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  • 5 advance in school board race

    Three Connellsville Area School Board incumbents and two newcomers won the chance on Tuesday to have their names placed on the ballot in the November general ...

  • Mt. Pleasant mayor victorious

    In Mt. Pleasant's Second Ward, two Democratic candidates vied for the only four-year seat, but it was incumbent Susan Ruszkowski who will move on to the general election by receiving 67.76 percent of the vote, beating out challenger Robert Storey, who received 32.24 percent of the ...

  • Candidates agree Race still too close to call in Fallowfield

    After Tuesday's primary election results were released late Tuesday, Bruce Smith and Donn Henderson agreed the race was still too close to ...

  • Iacoboni Egros win Democratic nods for Rostraver commissioner race

    According to unofficial Westmoreland County election results, incumbent commissioner Pat Egros and newcomer Ray Iacoboni secured the top two Democratic ...

  • Charleroi Area School Board getting two new members

    In the race for four spots on the Elizabeth Forward School Board, the top four Democratic nominations went to Dorothy A. Wycoff, 1,030, Francis J. Posa, 924, Scott A. McVicker, 719, Mary C. Scarry, 648. The Dems who fell short were Jamie O. Evans, 606, Alexa R. Siemon, 564, and Daniel J. Novacek, ...


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Kristen Scott Thomas must truly relish starring in long, melancholy romantic epics opposite quiet, brooding leading men. In 1996, she starred opposite a quiet, brooding Ralph Fiennes in "The English Patient," a film that teetered on the edge of greatness. In 1998, she starred opposite a quite, brooding Robert Redford in "The Horse Whisperer," an unmemorable, but certainly watchable romance. And n ... ...

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  • 25 percent of voters go to polls

    Around 25 percent of the county's 40,854 voters hit the polls yesterday to decide who will continue on for the win in November's ...

  • Smeltzer loses seat on ASD board

    Incumbents Joseph Close, James T. Rearic and Linda Walker will each retain their seats while Timothy Scaife, current president of the Armstrong Educators Association, will join the board when it convenes in ...

  • More water tests scheduled at nuke waste dump

    Suddha Graves, left, and Matthew Gadd, employees for TechLaw, an environmental contractor for the EPA, import data on laptops in preparation for water testing at the SLDA site in Parks Township on Tuesday, May 21, ...

  • Southmoreland newcomer Shipley top Democratic vote-getter

    With all precincts reporting, newcomer Cheryl Byers Shipley received the highest votes on the Democrat ballot with a total of 745 votes, receiving 20.5 percent of the votes from Westmoreland County and 17 percent of the votes from Fayette County. Her name will appear on the Democratic ...

  • Dunbar Township incumbent wins nomination

    With 100 percent of the votes reported, Tabaj won the Democratic nomination for the seat, receiving 43 percent of the vote. Challenger Vern Ohler received 42 percent of the ...

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