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Armed man shot by prison officer GETTYSBURG — Police say a man who appeared with a gun at a county prison in Gettysburg has been shot once by a responding officer. State...

Party is uneasy about Sestak HARRISBURG — Top Democrats are pressuring Josh Shapiro, a former state lawmaker who heads Pennsylvania’s third most populous county, to run f...

'Restructuring' of office 'necessary' HARRISBURG — Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office cited leaks concerning secret grand jury proceedings Thursday in its firing of...

JOHNSTOWN — A coroner says a man was laying beneath a tractor-trailer to repair it when another worker at the same company unwittingly drove the vehicle, dragging the fi...

Pa. board votes 9-8 in approval HARRISBURG — The board that oversees Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, including Slippery Rock University, narrowly endorsed a t...

Legal officials tell lawmakers HARRISBURG — Strict regulatory controls must be part of any Pennsylvania medical marijuana law to ensure that it does not compound the prob...

Authorities hunt ’gator in the Mon BELLE VERNON — Authorities are investigating an unconfirmed sighting of an alligator in the Monongahela River. The Southwest Regional ...

School closed again because of threat MOUNT LEBANON — A Catholic school was closed for a second straight day while police and the FBI tried to find whoever sent an e-mai...

House Republicans want to cut property taxes HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House Republican lawmakers will soon roll out a plan to raise state taxes to make significant cuts ...

Venture capitalist nominated for post HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf’s nominee to complete the state treasurer’s term said Tuesday that he has worked in various ways to try t...