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Warming centers, shelters offer refuge from cold snap

The Arctic climate of this week will continue through the weekend, sending many people to look for emergency shelter or just a place to warm up. A cold-weather advisory was in effect for the region through 11 a.m. Saturday, with wind chills expected to dip as low as -20. Numerous ...

Officials monitoring ice build-up on Western Pennsylvania rivers

Rivers and creeks across Western Pennsylvania are freezing over thanks to the unrelenting frigid temperatures, but it might be some time before the region has to worry about ice jams and the potential flooding it typically brings. Photos of The Point in Downtown Pittsburgh that are circulating ...

Clearing the way

Contractors hired by Washington officials under the city's emergency declaration order work to clear and remove snow from South Main Street to allow for parking in the downtown business district. They will work alongside the city's public works crews over the next several days to clear streets ...

Masontown woman accused of assaulting infant child

A Masontown woman is charged with an alleged assault that left bruises and fingernail marks on her 1-year-old child. After taking a polygraph test, Arayiah Harris, 19, confessed to assaulting her child in her home, according to her criminal complaint. She told police her child had been crying ...

‘What fear does to a small town’

Through his work as an immigration lawyer, Joseph Murphy has seen a pattern emerging: provoke, publish, distribute. “The intimidation is the product. The video is just the delivery mechanism,” he said, referring to a widely-circulated video of a white man using racial slurs toward a ...