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Veterans Day events scheduled across the region

Veterans Day is Tuesday and veterans will be honored and remembered throughout the region this weekend and next week through parades, ceremonies and other events. One location where there will conspicuously be no Veterans Day ceremony – at least not an official one – is the National ...

Development at Greene data center campus gets preliminary OK

The Greene County Planning Commission gave preliminary approval for land development for a plant to power a proposed data center at the former site of the Robena Mine in Monongahela Township. All members of the nine-person commission, except one who abstained, voted in favor of the proposal, ...

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Ex-Steelers receiver Antonio Brown arrested on attempted murder charge

By Curt Anderson Associated Press Former NFL star Antonio Brown has been arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting after a celebrity boxing event in Miami, police confirmed Thursday. Brown, 37, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Dubai, said Miami police ...

Wash High meets high-scoring South Allegheny in WPIAL quarterfinals

The final week of the regular season did not go the way Wash High or South Allegheny football teams wanted and now they are facing off in the playoffs maybe sooner than expected. Wash High lost to Seton LaSalle in the Century Conference championship game. South Allegheny saw its bid for an ...

Huff scores 23 to lead WVU over Campbell

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Honor Huff scored 23 points to lead five in double-figure scoring and West Virginia held off Campbell for a 73-65 victory on Thursday night. West Virginia never trailed but Campbell stayed within single digits for most of the second half and pulled to 64-60 with ...

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OP-ED: Random thoughts about man’s stupidity

I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...

Living

Author to discuss Mount Washington tunnel disaster

It was Christmas Eve 1917, and the Pittsburgh Railways trolley that bore the number 4236 was overloaded with passengers heading to work or shop or meet up with friends and family as the day wound down. At 3:18 p.m., it roared out of the Mount Washington Tunnel, traveling much, much faster ...

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