Ready for Santa's first stop

Jadelynn Broerman, 7, and Malayna Smith, 9, test the ice slide at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center.

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Realtor group donation helps women veterans

Robin's Home receives $6,000

Robin's Home receives $6,000

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Lesson on Giving

Family's Thanksgiving donation marks a 7-year tradition

MIDDLESEX TWP — Grant Ordy has had 100 turkeys on his mind for seven years

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Sights Set High

Butler's Baxter has eye on school record, future at Duquesne

Butler's Baxter has eye on school record, future at Duquesne

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Rudolph denies report he used racial slur

Garrett made claim during his appeal

Garrett made claim during his appeal

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2 arrested in city in drug bust

Heroin, crack allegedly found

2 arrested in drug raid;145 bags of suspected heroin, other evidence seized

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Photo gallery for Friday, Nov. 22, 2019

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Butler, Clarion health system merger OK'd moves merger one step closer

Integration set to begin Dec. 1

Regulatory entities approved the merger between Butler Health System and Clarion Healthcare System this week, paving the way for a Dec. 1 integration.

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Assessment drop alarms city council

Budget on hold to check figures

Butler City Council tabled voting to introduce the 2020 budget on Thursday so officials can look into a decrease in the assessmnt of Ward 3 by about $6 million.

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Cranberry awards contract for $12M thruway project

Connector will cut congestion

Supervisors awarded the construction contract for the thruway.

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Creekside Manor still topic of Jackson debate

JACKSON TWP — Speakers at Thursday's board of supervisors meeting made their voices heard during the public comment period with discussions and questions about a development.

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Butler man in jail on charge of assault with a baseball bat

Man jailed in baseball bat attack

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Eagle will print children’s letters to Santa

It’s the holiday season again, with Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and the countdown to Christmas already started.

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Deaths

EPA prosecutions of polluters near quarter-century lows

WASHINGTON — Criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, deepening three years of overall enforcement declines, according to Justice Department statistics.

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Daily Bible Verse

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. -- Psalm 90:14

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Daily Chuckle

Whoever said there’s no use in crying over spilled milk just hasn’t priced it lately.

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Ceremony will bless new rescue truck

Adams Area Fire District is having a ceremony Sunday.

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Girl Scouts to hold blood drive Nov. 30

Brief on a Vitalant blood drive by Girl Scouts.

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Annual police officer raffle planned

Active duty police officers will have the opportuniy to win firearms and other prizes in the fourth annual "Backing the Blue" police officer raffle.

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Wolf vetoes bill outlawing abortion for Down syndrome

HARRISBURG — A bill that would have prohibited abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome was vetoed Thursday by Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor.

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TOWN CRIER

Middlesex supervisors approved a few things Wednesday night.

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Legislation would make bullying a crime

The Pennsylvania House and Senate each introduced legislation this week to make it easier for prosecutors to punish chronic bullies.

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Coal industry: Is it reviving or doomed?

Which is it? Is the coal industry on the ropes or is it roaring back? The answer is that it’s complicated.

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Just what is anti-American?

When Democrats say everything is going to be free, you don’t have to work, just sit and collect all the free things.

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Column on Schiff full of snide remarks

I was very disappointed in the Nov. 19 editorial “Adam Schiff Plays Hero in Trump Impeachment Farce” by John Kass.

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Environmentalists hiding data in argument over global warming

The absolute worst case of professional incompetence and dishonesty is in the area of climate science. Tony Heller has exposed some of the egregious dishonesty of mainstream environmentalists in a video he’s titled “My Gift To Climate Alarmists.”

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Calling for assistance

A man calls for assistance following a one-car crash on South Main Street in Butler shortly before noon on Wednesday.

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Medicare drug plan finder can steer seniors to higher costs

WASHINGTON — Medicare’s revamped prescription plan finder can steer unwitting seniors to coverage that costs much more than they need to pay, according to people who help with sign-ups as well as program experts.

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Teen used ‘ghost gun’ in California school shooting

LOS ANGELES — The 16-year-old boy who fatally shot two fellow students and wounded three others last week at a Southern California high school used an unregistered, untraceable “ghost gun,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Thursday.

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Walter Wiemann

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William “Bill” Schmidt

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Jonathan Paul Pell

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Prince Andrew faces pressure to talk to US

He may have information about Epstein

LONDON — Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew is facing mounting calls to provide information to U.S. law enforcement agencies and to lawyers who are investigating crimes committed by American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.

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Israel’s Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday in a series of corruption cases, throwing Israel’s paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatening his 10-year grip on power. He rejected calls to resign, angrily accusing prosecutors of staging “an attempted coup.”

