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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation scheduled single-lane restrictions on Interstate 70 eastbound and westbound today and tomorrow between Exit 49 (Smithton) and Exits 46A/B (Route 51) in Rostraver Township. Restrictions will be in place between 9 a.m. to and 3 p.m. for crews from ...

Cancer cases rising in younger population

You may think of cancer as mainly occurring in adults at older ages, but a new study is showing more and more cases among younger patients. A study in the British Medical Journal Oncology reports that worldwide cancer cases in people under age 50 rose 79% between 1990 and 2019, with the number ...

The Cigarette Horse Race

Social mores in my youth were truly radical compared to those of today. After years of federal regulation, negative advertising and countless medical alerts, the dangers of smoking and later, the risks of vaping, have been at least conveyed to the public at large. Health risk is a required ...

Community briefs

Stepping Stones Bereavement Support will begin the fall program for the newly bereaved on Monday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m., at Third Presbyterian Church, 425 Union St., Uniontown. The meetings are every Monday for 10 weeks. Those suffering a recent loss and those who are still grieving a longer ...

Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation has updated policies for its paratransit service and shared ride program. Qualified riders can still schedule curbside-service appointments two weeks in advance of the desired pickup date, but no later than 2 p.m. on the business day prior to service, ...

Things that go bump in the night

Janis Rohanna is no stranger to the paranormal. The executive assistant and events planner for the Greene County Historical Society has heard footsteps and voices, and seen an apparition of an older woman with long white hair in a nightgown at the county’s former poorhouse, now a ...