspect in shooting of mother, wounding of father to be brought back to Pa.

A New Freeport teen accused of fatally shooting his mother and wounding his father signed an extradition waiver allowing him to be taken back to Pennsylvania Monday afternoon, two days after authorities arrested him in West Virginia. Jarrod Noll, 18, was arrested by police in West Virginia ...

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Sports

Czech to play 6th season with Wild Things

The middle of the Wild Things’ lineup got a little more potent Monday when the Frontier League team announced that first baseman Andrew Czech has committed to return for the 2026 season on a club option. A native of Reminderville, Ohio, the power-hitting Czech will be returning for his ...

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C-M’s Dreshman a giant on first day of Powerade

By Joe Tuscano For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com CANONSBURG -- Good things come in small packages. Just ask Lee Dreshman, a 107-pound wrestler for Canon-McMillan. Dreshman proved an unstoppable force in Monday's first day of the Powerade Christmas Wrestling ...

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W&J women edged by Otterbein

WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Washington & Jefferson women’s basketball team returned from its holiday break but the Presidents’ shooting touch did not. W&J shot only 33 percent and lost 52-43 to Otterbein on Monday afternoon. The Presidents (7-3) trailed 27-24 at halftime but took ...

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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

An ‘exorcising of demons’

Many people think writing a book is driven by lightning bolts of inspiration that propel an author forward. Katherine Mansfield isn’t one of them. “There are definitely points when something comes out of the ether and rests on your brain … but I think true creativity is just ...

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