Bonuses were paid with taxpayer funds
HARRISBURG — Eight employees of the House Democratic Office of Legislative Research spent months away from their state jobs to campa...
2-foot section was surgically removed
YORK — A man trying to enter a rock concert at a fair impaled his thigh on a wrought-iron fence and underwent surgery to have a two-...
SHANKSVILLE — A woman studying wetlands for an engineering firm was gored by a deer at a hunting preserve.
Jamie Detweiler, 35, of Ligonier, was gored in the leg when th...
APOLLO — An 18-year-old man was charged with shooting his father during a fight between his parents, and the teen's attorney said his client only fired because he was wo...
PITTSBURGH — A 17-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the leg while standing in line at a McDonald's restaurant and now he faces an illegal weapons charge.
The boy...
Casino opponents force adjournment
PHILADELPHIA — Anti-casino activists disrupted a state gaming board meeting on Wednesday and forced an early adjournment, signaling tha...
HARRISBURG — Burglars stole two computers containing records on people who receive medical assistance benefits for treatment of mental-health and substance-abuse problem...
PITTSBURGH — The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh received a $5 million gift, bringing the institution within $5 million of its $150 million fundraising goal, officials sa...
HARRISBURG — Ralph J. Cappy said Tuesday he will step down as chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at the end of the year, closing a tumultuous five-year span...
Motorcycle deaths on rise
WASHINGTON — States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged Tuesday as part of several recommend...
