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Cook data center meeting canceled

An informational meeting on data centers being hosted by state Rep. Bud Cook has been canceled. The meeting had been scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29, at the California Borough Building. It is not being rescheduled.

State approves loan program for local flood recovery

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency has secured federal funding to provide relief to local residents impacted by a series of flash floods that ravaged the region in August and September. The Small Business Administration (SBA) has authorized low-interest loans to help specific ...

Humble, Bower-Bjornson vying for 50th state House seat

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of stories featuring key races in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. A new legislator will be representing the 50th State House District in Harrisburg next year after five-term state Rep. Bud Cook lost his re-election bid in the Republican primary. Republican ...

Donnie Iris, longtime fixture of Pittsburgh area music scene, dies at 83

He only reached the Top 10 once, but to at least a couple of generations of Pittsburghers he was a legend and eternally “King Cool.” Donnie Iris, a longtime fixture of the Pittsburgh area music scene who became a beloved elder statesman with a large and devoted local following, died ...

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Sports

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Browns are skipping lessons on Steelers rivalry

BEREA, Ohio – Todd Monken is well-versed in AFC North rivalries after being an offensive coordinator with both the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens. The Browns head coach won't be giving his team any history lessons, though, as it prepares for Sunday's trip to Pittsburgh to face the ...

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Brewers beat Rays in Game 5 to win World Series

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings of ...

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Battle-tested Grove City is between W&J and PAC title

The Washington & Jefferson College football team is knocking on the door to win a third consecutive and 29th overall Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship. Saturday night at Cameron Stadium, the Presidents would like to treat themselves with another. But they won’t be tricked ...

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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

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Local schools given awards from Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Eight school districts and two community centers in Washington and Fayette counties have been given honors by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for their efforts in helping ensure children have enough to eat. In Fayette County, the Connellsville, Southmoreland, Frazier and Uniontown ...

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