Another hotel is proposed

--Hampton Inn planned for Butler Township

BUTLER TWP — For the second time in mere months, developers are proposing construction of a new hotel in the township.

Escape case will go to trial

--Man also faces shoplifting charge

Faced with the sudden realization he was going to prison to await trial on a felony shoplifting rap, a Beaver County man made a mad dash out of a courtroom in Cranberry Township, authorities said.

2 killed in GC blaze

--Bodies found in charred rubble of 2-story house

GROVE CITY — Flames and thick smoke were gushing out nearly every window and vent by the time firefighters got to the two-story house on McConnell Street hours before dawn Monday.

Rain helps firefighters battle destructive blaze in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history.

Corbett has much at stake

--Pa. budget talks in homestretch

HARRISBURG — It may be going too far to say Gov. Tom Corbett’s political future rests on what happens in Harrisburg over the next two weeks, but there’s no disputing he has a lot at stake.