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  • french-tornado.jpg Viral video: Tornado touches down on sunny day

    Storm chasers frequently capture video of tornadoes touching down in dark, stormy weather. But this video of a bizarre tornado in the French town of Toulouse was captured amid sunny, blue skies.

    May 1, 2012 1 Photo

  • 522862_417398961603676_100000007282732_1556940_1184764057_n.jpg Missing man found dead behind school

    The case of a missing man was tragically solved yesterday when police found his body behind Lockley School. Michael McCune, 18, of 211 S. Ray St., had been missing since Thursday.

    April 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • b577fd24faf0330a0d0f6a7067008e6a.jpg ‘Bandstand,’ New Year’s legend Dick Clark dies

    Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the New Year's Eve countdown from Times Square, has died. He was 82.

    April 18, 2012 1 Photo

  • Layne.jpg 'Beautiful Day': Singer wins Big Apple gig

    Tarra Layne says she can’t remember a time in her life when she was not singing. “I’ve been singing ever since I was super small,” the Pulaski Township resident said. “All through school, I was in choir, and competitive choir. I was addicted to my mom’s old records and I grew up on MTV."

    April 18, 2012 1 Photo

  • brown.jpg Judge rejects request to release Jordan Brown

    Jordan Brown will remain in custody, at least for now. Lawrence County Judge John Hodge ruled Tuesday afternoon against a defense request to release him pending proceedings on the juvenile allegations against the 14-year-old boy.Instead,

    April 3, 2012 1 Photo

  • Kool.jpg City man gets funky with Kool & The Gang

    To say Joe DiThomas was hooked when he heard Kool & the Gang perform 32 years ago is putting it mildly. The sights and sounds from that 1980 concert at the Scottish Rite Cathedral lit a fire in the New Castle native that still burns.

    March 29, 2012 1 Photo

  • Crash.jpg Man dies in North Beaver collision

    A car and tractor-trailer collision left one man dead Saturday in North Beaver Township. State police said Thomas F. Hughes, 78, of Pittsburgh, was killed on Interstate 376 at the Mt. Jackson exit. His 2003 Ford was struck from behind by the tractor-trailer.

    March 26, 2012 1 Photo

  • Raid.tiff Heroin, drugs, guns, cars seized as task force raids Union house

    Law enforcement officials seized 66 grams of what they say is pure heroin when they raided a Union Township house.
    Members of the Lawrence County District Attorney Drug Task force served a search warrant around noon Thursday at 12 Magee St.

    March 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • Mahoning Township sets sewer rates for residents, businesses

    March 13, 2012

  • Crash.jpg Route 422 crash leaves one driver dead

    One man died and another suffered serious injuries in a violent crash Tuesday on Route 422 in Slippery Rock Township. Killed in the two-vehicle collision was Zachary Jordan Cheeseman, 19, of Portersville. He was the driver of one vehicle, while the second, David J. Thompson Jr., 49, of New Castle is in a Pittsburgh hospital with severe injuries.

    March 7, 2012 1 Photo

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Members of the Brady Bunch, now all in their 50s, recently reunited in front of screaming fans. Now the Rolling Stones, all in or nearing their 70s, are touring again. How old is too old to entertain?

You’re NEVER too old! Age is just a number — more power to ’em!
Geez! I didn’t realize they were THAT old! That’s, like, my grandpa’s age.
Not sure. But I do enjoy a good “Golden Girls” rerun in syndication. Now THAT’S entertainment!
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