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SCI Greene hosting job fair

SCI Greene is hiring corrections officer trainees and filling additional positions across multiple fields. A job fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. June 23 at Greene County Career Link, 200 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg. The minimum age to apply for a corrections officer trainee position is 18. Additionally, the department has obtained a waiver of Pennsylvania’s residency requirement, enabling the PADOC to recruit qualified candidates from neighboring states. For more information on open positions within the PADOC and career opportunities in corrections, visit employment.pa.gov/corrections. To see a list of all open positions at SCI Greene, visit Open Positions SCI Greene. No ...

Man wanted in Fayette County assault caught after 12 years

A fugitive wanted for the sexual assault of a child is being extradited to Fayette County, more than a decade after he was originally charged. Jesse Merle Keffer, 55, was taken into custody by the Pennsylvania State Police’s Fugitive Task Force and U.S. Marshals Thursday morning, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said in a statement. The arrest came after a state police investigation found Keffer had been living near Charlotte, North Carolina, Aubele said. Keffer had been wanted since 2014, when he was charged with corruption of minors, indecent assault and indecent exposure in connection with an incident in McClellandtown. A fugitive declaration was filed that ...

250th-themed Fayette County Fair returns July 30

Whether it’s the perfect arrangement of red, white and blue on a cupcake or an encyclopedic knowledge of the Founders, everyone will have their way to celebrate America’s birthday at the Fayette County Fair. The 2026 Fayette County Fair, which boasts the theme “Celebrating 250 Years ...

Commissioners expected to restore funding to Washington Co. Food Bank

The Washington County commissioners are considering returning their share of food assistance funds to the Greater Washington County Food Bank more than five years after designating the food bank in Pittsburgh as the county’s primary provider. The commissioners are expected to vote during ...

Jeffries retiring as Fayette County magisterial judge

A Fayette County magisterial court judge is leaving the bench. Jennifer Jeffries, whose district encompasses Menallen and South Union townships, is retiring effective June 30, said Deputy Court Administrator Lori Lambie. She was first elected in 2015, winning re-election to another six-year ...

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Persistence pays off

Caden Holland attempted to try out for Barca Academy when he was 12 years old, but after reaching out to the only U.S. Soccer Development Academy program in the country with a full-time residential program partnered with a top-international professional club, the striker was informed he would ...

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WVU’s magical run ends in CWS semifinals

OMAHA, Neb. – Ben Lumsden’s fly ball in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday, man, for a split second, it looked really good for West Virginia. “Definitely thought it was a homer,” WVU baseball coach Steve Sabins later said following the Mountaineers’ 12-7 loss against North Carolina in ...

Smithfield-Fairchance rallies past Charleroi

Smithfield-Fairchance stormed back from a 3-0 deficit with four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings on its way to defeating visiting Charleroi, 8-3, in Fayette American Legion Baseball action on Thursday. AJ Watson was 2 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and two RBIs, Ben Lilley had two hits ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

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Timeline of the universe

Universe is defined in our dictionaries as all existing matter and space considered as a whole, the cosmos. It is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and has been expanding since its beginning, 13,800,000,000 years ago, known as the BIG BANG. In less than a second; ...

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