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Penn Highlands to host Santa and tree raffle event

Santa Claus will make his annual visit to Penn Highlands Mon Valley at 6 p.m. Dec. 17. Children will have a chance to enjoy cookies and hot chocolate with Santa at the hospital in Monongahela. “We are inviting all of the members of the community to come in,” said Corinne Laboon, system ...

Cecil Township Fire Department cautions of gas-like odor

Cecil Township Fire Department alerted the community Friday afternoon that residents may smell a gas-like odor. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, crews responded to two reports of the odor on Reissing Road but found no active gas leak or hazard to the public. Washington ...

Washington native creates “People Mover” ornament for holiday season

“For the next three weeks, I’m not going to do anything but be at my workbench.” An observation from Santa Claus, sweating to make a Dec. 24 deadline, or one of his overworked elves? No, it actually comes from Toby Fraley, a Washington native, Bridgeville resident and artist who has ...

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Indiana QB Mendoza wins Heisman Trophy

NEW YORK (AP) — Fernando Mendoza, the enthusiastic quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football's most prestigious award since its inception in 1935. Mendoza claimed 2,362 points, including 643 first-place votes. ...

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No. 9 Michigan State holds off Penn State

STATE COLLEGE (AP) — Divine Ugochukwu scored a career-high 23 points and No. 9 Michigan State overcame a sloppy performance to beat Penn State 76-72 on Saturday. Jaxon Kohler posted his fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds while Carson Cooper added 10 points for ...

Nothing like a snow day for filling a tag

By Dave Bates Contributing writer I love snow. Having been a ski bum for three years in Colorado, of course, I love snow. I don’t mean simply enjoying snow, but rather the kind of passion that keeps me staring out the window all night, watching a good snowfall pile up, that was ...

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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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Nordic people know how to beat winter blues

The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, ...

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