HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's Republican Party sued the state's top election official and the community activist group ACORN, accusing the group of fostering voter registr...
Intent is to protect police
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania's gun laws got tougher Friday as Gov. Ed Rendell signed a bill increasing the mandatory sentence for anyone convic...
HARRISBURG — A jury trial for 12 defendants accused of misusing public money for Pennsylvania legislative campaigns is set to begin Jan. 12.
Dauphin County Judge Richard...
PITTSBURGH — The economy, affordable health care, the war and education are personal issues, not just political ones, Michelle Obama said Thursday.
"This is personal bec...
They say gas royalties not high enough
HARRISBURG — Scores of people who own land above a potentially lucrative natural gas reservoir are seeking to void the drilling lea...
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. John Murtha apologized Thursday for saying his home base of Western Pennsylvania is racist in talking about Barack Obama's prospects for win...
BEAVER FALLS — A fire marshal is investigating a blaze that heavily damaged a church that's more than 100 years old and three other buildings.
The Otterbein United Metho...
CLEARFIELD — A chef at a Western Pennsylvania Italian restaurant ate a 15-pound burger with 5.2 pounds of toppings in 4 hours and 39 minutes.
Brad Sciullo of Uniontown i...
No prognosis given for lt. gov.
HARRISBURG — Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll has been in a Baltimore hospital for days getting intensive treatment for cancer, Gov. Ed Rend...
