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Greene man pleads guilty to abusing infant

A Greene County man accused of beating and sexually assaulting his infant son last year pleaded guilty to all counts against him in Greene County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. Zachary Bryte, 26, of Washington Township, was arrested and charged with attempted homicide in June after his month-old son was taken to UPMC Greene with seizure-like symptoms. The child was then transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va, where doctors found a skull fracture, brain bleeding, rib fractures and other injuries that they determined to be consistent with severe trauma. State police said Bryte appeared to have abused the child since his birth. The child was hospitalized in critical ...

Cecil supervisors table Route 50 traffic study proposal

The Cecil Board of Supervisors tabled a motion Monday night to authorize township engineer Daniel Deiseroth to conduct a traffic study on the Pennsylvania Route 50 corridor that bisects the rural municipality, opting instead to wait and consider a revised proposal that will include the entire township. Deiseroth explained that the Route 50 study could have been used to inform the placement transportation impact overlay district on the area, which would have imposed a one-time fee on all future developments along the corridor. The revenue generated by the fee would be earmarked for road maintenance and related infrastructure enhancements that would offset the increased wear and tear ...

Pa. House OKs bill to study alternatives to Keystone Exams

The Keystone Exams, which are part of a Pennsylvania high school student’s graduation requirements, could soon be under the microscope following a Monday vote in the state’s House of Representatives asking that a study be done to determine if alternatives could be used instead. The vote was 191-10, indicating broad bipartisan support for the measure in the narrowly divided House. It would require the commonwealth’s education department to look at whether other standardized tests that high school students take, such as the SAT, ACT or Smarter Balanced assessments, could be used in its place. The study would explore whether those tests match statewide academic standards and fulfill ...

Steel beam from World Trade Center to be shown at Shanksville

Anyone who was alive then and living in the eastern half of the United States will recall that the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was pretty much flawless, with clear skies and comfortable late-summer temperatures. New York City firefighter Stephen Siller had planned on spending the morning ...

Waynesburg University celebrates new graduates

More than 300 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students crossed the stage during Waynesburg University's commencement ceremony Sunday. Emily Barker of Mount Sterling, Ohio, was co-valedictorian for the class along with Abigail Speer of Bridgeville. She delivered the valedictory address; ...

New Meadowcroft season gets underway

The 2026 season at Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village outside Avella kicked off Saturday. This year’s season will include mainstays like vintage baseball, an atlatl competition and more. Meadowcroft is the oldest known site of human habitation in North America and a National ...

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High school softball: Carmichaels walks off Waynesburg, 1-0

Bailey Barnyak fired a no-hitter and Joselyn Carter hit a walk-off single as Carmichaels defeated Waynesburg 1-0 in a nonsection softball game Tuesday. Carter’s hit, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, scored Carys McConnell, who led off the inning with a double off Waynesburg pitcher ...

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Former Pirates great Skinner dies at 94

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bob Skinner, who earned three World Series rings and was named to the All-Star team three times during a baseball career that spanned more than four decades as a player and coach, has died. He was 94. The Pittsburgh Pirates, where Skinner began his career and helped the ...

Presidents ready for ‘wide open’ PAC tournament

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball tournament is back again in Washington, and this year’s event that begins at noon today at Ross Memorial Park has a different feel, especially for the host team. For the first time since the 2019 tournament, Washington & Jefferson is not 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 ...

Living

Bring your burger-making skills to the next level this summer

Hamburgers are a staple of summer menus in millions of homes. Whether you’re hosting friends on Memorial Day weekend or simply looking for a hearty midweek meal, burgers and summertime cooking go hand in hand. Hamburgers are a straightforward dish that are often prepared on a grill. But ...

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