ERIE — The smell of rotting algae is fouling the city's shoreline, and may carry health hazards beyond a bad odor.
A county health inspector confirmed that algae, called...
HARRISBURG — The state Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Ed Rendell to disconnect the raises of state judges from those given to federal judges.
The connection had be...
BEAVER FALLS — A fire swept through a warehouse Tuesday, destroying more than 30 cars, many of them antiques.
The fire began at about 7 p.m. and spread quickly through t...
STATE COLLEGE — The state budget lawmakers have tentatively agreed upon would raise Penn State University's state funding about 2 percent, enough to avoid cooperative ex...
Lawmakers study budget
HARRISBURG — The lengthy and sometimes chaotic process of negotiation that resulted in a tentative state budget deal has cleared the way for an eve...
HARRISBURG — A measure to protect women from being charged with violating state or local laws when breast-feeding in public places was signed into law by Gov. Ed Rendell...
PITTSBURGH — A man who stored child pornography on his cell phone was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison and a life term of probation.
Federal prosecutors...
Woman serving time for killing
PITTSBURGH — A federal public defender says his client will be charged with a crime in the four-year-old case of a pizza deliveryman who wa...
Many forced to leave parks
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvanians trying to renew their driver's licenses, get birth certificates or spend a few days camping in state parks got ru...
MEADVILLE — A 1,500-pound wrecking ball broke loose from a crane cable and raced downhill, smashing into several cars and injuring three people before coming to rest in ...
