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Driver charged in March crash that killed pedestrian on I-70

A Westmoreland County man was charged Thursday with striking and killing a pedestrian on Interstate 70 in Canton Township in March, and accused of continuing to drive another 46 miles back to his house near Irwin without stopping or notifying authorities. State police said Anthony Joseph Pugliano was driving east on I-70 with three other people in his SUV when he struck 46-year-old Timothy Booker of Avella on the highway near the Chestnut Street interchange shortly before 4 a.m. March 8. A tractor-trailer driver who came upon Booker’s body lying on the highway and called 911 to report the incident, although it was not immediately clear how the incident happened or why the victim was ...

Donegal man accused of raping woman at Chartiers Township house

A Donegal Township man is accused of raping a woman inside her Chartiers Township home after helping her when she called him with car trouble last week. Chartiers Township police said the woman called 28-year-old Logan Matthew McDonough to help with her car and then invited him into her home for coffee shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. While in the kitchen, McDonough allegedly forced himself on the woman despite her telling him she did consent to the sexual encounter, police said. The situation caused her to bleed and McDonough eventually stopped before leaving the house, according to court documents. The woman went to the Chartiers Township Police Department and reported the alleged ...

Centerville Clinics to move to new Uniontown office, add pharmacy

Next spring, the Centerville Clinics practice in Uniontown will be moving to a larger location that its CEO said will allow it to offer more services to patients. After 24 years, the practice has outgrown its existing site on McClellandtown Road, near WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital, said ...

Ukraine documentary to be screened at W&J

A documentary about the ongoing war in Ukraine, “Stand Tall for the Rule of Law,” will be shown Oct. 13, at 6 p.m., at Washington & Jefferson College’s Yost Conference Room in the Burnett Center. The program is hosted by the college’s pre-law and conflict and resolution studies programs, the Washington County Bar Association, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In early December 2023, a documentary film crew and a delegation from the American Society of International Law crossed the Polish border in Lviv, Ukraine, to meet with members of the Ukrainian Association of International Law for a three-day “Stand Tall for the Rule of Law” summit. It included 75 ...

Greyson rides again: Celebrity greyhound returns with finale calendar

A round of “a-paws” goes to Jason Dunkle of Washington and his 11-year-old Italian Greyhound, Greyson, for the 2027 Old West calendar featuring the local celebrity pooch as Mad Dog Greyson, the treat-smuggling bandit. Photographed at Wild Gals Old Time Photo in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., the ...

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Northwestern opens new stadium with blowout of Penn State

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Caleb Komolafe rushed for a career-high 188 yards and a touchdown, and Northwestern routed Penn State 34-13 on Friday night in the first game at the new Ryan Field. Led by Komolafe and Joseph Himon II, Northwestern set season highs with 413 yards rushing and 506 yards ...

Wash high gets back on track with win over Bentworth

BENTLEYVILLE - The old cliche is speed kills. It does OK on football fields, too. Washington, behind the blazing passing connection of Travon Moye and split end Ameer Nelson, produced scoring plays at will and a 49-3 victory over Bentworth on a chilly Friday night in a Black Hills Conference ...

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Pitt rallies to beat VA Tech and remain unbeaten

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech's John Love missed a 36-yard field goal as time expired, and Pitt survived for a 35-33 victory over the Hokies on Friday. Pitt quarterback Holden Geriner came off the bench to throw a touchdown pass, and Ja'Kyrian Turner added a rushing touchdown for the ...

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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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