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Gambling regulators say gross revenue from table games at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos was up 8.9-percent last month when co...
A provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could affect the health insurance coverage for thousands of ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he'll name a central Pennsylvania public school superintendent as his new education secretary, ...
Pennsylvania’s Common Core Standards will help ensure that students are better prepared for success in postsecondary ed...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state offic...
State senators are continuing to explore the liberalization of Pennsylvania's wine, beer and liquor laws in a second hear...
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele urged voters to cast ballots in next Tuesday’s primary election and reminde...
A top aide to Gov. Tom Corbett says expanding Medicaid eligibility in Pennsylvania under a sweeping federal health care law p...
Governor Tom Corbett has ordered all Pennsylvania flags lowered to half-staff immediately in honor of former Governor George ...
Hunting is safe and getting safer.That’s the conclusion of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s newly released repo...
A university in eastern Pennsylvania has dropped its blanket prohibition on guns and will now allow people with concealed wea...
During an emotional State Capitol news conference, Pennsylvanians who are awaiting a life-saving organ transplant, who are al...
A section of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg is expected to remain closed in both directions for the next several days after a ...
Pennsylvania's attorney is blaming multiple defense motions for ongoing delays in the criminal case against three former ...
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark to come to a long-term a...
The state Supreme Court is upholding a revised plan to redraw the boundaries of Pennsylvania's legislative districts, rul...
A Pennsylvania judge is allowing a whistleblower and defamation lawsuit against Penn State to go forward.The suit was filed i...
Proposals to change how Penn State is governed are headed to the school's full Board of Trustees.The changes would includ...
Pennsylvania court officials say the number of abused and neglected children living in foster homes is declining because of s...
Pennsylvania's state tax collections are running a surplus, but not as big as Governor Tom Corbett had hoped.April revenu...
A new ethics filing by Governor Tom Corbett reports he accepted travel subsidies worth more than $18,000 last year, inclu...
The director of a nonprofit organization that fights substance abuse is broadly criticizing efforts in Harrisburg to liberali...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state’s second Disease Management Area in parts of four counties i...
The Department of Public Welfare is offering $200,000 in mini-grants to child care centers to work toward achieving highe...
In Pennsylvania’s latest effort to bolster highway safety, nine state troopers and eight municipal police officers have...
A judge has denied a request to immediately stop a plan by Governor Tom Corbett's administration to close nearly half of ...
Penn State says the number of applications for undergraduate enrollment is down about 9-percent this year. There were nearly ...
A Marine veteran says he plans to run against freshman U.S. Representative Keith Rothfus in next year's Republican primar...
The American Lung Association says that air quality in parts of Pennsylvania is getting better, but there's still plenty ...
Pennsylvania students perform better on state reading and writing tests when their schools have full time librarians and libr...
Pennsylvania residents are being urged to be diligent when weighing offers for electricity from door-to-door and telephone so...
Pennsylvania's Senate Transportation Committee chairman wants to boost spending on highways and mass transit by almost 50...
In the wake of last week’s storm, homeowners may have questions about what damages are covered by insurance.While each ...
Pennsylvania Department of State officials are warning residents to beware of phony charities asking for donations to help vi...
Pennsylvania's high court says older people increasingly face abuse and other issues that involve the legal system, so th...
Conservative state lawmakers who are wary about plans to raise taxes or fees to boost Pennsylvania's transportation spend...
Companies that want to convert larger vehicles to natural gas may soon be getting some help from the state of Pennsylvania in...
A bill to allow Pennsylvanians to register online to vote is on its way to the House of Representatives. Wednesday's vote...
Pennsylvania's state government websites are back online after being dark for nearly three hours, but the tax-day outage ...
With April marking National Donate Life Month, PennDOT today reminded driver’s license and identification card holders ...
State lawmakers have approved a measure that would allow crime victims to address Pennsylvania's parole board directly wh...
An impact fee from drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania generated $198-million in 2012, about the same it raised the ...
