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The communities of McDonald and Mt. Pleasant Township will take the next step in merging their police departments next week, though the unified agency is likely still months away from operating. The Northern Washington County Police Department Commission will hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. ...

Liberty Pole Spirits wins honors at Farm Show

Liberty Pole Spirits, the North Strabane-based distillery, has brought home statewide honors from the Pennsylvania Farm Show for two of its whiskeys. It won the first prize in the rye whiskey category for its Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye Whiskey and second place in the flavored whiskey ...

Drew Volchko has an exercise for new cadets at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Police Academy. He’ll give them a few background facts about a suspect – troubled childhood, runaway who settled in Oakland, convict who spent 10 years in Folsom State Prison for attempted murder. Then ...

State police responded to 1,098 crashes across Pennsylvania during its New Year’s enforcement period. Between Dec. 31 and Jan. 4, there were also 378 drivers arrested for driving under the influence. State police did not provide statistics for individual troops or counties. According to ...

Celebrating agriculture

It’s showtime! The 110th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show opened this weekend in Harrisburg with a full complement of events, exhibits, demonstrations, competitions and food selections. And to be sure, there will be more than a full complement of animals (an estimated 6,000). The 2026 ...

Naloxone helped reverse nearly 9,500 overdoses in Pennsylvania last year, according to an annual report on the state’s overdose prevention program. The numbers were collected between January and September 2025. According to a press release, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), ...