PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh zoo plans to close the African painted dog exhibit where a boy was mauled to death last fall and move the 10 wild canines once kept there to ...
HARRISBURG — A non-native, invasive insect that kills Eastern hemlock trees has advanced westward across Pennsylvania to Clarion and Jefferson counties, where infestatio...
HARRISBURG — Smaller-than-expected payrolls for many school districts have left a surplus of state funds that could help ease Pennsylvania’s public pension woes and also...
Funding formula is goal of panel
HARRISBURG — A bill to create a commission to help develop a new formula to distribute special education money to school districts in Pen...
HARRISBURG — U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz on Monday became the fourth Democrat to declare her candidacy for Pennsylvania governor in 2014.
“I’m running to replace (Republi...
EASTON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday eulogized Margaret Thatcher as a “remarkable and towering figure” who will be missed on both sides of the Atl...
PITTSBURGH — Authorities say fire crews rescued a dog that had been trapped for a couple of days in the wreckage of a four-alarm fire in Pittsburgh.
The blaze reported a...
Paterno family OKs 3 in field of 39
STATE COLLEGE — The family of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has endorsed three candidates for the university’s Board of Trustees...
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s bill to pay for legal fees, consulting and other costs connected to the response to the child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant f...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are investigating the death of a northeastern Pennsylvania judge’s son who was hit by a car.
Investigators say 22-year-old Penn State stud...
