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Donora man accused of exposing self in ice cream shop’s bathroom

By By Mike Jones

A Donora man is accused of touching himself inappropriately inside a Westmoreland County ice cream shop’s bathroom last month, as police said he was completely nude when a teenage girl employee went into the men’s room to clean it during closing time. State police said 22-year-old Calvin Horney went to the Dairy Queen in North Belle Vernon Borough shortly before the 9 p.m. closing time on Sept. 7 and entered the public restroom, where he allegedly performed a lewd act on himself. Police said the 17-year-old female employee was cleaning the restaurant’s two bathrooms at the end of the night when she opened the men’s room door and saw Horney fully exposed, sitting on the toilet ...

Teen Outreach kicks off new HOPE Consortium

The SW PA Teen Outreach announces its kickoff meeting for its newly formed HOPE Consortium. The consortium will gather community youth-serving agencies together at 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Common Ground Teen Center (92 N. Main Street, Washington). Teen Outreach is a Certified Hope Informed Organization through HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) https://positiveexperience.org/. Two Teen Outreach professional staff, Amy Podgurski-Gough and Heather Crowe, are certified HOPE Facilitators and Heather Crowe is in training to be a HOPE Champion. The HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) framework is a strengths-based, research informed approach that focuses on how ...

Fatal rockslide traps two near Connellsville

One person is dead and another injured after a rockslide trapped both on a section of the Great Allegheny Passage near Connellsville. According to Fayette County Coroner Bob Baker, his office was called to the scene after the rockslide killed one cyclist and sent the other to the hospital. The person who died is a 76-year old woman from Florida, according to a statement from the coroner’s office. No information was immediately available on the identity of the other cyclist. A senior leader from the Morrell Volunteer Fire Company in Dunbar Township said that the slide left a boulder that weighed about 1,000 pounds on top of the two bikers around noon on Saturday. Morrell VFD was ...

2000 Turkeys aims high to help neighbors in need at Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and 2000 Turkeys continues its grassroots effort to ensure that Washington County families in need can enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. Through the generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations, 2000 Turkeys aims to raise an estimated $150,000 to ...

Fayette residents seek more stringent data center ordinance standards

Several concerned Fayette County residents asked the county board of commissioners about planning commission recommendations they feared would weaken a proposed data center ordinance during Thursday’s regular monthly meeting. The ordinance would place restrictions on potential data center ...

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Boston College overcomes poor start to beat Pitt

BOSTON (AP) — Mason McKenzie threw for two touchdowns and Boston College recovered from a miserable opening two minutes of the game, beating Pitt 27-21 on Saturday. McKenzie went 17 for 28 with 295 yards and two inceptions for the Eagles (3-3, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). "I think ...

Never know who you’ll meet in laundromats across America

I am standing in a laundromat folding my underwear in front of a complete stranger in the little town of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Mabel stands (actually leans) against the counter’s edge across from me. She looks as though she has a bit of difficulty remaining upright for longer periods of ...

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Hawkins leads WVU to game-winning field goal over Cincinnati

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia football faced a third-and-9 from its own two-yard line. The Mountaineers needed just a field goal to win the game over Cincinnati. With his fit on his own colors, quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. snapped the ball and heaved a pass to receiver Prince Strachan, ...

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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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