PHILADELPHIA — The reward for information in the death of an off-duty police officer gunned down on a north Philadelphia street increased Sunday as police reported no ar...
Penalty phase may take 10 days
PITTSBURGH — A jury won’t decide Melvin Knight’s guilt when he goes on trial today in the torture slaying of a mentally disabled woman held...
HARRISBURG — Two Penn State University administrators charged with failing to report sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky and later lying about it will go on tri...
Pa. ballot spots challenged
HARRISBURG — The state Republican Party is challenging petitions by members of the Constitution and Libertarian parties to get their candidate...
SHELOCTA — State police say an 82-year-old Western Pennsylvania man was killed by a tractor that rolled on top of him and dragged him down a hill.
Troopers tell the Lead...
SCRANTON — The mayor and city council president in financially struggling Scranton say they’re confident they’ll receive approval for a compromise financial recovery pla...
PITTSBURGH — Two men were acquitted of charges they shot and paralyzed a Pittsburgh-area police officer during a home invasion last year, though one of the men was convi...
PHILADELPHIA — Dozens of black and Hispanic children who said they experienced racial discrimination at a swim club in an overwhelmingly white suburb will share proceeds...
Evidence grows in PSU scandal
HARRISBURG — Lawyers for two Penn State University administrators remained bullish Thursday on their clients’ chances of acquittal despite n...
PITTSBURGH — A founding member of a Scottish terror group was indicted on charges he e-mailed 17 bomb threats to the University of Pittsburgh earlier this year, disrupti...
