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Free parking for Canonsburg events considered

CANONSBURG - The Canonsburg Downtown Canonsburg council is considering providing free parking for various events throughout the year. Merchants Association is requesting free parking in the downtown business district for its monthly Thursday night markets and other events. “One of their ...

Teen who shot Washington woman pleads guilty to third-degree murder

The teenager who shot and killed a Washington woman as she sat on her front porch pleaded guilty Monday morning nearly three years to the day after the fatal shooting. Juan Worthey III entered an open guilty plea of third-degree murder before Judge Valarie Costanzo moments before jury ...

‘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 ...

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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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2025 Pittsburgh Steelers schedule

Sunday, Sept. 7 -- Pittsburgh at NY Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 14 -- Seattle at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Sept. 21 -- Pittsburgh at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 28 -- Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Dublin, Ireland, 9:30 a.m. (NFLN) Sunday, Oct. 12 -- Cleveland at ...

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High school baseball: Belle Vernon ends long postseason winless streak

Parker Lind pitched a three-hit shutout and Belle Vernon did all of its scoring in two innings Wednesday as the Leopards blanked Derry 7-0 in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round baseball game at Gateway. It was the first playoff win in 13 years for the Leopards. Lind struck out 13 and walked three ...

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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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