PITTSBURGH — A man jailed on federal charges that he threatened a police chief on Craigslist wants the indictment dismissed, claiming the insulting message was an exagge...
PHILADELPHIA — The Occupy Philadelphia protests are set to enter the second week of their encampment at City Hall as new Wall Street-style protests are now being planned...
COLUMBUS, Pa. — A northwestern Pennsylvania township has repealed an ordinance that would ban Marcellus Shale drillers from dumping some toxic wastewater in abandoned we...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s distressed capital city filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, citing “imminent jeopardy” from lawsuits related to a debt-saddled municipal incinera...
FORT HILL — The family of a 43-year-old man fatally shot with a bow and arrow says he was carrying a 2-foot-long “stick,” but wasn’t otherwise threatening the man who ki...
GREENSBURG, — Police say a man ran over a woman twice in a dispute over parking.
Fifty-two-year-old Terrence Stubbs is facing aggravated assault and related charges for ...
He cites dropouts, failing Pa. schools
YORK — Citing high dropout rates in some public schools, Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday promoted taxpayer-paid vouchers as the ticket ...
JOHNSTOWN — A bronze sculpture depicting the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha is now standing in the heart of his Pennsylvania congressional district.
The seven-foot-tall stat...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh mother charged in the fire deaths of her two young sons says she continues to “punish herself” because she is going on with her life without ...
Higher education wants more cash
HARRISBURG — The state system of higher education is requesting an $8.6 million increase in its state appropriation for 2012-13.
The syst...
