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Not going down without a fight

The fight to save Penn State Fayette shows no signs of slowing down. Less than two weeks after Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi announced the potential closing of several branch campuses due to declining enrollment and financial considerations, a local task force was formed, legislation ...

Police briefs March 9

PITTSBURGH Gun charges: James McDonald, 45, of Point Marion was charged with carrying a firearm without a license after he allegedly brought a gun into Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday. Allegheny County Police said Transportation Security Administration officers found the gun in ...

The dairy bars of Dawson

The good folks of Dawson look sadly at the handwritten sign on the cracked glass of the Dairy Store door, announcing that the last retail store of the historic town has closed for good. Standing on Railroad Street at the main crossing, the little grocery had a life span nearly as long as the ...

Community briefs

The Brownsville Area Ministerial AssociationÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ "Food for Falcons" program is collecting Pop-Tarts and ravioli bowls in March and April. There will be a donation area in each participating BAMA church. There will be a food bank at Pleasant View Presbyterian Church, 533 Royal Road, Smock on ...

Governing in the spirit of Roosevelt

In his own Gettysburg address - this in 1939 - President Franklin Roosevelt said, "It seldom helps to wonder how a statesman of one generation would surmount the crisis of another. A statesman deals with concrete difficulties - with things which must be done day to day." Of course, FDR likely ...

Coroner: Oliver boy died of complications from being shaken

An autopsy performed on an 11-year-old Oliver boy showed that he died from injuries he sustained from being shaken as an infant, according to Fayette County Coroner Bob Baker. Leonardo Ramon Hinkle died Feb. 16, 2024, Baker said in a release issued Friday. An autopsy showed his death was ...