Millionaire business executive Tom Knox says he won't run for Pennsylvania governor.In recent weeks, other Democrats have...
As health insurance premiums continue to skyrocket…so does the net worth of one of Pennsylvania’s biggest medica...
A bill to create a commission to help develop a new formula to distribute special education money to school districts in Penn...
Wright Elementary School has made the state Education Department’s list of Pennsylvania's lowest-achieving schools....
After a presidential campaign distinguished more by sporadic TV commercials than candidate visits to the state, Pennsylvania ...
A union representing thousands of faculty members and coaches at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has scheduled...
A Pennsylvania state judge says county jury commissioner races won't appear on the spring primary ballot, but instead can...
Governor Tom Corbett has named Michael Wolf as Secretary of the Department of Health.Wolf will oversee the regulation of Penn...
As schools across Pennsylvania begin administering annual standardized tests this week, there is growing debate about the opp...
Pennsylvania's breweries and beer distributors are worrying about how lawmakers may liberalize the system of selling beer...
The state Insurance Department says a workers' compensation insurance rate reduction will go into effect next week for em...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is taking a case that will determine if the justices, or any Pennsylvania judges, can serve on...
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is questioning why Gov. Tom Corbett's administration awarded a no-bid contract to a firm to manag...
Legislation that would eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for various public officials has been introd...
The House has passed legislation to privatize alcohol sales in Pennsylvania, getting the Commonwealth out of the business of ...
Local State Representative John McGinnis last night cast one of the votes in favor of advancing liquor privatization legislat...
Finally some good employment news for Blair County.Marcellus GTL has announced it will establish a natural gas to liquids fac...
Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary C. Alan Walker announced today the award of a $519,000 ...
Pennsylvanians to register online to vote has the unanimous approval of a key legislative committee.The Senate State Governme...
Pennsylvania's acting secretary of the Department of Public Welfare says the state can't afford a legislative proposa...
How healthy you are is strongly linked to where in Pennsylvania you live, according to the results of a new county-by-county ...
Former Pennsylvania environmental protection secretary Kathleen McGinty says she's seriously considering running for gove...
The Blair County Commissioners have voted to sell Valley View Nursing Home.Reliant Senior Care of Philadelphia submitted the ...
State officials say Pennsylvania voters now can use long-expired state driver's licenses or non-driver ID cards to obtain...
New federal data shows that 40 Pennsylvania counties had more deaths than births from 2010 to 2012, but in some of those immi...
Governor Tom Corbett is asking a federal court to dismiss an NCAA lawsuit aimed at overturning a Pennsylvania law that calls ...
Pennsylvania's new auditor general says improper payments to charter schools may have cost state taxpayers millions of do...
With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, PennDOT is urging motorists to avoid driving under the influence (DUI) and advising...
According to a top law maker, Gov. Tom Corbett plans to ask Attorney General Kathleen Kane's office to reverse its reject...
A newspaper says nearly 5,000 people on Pennsylvania's state payroll earned at least $100,000 last year, and more tha...
The number of eligible people who were purged from Pennsylvania's Medicaid rolls amid Gov. Tom Corbett's administrati...
The Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will use $5.7 million in federal rental assi...
The U.S. Federal Reserve's latest survey of regional economic trends is mentioning the Marcellus Shale natural gas boom i...
Governor Tom Corbett wants to close nearly half of Pennsylvania's 60 health centers and lay off some nurses as part of an...
On Monday, State Senator John Eichelberger announced his plan to introduce legislation to safeguard the protections contained...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has confirmed three hunter-killed deer taken in the 2012 general firearms deer season have t...
With the approach of spring and increased risk of forest and brush fires across the state, federal grants are now available t...
Advocacy groups met with Governor Tom Corbett in Philadelphia on Thursday to announce his 2013-14 budget proposal to increase...
Lt. Governor Jim Cawley on Wednesday stopped by a Sheetz in Altoona, the only Sheetz that can sell beer in Pennsylvania. Cawl...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet to discuss issues surro...
The Obama administration says automatic spending cuts set to take effect this week would mean less money for Pennsylvania'...
