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Hodge sentenced to up to 10 years for theft from church association

“How hard is it to say ‘I’m sorry’?” Fayette County Judge John Wagner asked the question as people walked out of the courtroom following Wednesday’s sentencing hearing for Antoinette Hodge. Hodge, 55, a former Uniontown treasurer who had chaired the board of trustees for the ...

Uniontown woman granted bail as she awaits appeal hearing in child's death

After spending nearly a decade in jail, a Uniontown woman sentenced to up to 19 years in prison in the death of her 23-month-old daughter is out on bond. Andrea Dusha, 35, was granted non-monetary bond on Wednesday by Fayette County Judge Linda Cordaro. During a bail hearing on Monday, ...

Fayette jail board votes to house federal inmates

With approval from the Fayette County commissioners and the county’s jail board, up to 30 federal inmates will be housed in the county’s lockup. Warden John Lenkey said Wednesday that the agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice allows the county jail to house up to 15 men and 15 ...

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Sports

For starters, Wild Things’ Grace has right mix

Being a starting pitcher in professional baseball is much harder than Regi Grace made it appear Thursday morning. The Wild Things, however, are expecting more of the same from Grace, who is on his way to being a full-time starting pitcher for the first time in four years. Grace threw three ...

High school notebook: South Fayette girls track advances to WPIAL team finals

It came down to the wire, but South Fayette the girls track and field is headed to the WPIAL finals. The Lions beat Mt. Lebanon, Franklin Regional and Seneca Valley in the Class 3A semifinal they hosted Wednesday. The total scores were tight with two opponents. South Fayette edged Mt. ...

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OP-ED: Homer City: The end of one era, dawn of the next

It is a somber sight to see towering smokestacks fall. They serve as monuments to a past era, symbols of industry and progress – until they are no longer needed. Last month, the demolition of the Homer City Generating Plant in Indiana County marked the end of a once mighty, coal-fired power ...

Living

Discovering Spain

Spain certainly knows how to make an entrance. Our first impression of the Iberian Peninsula was made as we were flying over a jagged mountain range, which we later realized was Montserrat. More on that stunning location in a bit, but let’s start with Barcelona. We had long wanted to ...

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