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Heads-up, motorists

Driving southbound on I-79 in Washington County in recent days, motorists might have seen one of the highway’s electronic billboards bearing a simple message: “Phones Down, Eyes Up. It’s the Law.” And starting Friday, drivers who are caught with their eyes down gazing at their phones ...

Rices Landing man accused of child pornography

A Rices Landing man is accused of forcing a child to undress and taking photos and videos of her over a period of several years. William Wilson, 38, is charged with filming a sexual act, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of children, indecent assault and indecent exposure. The incidents took place when the child was between 3 and 7, she told state police in July 2025. The child told her guardian she had been experiencing traumatic flashbacks to the events, according to the criminal complaint. Wilson had yet to be arraigned as of Tuesday afternoon.

Route 18 in Washington closing for box culvert replacement

The big dig is about to begin in Washington. The state Department of Transportation is closing Route 18 at South Main Street starting Monday as construction crews will begin replacing the box culvert that allows traffic to pass over Catfish Creek near Cameron Stadium. The closure for that ...

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Homers help Pirates top Astros

HOUSTON (AP) — Oneil Cruz and Brandon Lowe hit three-run homers and Endy Rodríguez added a two-run shot to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-6 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Jake Mangum tied a career-high with four hits to help the Pirates to their fourth straight ...

Sechrist shines in Wild Things win

With each of his outings, Wild Things starting pitcher Zander Sechrist could see the improvement. He worked deeper into the game, threw more pitches and allowed fewer runs. With each outing, he was more difficult to hit. Though the results were getting better, there was one thing missing. The ...

Breese to build Rock’s wrestling program from scratch

Slippery Rock University is not Claysville. But it’s as close to home as Jeff Breese has worked in collegiate wrestling in some time. Breese, a McGuffey High School graduate, and most recently Army (West Point) director of wrestling development was named Tuesday as the head coach of ...

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Opinion

OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

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UPMC brings free concussion baseline testing to Washington

Here's a heads-up. UPMC Sports Medicine and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation have teamed up to bring the HeadsUP Pittsburgh program to the UPMC Wellness Center at the Wilfred R. Cameron Pavilion in Washington this summer, offering free pediatric and adult ImPACT concussion baseline testing ...

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