About 50 more people have come forward to say they were sexually abused at Catholic schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio by a Fra...
County officials said Tuesday they will take steps to refresh voters' understanding of Pennsylvania's fractured elect...
Smithfield Packing Co. is recalling about 38,000 pounds of pork sausage that may contain small pieces of plastic, likely from...
A member of Pennsylvania's highest court was convicted Thursday of corrupting the election process in her campaigns to wi...
A new Pennsylvania state law requires that items to be recycled such as computers, televisions, microwaves, pretty much anyth...
Pennsylvania's new attorney general wound up in the middle of a discussion about gun control Thursday at what was suppose...
If you think gas prices are high enough already – brace yourself for even steeper increases.AAA says Pennsylvania is ex...
Penn State has selected executive search firm Isaacson, Miller to help the school find a replacement for university president...
The NCAA is challenging a new Pennsylvania law designed to keep the $60 million Penn State fine over the Jerry Sandusky s...
Yesterday wasn’t just Valentine's Day. It was also National Donor Day. A day set aside to encourage blood, marrow, ...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Thursday rejected a contract sought by Governor Tom Corbett that would let a B...
Pennsylvania's voter identification law won't be enforced in the state's May 21 primary. Lawyers in a pending law...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced today that Walmart is the newest retailer in the state to offer E-ZPass transp...
A Pennsylvania court must decide if the governor's office is required to give certain documents to a state open-records a...
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed an Executive Order establishing the Pennsylvania Alzheimer’s Disease State Planning Committ...
A bill to require exploitation-awareness programs in Pennsylvania public schools has been approved by the state House of Repr...
The state Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) celebrated its 20th year of providing coverage this week by announcing th...
Penn State Altoona Benefiting THON will hold its second annual Family Carnival SundayThe community is invited to join in the ...
Governor Tom Corbett says overhauling Pennsylvania's pension systems for state workers and school employees is the single...
Governor Tom Corbett has announced that the proposed 2013-14 budget will maintain funding levels for state and state-related ...
Negotiators for Pennsylvania's state-owned university system and the union representing about 5,500 faculty members say t...
Governor Tom Corbett’s 2013-14 budget will set aside nearly $20 million to provide home and community-based service...
Governor Tom Corbett, joined by Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, Wednesday announced his plan to privatize the liquor system in...
At yesterday’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the 79th district office of state representative John McGinnis we had a chanc...
As part of recent upgrades to its website, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) created PAGasSwitch, a natural ga...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says a pilot program designed to prevent criminals from becoming managers of a person's Social Securi...
Former State Rep. Rick Geist of Altoona lost to John McGinnis in last April's primary election but thanks to travel per d...
State Senator John Eichelberger held a press conference on Tuesday to issue his annual report.Speaking from his office in Hol...
Pennsylvania's elected fiscal watchdog said Tuesday that the turnpike commission lost about $109 million in interest ...
Employees of the Pennsylvania Lottery said Tuesday they can beat a profit projection offered by a British firm seeking to man...
The NCAA said Thursday it has no immediate plans to spend the $12 million already paid to it as part of the sanctions aga...
As the school year reaches the mid-point, motorists are reminded to not be complacent when they see a school bus with flashin...
The name Rick Geist can be found at #5 on the House Top 10 Per Diem Recipients for 2011-12.That’s according to informat...
Some 1,300 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers and airmen will join a team of 6,000 National Guard members to provide securi...
State Rep. John McGinnis has announced that he has been appointed by Speaker of the House Sam Smith to serve on the House Agi...
If you don't gamble on Pennsylvania Lottery games, the British company that's poised to take over management of the &...
A new smartphone application has been developed to help the Pennsylvania State Police receive reports regarding suspicious ac...
Flu cases are mounting in Pennsylvania, and 22 deaths have been attributed to the illness, state health officials said.The nu...
Home care workers for the disabled in Pennsylvania claim that there’s been an interruption in their pay.The Associated ...
