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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 ...

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

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 ...

Peoples Natural Gas marks completion of pipeline upgrades

Peoples Natural Gas, an Essential Utilities company, Tuesday joined state and local officials, community leaders and customers to celebrate the successful modernization of the Goodwin Tombaugh pipeline system. This landmark infrastructure project upgraded more than 300 miles of natural gas ...

North Franklin won’t contract with Washington for police services

North Franklin will not be contracting with the Washington Police Department to have its officers patrol in the township despite a "cordial" meeting on the issue with the city’s police chief earlier this week. Board of Supervisors Chairman Bob Sabot said some residents have asked township ...

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Avalanche rally past Penguins

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had three assists and a power-play goal, Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Friday night. T.J. Hughes scored his first NHL goal, while Mackenzie Blackwood settled in after a shaky start to ...

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Rodgers vs. Bowles should be quite a chess match

TAMPA, Fla. – Todd Bowles will have to be quite creative to surprise Aaron Rodgers. Known for his complex defensive schemes and disguising his blitz packages, Bowles and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing an elite quarterback who has seen everything in a distinguished NFL career. Rodgers ...

Big first half propels Bentworth past Sto-Rox

McKEES ROCKS – Noah Leichty had a pair of rushing touchdowns and Bentworth held off a second-half rally to secure a 30-22 win at Sto-Rox in Black Hills Conference play on Friday. Bentworth (2-2, 4-4) had a 30-8 lead at halftime, but Sto-Rox (0-4, 3-5) scored two touchdowns in the third ...

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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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