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Wild Things beat Schaumburg for fifth straight win
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (726+ words) Credit the Wild Things and Schaumburg Boomers for showing the variety of games the Frontier League can produce during their three-game weekend series at EQT Park. The first two nights saw fast-paced, well-pitched games that were won by Washington, including…...
OP-ED: A free society depends on a free press
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (428+ words) Two hundred fifty years ago this summer, delegates met in Philadelphia and signed their names to a document that risked everything. The Declaration of Independence was a bet that ordinary people, given truthful information about those in power, could govern…...
Playoff rematches aplenty for local baseball and softball teams
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (897+ words) One out separated California from a win over Fort Cherry in the second game of their section series in April. The Trojans led 7-6, but a two-out solo homer by Ben Demascal tied the game in the top of the seventh…...
National Road festival views
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (58+ words) Observer-Reporter National Road festival views The National Road Pike Days Festival that was held Saturday and Sunday celebrated America's first national road, now known as Route 40, with 90 miles of events from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, West Virginia. Many residents along…...
W&J knocked out of NCAA baseball regional
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (126+ words) Evan Bert pitched a shutout with 12 strikeouts. Zack Chadwell drove in six runs and Bridgewater (Va.) defeated Washington & Jefferson 11-0 in an elimination game Saturday morning in the NCAA Division III baseball regional at Ross Memorial Park. W&J ends the…...
Napoleon Solo holds off Iron Honor to win Preakness
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (808+ words) Now trainer Chad Summers wants a shot at Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, whose absence left an underwhelming field at Laurel Park this weekend. "We wish he was here in the Preakness. We were rooting for them when they were…...
Fayette celebrates grand opening of manufacturing facility
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (548+ words) Around 2020, Hranec Corp. President Steve Hranec came to Joel Harkins with a bold idea: a big new facility to help grow the company's fashioning of curbs and rails for roofing. "He said we had all the things we'd ever need,…...
35 years later, "Silence of Lambs" shoot recalled
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (753+ words) BELLAIRE, Ohio " In 1991 " now 35 years ago " movie makers set out to make a psychological thriller involving murder and cannibalism in what was then the city of Bellaire. Today, Bellaire is a village, and "The Silence of the Lambs" went on…...
A shining light in Washington County manufacturing
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (404+ words) Light was the operative word in Canton Township on Thursday, as Lighthouse Electric Inc. prepared for light-up night at its prefabrication facility. The gargantuan manufacturing plant, along Ellis Avenue, was on display Thursday evening during a tour organized by the…...
OP-ED: Keep young professionals in Washington County
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (321+ words) For generations, Washington County has been built by hardworking people who believed in community, family, and opportunity. Our towns have long been places where young people could graduate, build a career, buy a home, and raise a family close to…...