Newly elected State Representative 79th District John McGinnis was in attendance at last night’s Altoona City Council m...
The Pennsylvania Health Department has a new initiative to educate the public about sudden cardiac arrest.Yesterday the Penns...
The Department of Health will offer free influenza vaccines at the 2013 Pennsylvania Farm Show, Jan. 5-11 from 8:30 a.m. to 4...
Applications for Police Officer for the City of Altoona may be obtained from the Personnel Office at City Hall, 1301 – ...
A sculpture made from nearly 1,000 pounds of butter was unveiled today at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, paying tribute to Penns...
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is now serving on Senate Finance Committee. Yesterday the Republican Senator of Pennsylvania announce...
A judge is allowing former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to leave his state prison cell in order to appear next w...
Pennsylvania higher education officials are heading back to the negotiating table with the union representing state universit...
Pennsylvania's attorney general says she granted Gov. Tom Corbett the authority to file a federal antitrust lawsuit again...
Governor Tom Corbett announced Wednesday that he is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), calling its sa...
Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls are scheduled to go up this weekend.The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said Wednesday most cash...
The state Department of Revenue is reporting that half-way through the fiscal year, Pennsylvania's tax collections are ru...
The NCAA says it's disappointed that Pennsylvania's governor is suing the college athletics organization over its dec...
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program is offering support to those struggling to heat their home this winter.Crisis g...
As part of its comprehensive approach to health and wellness, the Altoona Regional Health System is now completely tobacco fr...
A potential deal to privatize management of the Pennsylvania Lottery was put off for an additional 10 days on Monday after Go...
A Pennsylvania state senator began seeking Senate support on Thursday to create a gun violence prevention task force in the w...
This is a critical off-season for Penn State, even if the Nittany Lions don't have a bowl from which to build on for the ...
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recently released the results of its annual Cold Weather Survey, which showed that...
Some Pennsylvania advocates of legalizing marijuana say citizen votes to do so in Washington and Colorado could help their ca...
Funeral arrangements have been made for the three victims of the devastating events of Friday in Frankstown Township.There wi...
Even before 2012 is over, state Senate Republican leader Dominic Pileggi is already advocating changes in the way Pennsylvani...
The number of Pennsylvania’s unemployed decreased by 16,000 in November, the largest decline since 1983 and the second ...
As the clock ticks on a bid to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery, a new report says the deal is a bad one for the state and ...
Pennsylvania's labor secretary says calls to the state's unemployment compensation service centers have mysteriously ...
Pennsylvania residents are asked once again to display a blue light in their home or office window during the holiday season ...
Some Pennsylvania groups say cyber charter schools in the state aren't making the grade, and they're urging state edu...
Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities and the union representing their athletic coaches have reached tentative contr...
Acting Secretary of Health Michael Wolf says if you decided to wait, now is the perfect time to get vaccinated against the fl...
State health officials said Tuesday that the number of flu cases reported to the Health Department more than doubled in the p...
The candidates running for Attorney General in Pennsylvania will face off in an hour long debate on this evening at Widener L...
Pennsylvania doctors are getting some good news when they attempt to renew their 2-year state licenses.A spokesman for the De...
State Senate Republican leader Dominic Pileggi is renewing his call for Pennsylvania to change the way it counts its electora...
A closely watched proposal to rewrite the state's charter schools law died Wednesday when the House wrapped up its two-ye...
As people head out to deer camps or cabins this weekend, they may want to take some precautions to safeguard themselves again...
Federal education officials have rejected the state’s request to measure charter school achievement using more lenient ...
In the spirit of the holiday shopping season, the PennsylvaniaDepartment of General Services will offer more than 470 vehicle...
The Tyrone Area School District is being awarded $10,000 through a grant from the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Educ...
Following the Democratic sweep at the top of Pennsylvania's ballot this past election three prospective candidates are al...
Thirteen people were killed in crashes investigated by state troopers during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday driving period...
John Hanger is about to become the first person to announce his candidacy for governor in 2014.The former Pennsylvania enviro...
