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Former pastor returns to First Methodist Church Saturday

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First Methodist Church of Warren will welcome back the Rev. Kevin Haley on Sunday. Haley, a longtime pastor with over four decades of ministry experience, will deliver sermons at the 8 and 10 a.m. worship services. Haley, a native of Mercer, Pa., earned his bachelor's degree in communication ...

Health and Human Services will lay off 10K, close agencies

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary ...

Local chef places 10th in SCA World Championship Steak Finals

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Kurtis Upton, Local chef and Liberty Street Lunch owner, recently traveled to Texas to compete in the Steak Cookoff Association World Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. The event brought together more than 300 of the world’s top competition cooks from 17 countries, all vying for a chance ...

Democrats keep control of Pa. House

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party's hands by a single seat. Goughnour beat Republican Chuck Davis in a district in the Mon Valley region southeast of ...

Two council members ask for speakers on oil, gas drilling

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Two City Council members would like to hear more from those involved in oil and gas drilling. Prior to a vote during last week’s City Council meeting approving non-surface oil and gas drilling from industrially zoned property near the Days Inn to reserves located underneath Betts Park, ...

3D printed and factory-built homes could help with housing crisis

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DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It's a ...