Congress set cap in 1997
WASHINGTON — For the first time, Amtrak could face a $200 million payout to train crash victims — the limit set by Congress. But that may be too ...
Pa. High Court candidates may break record
HARRISBURG — Candidates for Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court have spent heavily on air-time bookings for campaign TV ads — about $1...
STATE COLLEGE — Fran Fisher, who broadcast Penn State football games on the radio for many years, is dead at age 91.
Penn State athletics spokesman Jeff Nelson said Fish...
Former VA exec asked to stop work
PITTSBURGH — A former regional director who helped oversee the Pittsburgh VA during a Legionnaires’ outbreak has been asked to stop work...
STATE COLLEGE — Police are searching for a man who shot pepper spray inside a restaurant, prompting customers to gasp and forcing the eatery to close for hours.
Police s...
He removed road signs near home
CARLISLE — Gov. Tom Wolf’s nominee for Pennsylvania State Police commissioner will not be charged for removing signs near his suburban Har...
Empty cars derail on Pgh. freight train
PITTSBURGH — State and city officials say 13 cars that derailed on a Pittsburgh freight train were empty and injured nobody.
Guy...
NEWBURG — State police have cited a New York man for allegedly becoming enraged when he couldn’t get macaroni-and-cheese at a Pennsylvania Turnpike rest stop.
The Associ...
Pa. looks to help property owners
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians would see billions in lower school property taxes under a proposal that made it out of the House on Wednesda...
Giant pension bill OK'd in Senate
HARRISBURG — Republicans’ sprawling, fast-track pension legislation made it through the Senate on Wednesday, but Democrats attacked its ...