Awinter storm today could bring the first significant snowfalls of the season to much of Pennsylvania.Accuweather Meteorologi...
The Department of Revenue says that holiday gatherings are a great opportunity to remind older friends and relatives about Pe...
Pennsylvania ranks 8th in cooking related fires on Thanksgiving according to newly released data from a leading nationwide in...
Pennsylvania's jobless rate is down for the first time in six months.The state Department of Labor and Industry reports t...
Pennsylvania students are reminded that Friday is the deadline to apply for the U.S. Senate Youth Program.Two students from e...
PennDOT is launching two voluntary programs aimed at saving the lives of Pennsylvanians in emergency situations – the Y...
Governor Tom Corbett will lead a delegation of Pennsylvania business, tourism and university leaders on a business developmen...
Pennsylvania residents solicited for donations to charities that claim to help military veterans or victims of Hurricane Sand...
The Department of Public Welfare is encouraging Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) recipients to apply online...
Officials say they expect next Tuesday's election to proceed without significant problems in Pennsylvania, as crews focus...
PennDOT is extending expiration dates for Pennsylvania driver licenses, identification cards and vehicle inspections/registra...
With fall’s arrival, PennDOT is reminding motorists to use caution and be alert for seasonal travel hazards like sun gl...
Voters in Pennsylvania can now file complaints about alleged election law violations online.Once submitted, these complaint f...
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed legislation that gives Pennsylvania judges options other than life in prison when sentencing juve...
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s higher education system.The credit rating agency says a rec...
The editorial boards of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Patriot-News of Harrisburg are endorsing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Cas...
Attorneys have filed an appeal in connection with the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.Sandusky’s attorneys filed a 31-...
A spreading plague is wiping out the nationwide bat population.Scientists say a fungus known as White Nose Syndrome has claim...
Opponents of a new state law requiring voters to show photo identification at polling places on Election Day are calling it a...
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Eli Avila, who was best known for getting into a dispute over an egg sandwich, stepped down...
Authorities say a Pennsylvania deputy attorney general and his wife face assault and child endangerment charges related to tw...
A man convicted of killing a state game warden during a poaching investigation has been sentenced to death.The Adams County j...
Pennsylvania health officials say a Blair County pain clinic dispensed steroid shots linked to an outbreak of fungal meningit...
Skills of Central Pennsylvania is supporting House Resolution 837 which designates the month of October as “Lifesharing...
State lawmakers are hearing warning signs about the Pennsylvania Turnpike's debt load from the state's elected fiscal...
PennDOT officials are lauding the efforts of the more than 141,000 volunteers who cleaned over 13,000 miles of roads, trails ...
Pennsylvania farmers rely heavily on the technical and financial assistance laid out in the Farm Bill.With some parts of the ...
In conjunction with a national initiative to promote Lifeline telephone discount program awareness, the Pennsylvania Public U...
Governor Tom Corbett has signed an executive order to establish a commission to examine and advocate for Pennsylvania’s...
Pennsylvania prosecutors are asking a judge for a hearing to determine if convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky should be d...
Local residents are reminded that the Pennsylvania 529 College Savings Program is available to help families cover the costs ...
The City of Altoona has received notification from H. A. Berkheimer, the company that will take over all the contracts curren...
The post office near the site where hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania is again offering...
Child pornography charges have been filed against a Tyrone man already in trouble with the law for allegedly growing psychede...
A Democratic lawmaker Thursday demanded that the Corbett administration pull a TV ad designed to educate Pennsylvania voters ...
With the Labor Day weekend in our rearview mirror, serious campaigning has begun for the race for the next State Representati...
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky regrets not taking the stand at his child sex abuse trial and likel...
Pennsylvania collected $1.8 billion in General Fund revenue inAugust, which was $32.3 million, or 1.8 percent, less t...
The Pennsylvania charity for troubled youths started by convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky has won court approval to delay it...
When the last big weekend of the summer wraps up, the campaign season will hit high gear in anticipation of the November Elec...
