University of Pittsburgh trustees approved tuition increases of 3.9 percent for main campus students and 2 percent for the school's regional campuses for the 2014-15 academic year.

The varied tuition rates voted on by the board's executive and budget committees amount to an overall, blended tuition hike of 3.3 percent for the university's 35,000 students.

The tuition is part of a $1.97 billion operating budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.

Tuition charges to individual students vary depending on fields of study and location. In arts and sciences, Pitt's largest area, in-state students attending full time at the main campus will see a $632 annual increase in base tuition, which this past year totaled $16,240. Out-of-state students in arts and sciences will see a $1,022 increase.

HARRISBURG — About 100 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the state's south-central region will soon get the state's first 70 mph speed limit.The turnpike announced Friday that the zone will run on Interstate 76 from the Blue Mountain interchange near Shippensburg to the Morgantown interchange south of Reading.The higher speeds, authorized by last year's transportation funding law, will begin Wednesday.