HARRISBURG — People arrested for certain crimes in Pennsylvania would face mandatory DNA testing before they are tried — instead of only after they are convicted — under...
READING — Voters in eastern Pennsylvania have chosen Democrat Judy Schwank to succeed the late state Sen. Michael O'Pake.
Schwank, a former Berks County commissioner, ha...
Gov. developing 2 new elements
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration is working to develop two important elements of his public education agenda — a new A-to-F g...
Butler resident 1 of 3 plaintiffs
HARRISBURG — Three people who were covered by a state-run health care plan for lower-income adults that stopped being funded two weeks a...
Decision backs ACMH policy
KITTANNING — A federal appeals court has agreed with a lower court judge who says a labor arbitrator erred when he struck down a hospital's ‘sm...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's improving jobless rate means that the benefits period will be shorter after April 2.
The state Department of Labor and Industry said Monday t...
LAKE CITY — Authorities in Western Pennsylvania say a woman and child died in an early morning house fire Saturday.
Emergency officials in Erie County say the blaze in F...
It's almost $200 million
HARRISBURG — It’s three times as much money as the state of Pennsylvania is spending on local public libraries this year.
It’s enough money to ru...
Lawmakers keep their pet projects
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration has approved more than $48 million in pet-project grant money requested by state legislat...
LOYSVILLE — Work is under way on a new farmhouse to replace the one where seven children perished in a fierce fire.
Ted Clouse, the children's father, said Friday that n...
