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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 ...

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 ...

‘A life-changing experience’

The 2026 NFL Draft Experience was exactly that – an experience that altered the lives of all involved, young and old, the spectators and the participants. “It was a life-changing experience,” said South Fayette head football coach Marty Spieler. Spieler watched as two of his players ...

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W&J’s Anderson running into record book

It is a good thing Claire Anderson was such a bad volleyball player. For Washington & Jefferson College would not have found out what a gifted and outstanding distance runner she is. The self-proclaimed “clumsy” kid from Jamestown has built a legacy and owns a national stature that ...

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Opinion

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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