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WVU expert sheds light on why people love horror movies

Horror movies are synonymous with the Halloween season just like candy and pumpkins. But why are audiences drawn to entertainment designed to frighten them? According to Elizabeth Cohen, a professor of communications at the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the answer is pretty ...

DCED secretary visits Mon Valley economic development event

Department of Community & Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger delivered the keynote address during the Fourth Annual Mid-Mon Valley Economic Symposium, promoting a number of development initiatives launched by the Shapiro administration. More than 200 local business leaders and ...

Coroner seeking information

The Washington County coroner's office is seeking information about two decedents. Frederick Kopp was born March 22, 1941, and died Oct. 29 in UPMC Washington hospital. He lived in Washington. Daniel Yoders was born April 12, 1958, and died at UPMC Washington hospital. He lived in Waynesburg. Information can be submitted to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.

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W&J wraps up another PAC football title

On this chilly Halloween night, Grove City's football team got a bag of rocks to take back to campus. W&J running back Andrew Sharp scored five touchdowns as the Presidents wrapped up a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs Saturday with a 42-14 victory over Grove City. W&J (6-0, ...

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Steelers take AFC North lead, extend streak over Cleveland to 23 straight

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers spent all week hearing the chatter coming from Cleveland, then spent all Sunday emphatically and repeatedly putting their longtime rivals in their place. Maybe better days are coming for Deshaun Watson, Jared Verse and company. They're just not here ...

Prexies, Lions get No. 1 seeds for playoffs

Thirteen local high school football teams will be included when the WPIAL playoffs begin next weekend. Ten of those teams knew they were in before the pairings were released Saturday afternoon. The other three – Trinity, Chartiers-Houston and Monessen – simply went wild. The Hillers, Bucs ...

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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 ...

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Deaths of elderly Chartiers Township couple remain a mystery 36 years later

The bodies of an elderly Chartiers Township couple were found in a pool of blood in their basement in 1990, causing an intense police investigation and a nationwide search for their killers. Thirty-six years have passed and there are still no leads, no arrest, no motive. At noon on Nov. 7, ...

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