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Iraqi officials: 8 protesters dead

BAGHDAD — Eight people died and at least 90 were wounded on Thursday in renewed clashes in central Baghdad, in the most violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in recent days, Iraqi officials said.

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BULLETIN BOARD

FREE HOT MEAL, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Salvation Army Open Door Feeding Program, 313 W. Cunningham St.

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Common health concerns for dogs

Part of being a responsible pet owner is taking the time to learn the signs of potential health problems in our pets.

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POLICE REPORTS

These items have been collected from various police departments.

Monday — Harry T. Deer III, 28, was arrested on charges he assaulted his live-in girlfriend's toddler son at the couple's home on the 800 block of East Jefferson Street, leaving the 2-and-a-half-year-old boy with bruises and welts on his buttocks last month.

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Butler woman jailed on drug charges

Court date slated Dec. 2

Police: seized evidence showed swoman was selling drugs

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Bill gives more time on sex abuse charges, lawsuits

Measure sent to Wolf to sign

HARRISBURG — The state where a grand jury’s groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church passed legislation Thursday giving victims more time to sue and police more time to file charges.

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SV trio makes choice

3 Raider softball players sign to play in college

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At the hot corner, Dunn has helped Karns City softball win

Senior hopes to do the same at Chatham behind the plate

KARNS CITY — When it comes to softball, Mackenzie Dunn knows one thing.

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TRIVIA

What former Steeler and Pitt Panther was instrumental in ending the 1982 NFL player strike?

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Penn State hopes to shore up defense

Nittany Lions face toughest foe yet in Ohio State

STATE COLLEGE — As Penn State defenders huddled around their coaches, peering at play charts earlier this week, 11 teammates on the other side of the ball tried their best to mimic the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions’ next opponents.

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Isles beat Pens again in OT

Nelson gets game-winner for 2nd time

NEW YORK — Brock Nelson scored his second goal of the game at 4:16 of overtime, lifting the New York Islanders to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night to extend their point streak to a franchise-record 16 games.

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MLB widens sign-stealing probe

Investigation will look at Astros' activities for 3 years

ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball has widened its investigation of alleged sign stealing by the Houston Astros and will probe activity by the team over the past three seasons.

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SRU student government pay for playoff-game admission

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock University Student Government Association will cover admission for SRU students going to the Rock’s upcoming playoff games.

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Freeport hockey wins, 7-4

Nico DiSanti’s hat trick led Freeport’s hockey team to a 7-4 victory over Beaver Thursday night at Brady’s Run Ice Arena.

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EVENTS

College Basketball

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ON THE AIR

AUTO RACING

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BOWLING

Nov. 21

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BASKETBALL

All Times EST

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GOLF

Thursday

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BASEBALL

NEW YORK — The 10 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources:

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DEALS

Thursday's Sports Transactions

Major League Baseball

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FOOTBALL

All Times EST

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HOCKEY

All Times EST

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Experts: Stock market healthy

Trump policies get credit, Pentony says

Despite a dip in recent days, the stock market has continued to climb to new heights recently.

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More negative news for malls

Retailers lower profit outlook

NEW YORK — There’s more trouble for the nation’s malls heading into the crucial holiday shopping season.

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Stopgap spending averting shutdown signed by Trump

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a short-term funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month.

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Clash over race pushes issue to forefront

Buttigieg, Harris seek black votes

ATLANTA — Democratic presidential candidates put race at the forefront of their primary scramble Thursday, punctuated by a tense exchange between Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris after the white mayor connected his experiences as a gay man to black Americans’ long struggle against racism.

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Debate: Are e-cigarettes wiping out teen smoking?

1 in 4 youth now vaping

WASHINGTON — In almost any other year it would be hailed as a public health victory: The smoking rate among U.S. high schoolers took its biggest hit ever this year, federal figures show, falling to a new low.

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Ex-security official undercuts Trump impeachment defense

Hill: Sondland carried out political errand

WASHINGTON — In riveting testimony, a former national security official declared Thursday that a U.S. ambassador carried out a controversial “domestic political errand” for Donald Trump on Ukraine, an allegation undercutting a main line of the president’s defense in the impeachment inquiry.

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WH, senators meet, discuss impeachment trial strategy

WASHINGTON — Top White House officials met Thursday with Republican senators to discuss strategy for a widely expected Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, but made no decisions about its length or other tactics, two people familiar with the session said.

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Trump awards medals to Voight, Krauss, others

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday honored an Oscar-winning actor, a bluegrass-country singer, a conservative think tank and others with two of the most prestigious national awards in the arts and humanities.

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PEOPLE

NEW YORK — James Taylor isn't working on a typical rock star memoir.

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