ARNOLD — Police said Erik Lamont Reed Jr., 18, has surrendered to authorities. He faces a charge of criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of a 51-year-old man after a ...
Deal has income tax increase
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Friday it had secured the support necessary to pass major tax legislation in the Republican-controll...
STATE COLLEGE — Chill out, Penn State’s famous Berkey Creamery is closing for longer than usual this winter, but only so it will be cooler when it reopens.
The creamery ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay said video of an officer waving his baton and angrily ordering teens to disburse after a bus stop dispute shows “no ev...
Budget standoff nears record
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and its allies worked through the day Thursday to sway enough rank-and-file House Republicans beh...
PITTSBURGH — The founder and former co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Peter Block, has died of cancer at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., at the age of 82.
Block’s s...
Bill to legalize pot gets preliminary OK
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh City Council has preliminarily approved an ordinance that would decriminalize small amounts of marij...
Pa. Senate to mull House changes
HARRISBURG — Republican lawmakers’ long-sought legislation to overhaul pension benefits for Pennsylvania state government and public scho...
Former arena site plan criticized
PITTSBURGH — The redevelopment plan at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ former arena site disproportionately excludes low-income, black and...
Stalled budget hurts credit
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s long budget stalemate could soon make it impossible for some of the state’s poorest school districts to get anothe...