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Warrant issued for Brownsville child rape suspect

Police are searching for a Brownsville man accused of sexually assaulting two girls at his home. Charges were filed Monday against Quinton Brown II, 32, for the alleged assaults, which Brownsville police said happened between 2024 and March 19, 2025. On that day, police in Brownsville received a referral from Fayette County Children and Youth Services regarding the girls’ reports of abuse, court documents state. One of the girls had discussed the assaults with her mother, the complaint said. The girl later told police they would happen on a near-weekly basis. Brown had told the girls not to tell anyone about the incidents, according to charging documents. Brown is charged with ...

‘I love this place’

The rides, food, animals, and music returned to Wind Ridge Tuesday as the 161st annual Jacktown Fair kicked off with the parade and crowning of the new fair queen. From lawn chairs and front porches, people watched the parade roll through Wind Ridge down Route 21 all the way past the fair ...

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Sports

High school notebook: PCN will remain broadcast partner for PIAA championships

The PIAA will continue several longstanding partnerships, including one with PCN as the official cable television broadcast partner. The deal with PCN was finalized, along with several others, during the PIAA Board of Directors meeting Wednesday morning. PCN, which has been broadcasting PIAA ...

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Pitching dominates in Frontier League All-Star Game

FLORENCE, Ky. – David Glancy of the Tri-City ValleyCats hit a tiebreaking solo home run with one out in the top of the ninth inning, giving the Atlantic Conference a 2-1 victory over the Midwest in the Frontier League All-Star Game played Wednesday night at Thomas More Stadium. Pitching ...

Field set for Adios eliminations

Trainer Melanie Wrenn said her horse Odds On Mr Mamba is “fresh and feeling great” as he begins his quest for The Adios championship this Saturday in one of two elimination races at Hollywood Casino The Meadows. First post Saturday is 12:45 p.m. With two horses supplementing into the race ...

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Opinion

OP-ED: Pa. municipalities should consider merging

Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and features a remarkably high number of local governments. Each parcel of land within the commonwealth falls into a specific city (57), borough (956), incorporated town (1), or township (1,546). The large number of municipalities resulted from early ...

Living

Study: New pancreatic cancer drug doubled survival time

The fight against deadly pancreatic cancer took a positive turn this spring with a study finding a new drug can help patients live longer. The New England Journal of Medicine (JAMA) published the study showing daraxonrasib taken daily as a pill helped metastatic pancreatic cancer patients ...

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