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Fire departments, officials urging residents not to burn

The warm, sunny, breezy, precipitation-free weather of the last week or so has been a boon to Southwest Pennsylvania residents worn out by week after week of winter weather. But the downside to this foretaste of spring weather has been brush fires, and officials are urging residents not to ...

Elon Musk’s nasty Social Security gambit

What is it with Elon Musk and Social Security? He clearly has a problem with the retirement account. Is he trying to cripple or even destroy the system that provides incomes for millions of older Americans? It sure looks like it. Then, again, he and President Trump may be up to some other ...

‘Definitely a blessing’: Taylorstown VFD receives firefighter gear

Firefighters are among the first to put their lives on the line in an emergency, but with rising equipment costs, volunteer fire departments often struggle to find the funding to purchase new gear to protect their firefighters. So members of the Taylorstown Volunteer Fire Department were ...

Ukrainians hosted by Washington Rotary talk about devastation in their country

“Most of us will not go back to our native towns and villages, because they have been destroyed,” according to Aina Kyrpychova, speaking through an interpreter. “It is very hard to move somewhere and start over from scratch.” Kyrpychova made this observation Tuesday when she talked ...

Washington Co. spokesman resigns after prostitution sting arrest

Washington CountyĢƵ director of public relations, who was arrested in a prostitution sting operation Friday night in Ohio, has resigned from his job hours after county officials placed him on leave. Patrick Geho submitted his resignation Tuesday night after he was suspended with pay earlier ...