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Penny candy, parades and high school pride

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a daily monthlong series about the people who live in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. You may not know her name, but if you’ve ever been to a Claysville Memorial Day parade, you certainly know her ...

Fishing for solitude

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series about the people who make up our community, in celebration of America's 250th anniversary. The predicted rain was late (if, indeed, it planned to arrive at all), so Dorothy Parker stood beneath a cloudless blue sky with a stretch of dock all to ...

Retired Muse nurse looks back fondly on long career

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a daily monthlong series about the people who live in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. One of the best days of Argia IannarelliĢƵ life was a wedding. Not her own wedding – Iannarelli never married – ...

Surgery transforms epilepsy patient’s life

When Hunter Bambino was 9 years old, his parents started noticing something strange in his behavior. "I would be trying to field the baseball and I would freeze. I would just be staring off into space then come back out of it 15 to 20 seconds later and the ball would be behind me. It was ...

Truck careens off I-79 overpass onto Route 519 at Houston exit

A motorist is “lucky to be alive” after his pickup truck careened off an Interstate 79 overpass at the Houston interchange in North Strabane Township and crash landed onto Route 519 below. The driver was traveling north on the interstate about 8 p.m. Monday when he lost control of his ...

Pa. House approves bill to restrict cellphones in schools

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would restrict the use of cellphones by students in the stateĢƵ schools. The measure would prevent students from having or using a cellphone from “bell-to-bell.” It would require students to secure their phones so that ...