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Community dinner A free community dinner will be held in the social hall of California United Methodist Church, 227 Third St., California, on Wednesday, May 6. The main course features items from JD Subs. Attendees are invited to bring a variety of side dishes or desserts to share. Dinner will be between 6 and 7 p.m., and anyone is welcome to attend. Stamp Out Hunger drive The National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will take place on Saturday, May 9. Letter carriers across the country will collect non-perishable food donations to go to local food pantries. To participate, leave a non-perishable food donation in a bag by your mailbox. Church ...

Dogs strut their stuff at Morgantown show

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Handlers and their dogs took center stage last week at Mylan Park as the Black Diamond Cluster Dog Show returned, drawing competitors from across the country for several days of judging and events. In its 13th year at the Hazel & J.W. Ruby Community Center, the ...

Local cannabis industry applauds loosening federal regulation

Medical marijuana researchers and business owners across western Pennsylvania will see relief from some federal regulation thanks to a change in federal policy governing the popular plant. The decision to reclassify medical-use cannabis from the strictest Schedule I to a more permissive ...

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Penguins fend off elimination again with a 3-2 Game 5 win over Flyers

BPITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Dewar, Kris Letang and Elmer Soderblom scored and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided elimination for the second time in 48 hours with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia in Game 5 of their first-round series on Monday night. Sidney Crosby shook off a shot to his left knee to ...

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Marietta edges W&J in 10 innings

Marietta scored twice in the top of the 10th to defeat Washington & Jefferson, 6-4, in extra innings in a nonconference game Monday afternoon at Ross Memorial Park. Zach Malloy scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice and Luke Jarzynka plated an insurance run with a ...

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High school baseball: Wash High walks off with wild win

Joe Wilson hit a one-out RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Will Callan and give Washington a wild 12-11 win over McGuffey in a Class 3A Section 4 game Monday at EQT Park. Washington (4-5, 7-8) led 10-4 in the second inning. McGuffey (3-6, 5-9) battled back and tied the ...

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A second chance for Blue Skies

Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...

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Legion award winners announced

Edwin Scott Linton American Legion Post 175 in Washington recently awarded American Legion School Medal Awards to Washington area eighth-grade students. The award recognizes students who possess high qualities of courage, honor, leadership, patriotism, scholarship and Americanism. Awardees ...

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