INDIANA — A Western Pennsylvania man has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend's toddler and now faces the death penalty or life in prison.
Tw...
ALLENTOWN — State Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak announced Thursday he will step down to take the helm of the Allentown school district after local officials unani...
Opponents stand in way of lessees
PLEASANT MOUNT, Pa. — A few hundred yards from Louis Matoushek's farmhouse is a well that could soon produce not only natural gas, but a...
Federal prosecutors say a Pennsylvania woman claiming she shot an FBI agent in self-defense lied to police about a previous burglary that caused her to fear intruders.
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ERIE — Erie City Council has tweaked the city's new hand-held cell phone ban by increasing fines for drivers who cause crashes while using their phones.
Phone-using driv...
An 11-year-old Pittsburgh boy is hospitalized after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting that police say involved his father.
Authorities say the unidentified boy...
HARRISBURG — More testimony is on tap for the second day of a preliminary hearing for former Pennsylvania House Speaker John Perzel and nine co-defendants charged in a l...
They spar over property taxes
HERSHEY — The six candidates for Pennsylvania governor clashed Wednesday over the future of the property tax at a gathering of local officia...
WAYNESBURG — A former state prison in Greene County will reopen in mid-August as a drug and alcohol treatment center for prisoners nearing the end of their sentences.
Pe...
HARRISBURG — The candidates in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate took their duel to television.
U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak began airing his first ad Tuesday, t...
