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Amanda Gillooly is a 2002 Point Park University graduate and former reporter for The Valley Independent, The Beaver County Times and Observer-Reporter newspapers. She was also a freelance writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, www.pa2010.com and The Innocence Institute of Point Park University.

Amanda has been dubbed a "crazy cat lady" by her friends because of the three felines who share her home.

Amanda also has the distinction of being the Best Aunt in the Universe for the past nine years straight. The award, bestowed by her nephew Nicholas, 9, and her niece, Lilly Belle, 3, is on her mantle next to her Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editor's first-place award for enterprise reporting, a Pennsylvania Keystone Press second-place award for a special project, and a Pittsburgh Press Club Golden Quill award for culture writing. She was also a national finalist for an investigative reporting project she co-wrote for the Innocence Institute.

Amanda enjoys humor, cheesy horror and kung fu flicks and is a jukebox champion.

 

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Court Grants Stay in MarkWest Injunction Case

A Commonwealth Court judge this week granted the request filed by the company, which wants to build a natural gas compressor station in Cecil Township.

Court Grants Stay in MarkWest Injunction Case
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It's Gonna Get Nasty Out There

The National Weather Service has issued a thunderstorm warning for the area Thursday night.

It's Gonna Get Nasty Out There
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Coroner Identifies Crash Victim

Seth A. Bugay died of blunt force trauma, Washington County Coroner Tim Warco said in a statement Thursday night.

Coroner Identifies Crash Victim
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