State and local police, along with PennDOT, will take part in a national enforcement effort through Labor Day on Sept. 3, tar...
The price of electricity is going down.Starting this Saturday the average Penelec customer will see a 4.2 percent reduction i...
A federal judge who last spring struck down key provisions of Pennsylvania law governing funeral homes and undertakers, calli...
Pennsylvanians concerned with the rising cost of higher education have a few days left to get the most out of their college s...
Pennsylvania's university system is expected a second consecutive year of declining enrollment after more than a dozen ye...
Environmentalists have made some waves for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett as he sets out on a two-day kayak tour of the upper ...
Pennsylvania county officials say taxpayers have spent nearly $56,000 on the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial so far, most ...
Republican Paul Ryan is criticizing President Barack Obama for a remark the Democrat made four years ago about voters clingin...
Pennsylvania is one of 36 states involved in a recall of sliced apples sold at McDonald's and Burger King.The fruit may h...
The Pittsburgh Steelers say a western Pennsylvania man infringed on their "Terrible Towel" trademark by making knoc...
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele has announced enhancements to the state’s VotesPA.com website, and launchin...
The state Department of Labor and Industry said in a report released on Thursday that the unemployment rate shot up to 7.9 pe...
The sentencing hearing in former state Sen. Robert Mellow's corruption case is now scheduled for October.A federal judge ...
A court decision released Wednesday in Harrisburg upholds the new voter ID law that provides Pennsylvania election officials ...
Several Pennsylvania district attorneys are calling for funds from the $60-million in fines that Penn State must pay as p...
Officials say Interstate 80 is open again in central Pennsylvania after a trailer hauling gunpowder and ammunition caught fir...
The union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has suspended negotiations with the ...
The dispute over a northeast Pennsylvania city's attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants is back before a federal app...
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Tom Smith have begun airing their first TV ads attacking each other,...
A judge has ruled a western Pennsylvania bear hunter is competent to stand trial next month in the beating of a man who alleg...
Critics say a new order from Gov. Tom Corbett will pressure state employees to more quickly approve environmental permits, in...
Pennsylvania Department of Health Executive Deputy Secretary Michael Wolf on Monday presented a Commonwealth Universal Resear...
The 44th annual Penn State's Ag Progress Days gets underway today.Officials say the purpose of the three day event is to ...
More air pollution is coming from the smokestacks of coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania than in almost any other state in the ...
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ newly launched mobile website makes it easier for users of smartp...
It turns out it takes half as much lead poisoning to cause problems for children than previously thought, prompting concern t...
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party told a state judge Wednesday that former House speaker Bill DeWeese should be removed from ...
Colleges in Pennsylvania are working to ensure students can use their campus IDs to cast ballots this fall if the state's...
State health officials say Pennsylvania’s first human case of the 2012 West Nile Virus has been confirmed.The Departmen...
Three Blair County volunteer fire companies are getting some help from Harrisburg when it comes to battling forest fires.The ...
The first legal test for Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling th...
A judge from outside the State College area is now handling a request by the children's charity that Jerry Sandusky found...
The one thing both sides agreed on as a hearing on Pennsylvania's new voter-identification law ended is that each will ap...
A new poll finds significant opposition among Pennsylvania residents to NCAA sanctions leveled against Penn State.Forty-four ...
State Representative Scott Conklin says he will introduce a bill in Harrisburg that will fundamentally change the way Penn St...
A leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says the implementation of Pennsylvania's new ...
Meteorologists have confirmed a tornado touched down in northern Pennsylvania during powerful storms that knocked out power t...
The state Education Department has published a list of Pennsylvania's lowest-achieving schools – and an Altoona ele...
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley was in Blair County on Thursday.Cawley toured the New Pig manufacturing facility,...
Stifling heat and oppressive humidity have been in the forecast as often as not so far this summer in Pennsylvania.Dr. Amanda...
The Department of Justice is looking at whether Pennsylvania's tough new voter law requiring photo identification complie...
