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Police Beat Nov. 6

<h2>SOMERSET</h2>Collision: An 18-year-old woman was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Sunday morning after being injured in a collision in the eastbound lane of Interstate 70, police said. A vehicle driven by Abigail Lauren Edwards struck the rear of a vehicle being ...

Bradford House needs community support

I would like to support John Tecklenberg's Oct. 29 letter asking the community to support the Bradford House on Washington's Main Street. This is a real historic landmark that needs to continue to tell the story of the Whiskey Rebellion that was so much a part of Washington County history. ...

Ukrainian exchange student enjoying stay in Canonsburg

Exchange student Yuliya Pryplotska recalls her first trip to Walmart in Washington.“I was shocked. It was so big,” said Pryplotska, 16, of Ukraine, who is spending the year with a Canonsburg host family, John and Robin Peel. “You have a lot of cereal choices here.”Pryplotska is visiting ...

Spraggs man killed in Interstate 70 wreck

A Spraggs man died Saturday after a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 in Somerset Township.State police said William G. Brown, 59, was traveling west about 10 p.m. Friday when his vehicle left the roadway, hit a PennDOT sign on the right side of the road and then struck a fence.Brown was ...

Canonsburg police working with state instructors on how to handle ambushes

Canonsburg’s police chief and the sergeant who was on the call when one of his officers was shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute last November have been asked to help develop a curriculum for other officer across the state in detecting the potential of an ambush.Chief Al ...

Friday marks a year since Canonsburg officer shot and killed in ambush

{child_flags:featured}Friday marks year since Canonsburg officer shot, killed in ambush{child_byline}By Kathie O. WarcoStaff writerkwarco@observer-reporter.com{/child_byline}{child_flags:featured}Friday marks year since Canonsburg officer shot, killed in ambush{child_byline}By Kathie O. ...