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So long, summer

Labor Day weekend is considered the unofficial end of summer, and it appears many are going to use the long weekend to do some traveling to send off the season. “We’re seeing people are taking advantage of that Monday off, extending their weekends and getting a last-minute summer trip ...

Investigation continues into fatal hit-and-run

State police continue to investigate as an 18-year-old suspect has emerged in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Robinson Township. The accident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Monday when an 18-year-old male from Riverview, Fla. struck a truck driver outside of his vehicle on the ramp from Route ...

DA claims petition could ‘haphazardly’ alter death penalty cases in Pa.

Lawyers for Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh say the state Supreme Court should reject any attempts to restrict the prosecutorĢƵ ability to pursue capital murder cases because it would “haphazardly create an entirely new system for death penalty cases” in the county that ...

Longtime superintendent bids goodbye to Uniontown Area School District

When classes started in the Uniontown Area School DIstrict on Tuesday, longtime superintendent Dr. Charles Machesky wasn’t there to greet students, teachers, and staff members. Machesky is retiring from the school district after 50 years as an educator and administrator, including the ...

Classes begin at PennWest California

First-year students moved in at PennWest California on Friday and classes began Monday for about 10,000 students at each of the PennWest campuses of California, Clarion and Edinboro, as well as online. Students were welcomed to the campus throughout the weekend with a number of activities.

Fewer volunteers a challenge for area fire departments

When Rob Schiffbauer started as a volunteer firefighter at Carmichaels and Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Company two decades ago, there was a waiting list to join the ranks. “You basically had to wait for someone else to resign,” Schiffbauer said. At the time, the fire company ...