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Cookie palooza Numbers revealed for World’s Largest Cookie Exchange Organizers of what was billed as the World’s Largest Christmas Cookie Exchange last month announced the number of cookies that were made at an event in Monongahela Tuesday. All told, 83,427 cookies were made at the ...

Peters Township council voted Monday to negotiate potential contracts with two outside EMS providers, signaling the end of the longstanding local ambulance service. An initial motion to only negotiate with Allegheny Health Network, which operates Canonsburg EMS, failed after a 3-3 tie. Tom ...

Police beat Dec. 10

EAST BETHLEHEM Contact with minor: James Russell Kline, 35, of Millsboro, was charged by state police Monday with unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors and criminal use of a communication facility. According to the criminal complaint, police began investigating Kline in July for ...

Uniontown’s police chief has resigned from his position, continuing a trend of officers leaving for positions elsewhere that has left the department down several staff members. Delbert DeWitt had been with Uniontown since 2011, becoming chief a decade later. Mayor Bill Gerke said the ...

City leaders and business owners in Washington said they still think downtown is a safe place to visit and shop following three incidents in the past two months in which gunshots rang out on North Main Street. Washington Mayor Jojo Burgess said he will “not act like Chicken Little (saying) ...

Two dogs are recovering at the Washington Area Humane Society after firefighters rescued them from a rooftop in Morris Township over the weekend. Kelly Proudfit, the humane society’s executive director, said the pug mixes have been named Kris and Kringle, and the organization is hoping ...