Higher payments to be phased in
HARRISBURG — The Rendell administration wants to phase in higher payments into the state's two large public-sector retirement systems as a...
PHILADELPHIA — A confidante of indicted state Sen. Vincent Fumo will admit in court that he, Fumo and others used more than $200,000 in state Senate funds on campaign wo...
PITTSBURGH — A 10-month-old girl died Friday after being thrown to the floor at least twice by a 7-year-old girl at a Pittsburgh day care center, police said.
Marcia Pos...
ROCHESTER — Police say a Beaver County woman stole a 5-ton steel coil and drove for miles in a three-quarter-ton pickup before the sagging truck was pulled over.
New Sew...
PITTSBURGH — A former guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art has been charged with vandalizing a million-dollar painting he apparently didn't like, damaging it beyond repai...
WASHINGTON — A Washington County woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter and throwing the body in the trash.
A jury in March convicte...
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury talks to Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood after Detroit won the Stanley Cup with a 3-2 victory Wednesday in Game 6 in P...
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania National Guard soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
Military officials say 20-year-old Spc. Derek Holland of Wind Gap, ...
Vote may sink statewide ban
HARRISBURG — The state Senate on Wednesday rejected a compromise bill to ban smoking in most workplaces and public spaces in Pennsylvania, a p...
PENN HILLS — The superintendent of the Penn Hills School District is stepping down as the school board lays off 34 teachers and two principals in hopes of saving $5 mill...
