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2000 Turkeys seeking donations as Thanksgiving nears

The air has a chill, the leaves are turning, and Thanksgiving is just five weeks away. The 2000 Turkeys campaign is about to crest the $50,000 mark, but more is needed. The goal is to raise more than $150,000 to give a Thanksgiving dinner to more than 21,000 people in Washington County who ...

Canton Township man released after spending more than 10 months in ICE custody

A Canton Township man who has lived in the United States for more than two decades is back home after spending more than 10 months in ICE custody. Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Haroldo Garcia Alvarado, on Dec. 5, 2025, along with two other men, near the ...

Republican incumbent faces independent challenger in 46th state Senate race

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of stories featuring key races in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. Three-term incumbent state Sen. Camera Bartolotta is facing a challenge in the Nov. 3 election not from a Democrat, but from an independent candidate. Jodi Borello of South Franklin ...

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Sports

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Trinity boys soccer rallies to beat Latrobe in overtime

Jacob Wright scored with three minutes remaining in regulation and then netted the game-winner in overtime to lift No. 4 Trinity to a 2-1 win over No. 13 Latrobe in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer playoffs Saturday at Hiller Field. Wright’s game-deciding tally came four ...

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Cal blows out IUP in the Coal Bowl

It was all California in the Coal Bowl. The Vulcans cruised to a 49-0 victory over IUP (2-3, 5-3) on homecoming in a PSAC game. California (3-2, 5-3) led 35-0 at halftime thanks in part to a pair of touchdown connections of 41 and 52 yards between receiver Kenny Lewis IV and quarterback Eric ...

Five Things we learned in Week 9

Each Monday we’ll look back at the highlights of the week that was in local high school football. This week saw results that set up an epic final night of the regular season, an officiating controversy, another big game for Petrosky and other running backs, and the tragic death of a ...

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Opinion

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 ...

Living

Best-selling ‘beach reads’ author coming to ‘Novel November’

Katherine Center’s novels sometimes fall into that broad category of what are called beach reads – breezy, easily digestible books that are perfect to devour when you smell of suntan lotion, you have your sunglasses on and your feet planted in the sand. Ironically enough, many of ...

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