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10 months, 11 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes. Connellsville Mayor Greg Lincoln has been keeping count of how long the McCray Robb Bridge has been closed. On Monday, the count stopped, and hundreds of people came to downtown Connellsville to celebrate the opening of the $11.5 million ...

Dr. Christopher Wydra credits the military for saving his life – literally and figuratively speaking. Wydra, coordinator of PennWest UniversityĢƵ Doctorate in Criminal Justice program, was the keynote speaker at the California campus’ Veterans Day program Monday in the Convocation ...

When Patrick Radden Keefe was in high school in the early 1990s, he had a singular ambition – to write for The New Yorker. When he revealed to an English teacher that he wanted to join the staff of what could very well be AmericaĢƵ most prestigious magazine, it was met with a little bit of ...

Two volunteer firefighters and a police officer are being hailed as heroes for their quick action Thursday night to rescue an elderly woman from a house fire in Charleroi. Charleroi fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said his department received the call for a kitchen fire inside the main floor ...

Natural gas poised to be long-term energizer

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Renz No. 1 was enshrouded in doubt 20 years ago, when Range Resources was attempting to unleash natural gas from the well through hydraulic fracturing. Workers had ...