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Greene County man charged in Peters Township hit-and-run

Peters Township police charged a Greene County man Friday for allegedly hitting a woman with his car and driving away last month. Keith Patrick Shearer, 47, of Jefferson Township, faces felony charges of accidents involving death or personal injury, aggravated assault by vehicle, and a ...

Holly jolly season

The last of the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone and thoughts have turned to celebrating the Christmas season. Parades, tree-lighting ceremonies, carriage rides and plenty of other activities await folks of all ages. Among the first up is Small Business Saturday, observed every Saturday after ...

Local teams have tough time in team track & field semifinals

Eight area teams fell short of reaching the WPIAL team track & field finals in Wednesday’s semifinal meets. California hosted a Class 2A boys and girls semifinal meet with Carlynton advancing to the girls final and Beaver to the boys. Mount Pleasant’s boys team and Southmoreland’s ...

Peters Township resident recounts attempt at 1,000-mile Iditarod foot race

About 420 miles into his attempt to complete – in reverse – the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational race, the world’s longest, hardest ultramarathon, Rick Freeman, an ultra-runner from Peters Township, knew his trek was likely coming to an early end. Freeman’s companion, ...

‘Unseen hands’

Matthew Raffaele and his wife, Emily Powell, were sitting on the back porch of their Peters Township home when a thought occurred to them. “We always sit on our back decks and think, how can we save the world,” Raffaele said. “We both work with the homeless, so we came up with the idea ...