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Sen. Fetterman tours flood damage in Washington

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman visited Washington County to inspect lingering damage from recent flash flooding while offering his support for ongoing recovery efforts. Washington Mayor JoJo Burgess led Fetterman on a tour across three sites in Washington, East Washington Borough and Washington ...

Century-old barn rolls down Route 519 to new Ross Farm home

Inch by painstaking inch, the century-old Ritter barn weighing 110 tons crawled along Route 519 in Glyde on top of four motorized dollies Thursday as it crept to its new home at the Ross Farm. The half-mile journey took a little more than three hours before crews carefully wheeled it into ...

Fort Cherry, C-H receive funding for literacy programs

Two local school districts are among the first to receive funding from the initial round of awards through a newly created Pennsylvania Department of Education grant program designed to improve student literacy. Chartiers-Houston and Fort Cherry School Districts received six-figure packages ...

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Rangers roll, set up postseason rematch with Laurel

McDONALD – Everything was going just fine for Fort Cherry last year until the postseason. Fort Cherry entered 2025 as two-time defending WPIAL champs and entered the playoffs a perfect 10-0, earning the top seed in Class A. Operation three-peat was going great, with FC winning its first ...

Returns spark Aliquippa past Waynesburg

ALIQUIPPA – Avery Coleman returned a fumble 92 yards for a touchdown, Jeffrey Hicks ran back a punt 60 yards for another score and Aliquippa defeated Waynesburg 52-14 in a Class 3A first-round playoff game Friday night. Aliquippa (7-3) led 10-0 after one quarter before breaking the game ...

Trinity gives nothing, handles Latrobe, 21-0

Last year’s playoff game at Hiller Field was heartbreak for the Trinity Hillers. A much happier scene, however, played out for the hosts Friday night. Coach Dan Knause’s squad used stifling defense and opportunistic offense to shrug off Latrobe to the tune of a 21-0 win. The Hillers ...

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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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Mt. Lebanon man wins Emmy honors for work in children’s television

Anyone who cut their television-viewing teeth decades ago with the likes of “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” or “Captain Kangaroo” will immediately notice how much more frenzied children’s television shows are today. The cutting is more rapid and, it seems, the chatter is more brisk. The ...

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