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Bradford House to host annual Whiskey Rebellion Dinner

The Bradford House Historical Association is having its largest annual fundraiser Friday with the Whiskey Rebellion Dinner. This year’s dinner at Southpointe’s Hilton Garden Inn will celebrate the national accreditation the Bradford House Museum received from the American Alliance of ...

Hanover Township supervisors ballot measure fails

Hanover Township residents failed to enact a ballot referendum on Tuesday to increase the number of township supervisors from a total of three to five. The measure failed 482-443, according to preliminary county election results. Supporters had hoped the measure would give residents a greater ...

23 votes cast at Chartiers precinct might not count due to poll book issue

Nearly two dozen votes cast by people using emergency special ballots at a Chartiers Township polling place Tuesday morning may not be counted after the judge of elections there failed to sign in the voters when the electronic poll book failed. The 23 votes cast during a brief period of time ...

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No. 10 Belle Vernon knocks off North Catholic in WPIAL semis

McMURRAY — The phrase “seeds don’t matter” is uttered so much in sports that the team with the higher seed uses it as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Belle Vernon has proven through three matches in the WPIAL Class 2A boys soccer playoffs that there could be some truth to the adage that ...

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Karsman scores 4 goals to lead Sewickley Academy past Bentworth

McMURRAY – Bentworth girls soccer coach Tyler Hamstra put it pretty simply when describing the performance of Sewickley Academy’s Claire Karsman. “Karsman just had an amazing game,” Bentworth coach Tyler Hamstra said. “The best player on the field tonight was wearing a different ...

Wild Things hire new pitching coach

The Wild Things have started to put together their coaching staff for the 2027 National Association season. Washington announced Tuesday that it has hired Reid Santos, a three-time MLB draft pick and veteran of nine professional seasons as a player, to be the pitching coach next year. Santos ...

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OP-ED: The time to get AI right is now

As recently as early summer, artificial intelligence, or AI, was far from the center of public concern or worry. Now, it's at center stage, though to many it remains a mystery. During a recent class reunion, a friend confided that AI was a head-scratcher. "I don't know anything about it," he ...

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Church holding soup sale

Chartiers Cross Roads Church at 102 Old Hickory Ridge Road in Washington will hold a Soup To Go Sale from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Price is $10 per quart.

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