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‘It was a good run’

With over two years left in his four-year term, Fayette County Commissioner David Lohr has submitted a letter of resignation ending his nearly decade-long tenure. “It wasn’t anything personal, it was just time to go ahead and make some changes in my life,” Lohr said. “I’ve been ...

Autopsy to determine if Saturday fire killed Aleppo Township man

Investigators are waiting for autopsy results to determine if an Aleppo Township man was killed in a Saturday morning fire, or if he was dead before the fire started. Willie Wayne Jones, 33, was found dead in the Saturday morning fire that destroyed his sister’s house on Kuhn Hill Road. The ...

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Pirates hit 2 homers off Holmes and blank Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Gorski and Jared Triolo each connected for a two-run homer off New York Mets starter Clay Holmes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally mustered some offense in a 4-0 victory Wednesday night at rainy Citi Field. Five pitchers combined on a six-hitter as the last-place ...

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WPIAL Track & Field Championships results

WPIAL Class 3A Boys 100 meters (10.95) – 1. William Smith, Woodland Hills, 10.72; 2. Kaevon Gardner, New Castle, 10.90; 3. Preston Miller, Latrobe, 10.92; 4. Connor Stokes, Elizabeth Forward, 10.96; 5. Lawrence Timmons, Pine-Richland, 11.07; 6. Phillip Whitlock, Trinity, 11.14; 7. Gabriel ...

Pfender wins gold twice, sets discus record at WPIALs

SLIPPERY ROCK – In the moments after receiving his second gold medal of the day, plenty of emotions ran through Jonah Pfender’s mind. It was a day that the Fort Cherry senior had dreamed of. He’s a district champion and one that will go down in the WPIAL record books. Pfender set a ...

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OP-ED: Homer City: The end of one era, dawn of the next

It is a somber sight to see towering smokestacks fall. They serve as monuments to a past era, symbols of industry and progress – until they are no longer needed. Last month, the demolition of the Homer City Generating Plant in Indiana County marked the end of a once mighty, coal-fired power ...

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Fallowfield Township native named director of the Frick Pittsburgh

Like many people who acquire a fascination with history, it all started early for Amanda Dunyak Gillen. In the years before she graduated from Charleroi Area High School in 1993, she would travel with her family to historic sites that were within a day’s drive, like the Gettysburg ...

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