A little more than five months left and counting – and the ticker is headed down for jobs while time passes.That’...
State Senator John Eichelberger will be host a town hall meeting in Blair County this week.Town hall meetings are open to the...
Hazy, hot and humid will continue to describe much of Pennsylvania's weather, at least for the next few days.Heat warning...
The New York-based credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has slapped a lower rating on Pennsylvania's debt ...
Hiring in Pennsylvania is on the rise, but overall employment remained relatively stagnant for a fourth straight month.The st...
Governor Tom Corbett says he's still reading through the report that accuses top Penn State administrators of covering up...
Governor Tom Corbett recently signed into law House Bill 1307, legislation designed to help financially distressed school dis...
Republican leaders in the House voted last week to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying it's not good for the country.E...
An Altoona woman will spend some time behind bars after settling her welfare fraud case with Pennsylvania’s Office of I...
The federal government is asking why Pennsylvania's Medicaid rolls dropped over the past year, and is suggesting that som...
State officials are planning a trial smoking ban next year in two Pennsylvania state parks as they deal with complaints about...
Logan Township will hire two police officers at their April 12th meeting.The supervisors said Thursday they interviewed six f...
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments during its September session on at least 10 challenges to the latest attempt to r...
Voters in Blair County should expect to be asked for photo identification in Tuesday's primary election, but those withou...
Pennsylvania's top prosecutor says the newly issued report into how Penn State handled the Jerry Sandusky child molestati...
On the heals of the hottest weather of the year in Blair County over the weekend, a dermatologist is issuing a warning to tho...
Officials say a man plunged to his death while skydiving in central Pennsylvania over the weekend.Mifflin County Coroner Dani...
Hold the phone! Robocall season is under way in Pennsylvania, along with election season. Political robocalls are exempted fr...
A Pennsylvania government webpage that carries outdated information on voters' photo ID requirements apparently lives on ...
Students and their families will pay about 3-percent more for tuition and technology fees at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owne...
Officials say the scorching heat wave that pushed temperatures into triple digits claimed the lives of three more elderly peo...
Rick Santorum's decision to drop out of the GOP nomination race is drawing a positive reaction from Republican leaders in...
The head of the Pennsylvania Republican Party says Rick Santorum's short-lived presidential campaign helped create moment...
Blair County officials are still waiting to see how much they will receive in funding for social services programs.But Commis...
A six-day celebration is planned to mark the 10th anniversary of the rescue of nine miners trapped underground in the Quecree...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney predicted Thursday that he will win Pennsylvania in November's presidential ele...
On average, one person dies in America every 40 seconds from a stroke. The Pennsylvania Department of Health says that in 201...
Legislation that will permit expert testimony in court regarding sexual assault victims has been ceremonially signed into law...
Pennsylvania has removed millions of public records from a state court system website, and while some say that's a troubl...
Former Pittsburgh-area state Senator Jane Orie's request to be released on bail while appealing her conviction on campaig...
State and local police, along with PennDOT, are taking part in a national enforcement effort through July 8th targeting motor...
As residents swelter through summer time heat here in Pennsylvania, air quality can become an issue for some people.According...
Pennsylvania parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing a 68-year-old school bus monitor may won...
On Saturday, just minutes before the deadline, Governor Tom Corbett signed the 2012-13 budget.The $27.66 billion budget w...
Over the weekend, hundreds of people attended the annual Blair County Tea Party Freedom Fest.The event held on Sunday at Legi...
A bill to expand the use of red light cameras to catch traffic violators in Pennsylvania is on its way to the governor's ...
Two Blair County Commissioners will travel to Harrisburg next week for the Spring Conference of the County Commissioners Asso...
Lawmakers and staff in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled state Legislature are scrambling to finish writing a host of ...
A former aide to Representative Bill DeWeese has been sentenced to five years' probation in a corruption case.Dauphin Cou...
Rick Santorum plans no campaign events today and will spend time with his wife and ailing daughter Bella.Campaign spokesman H...
A Pennsylvania marine veteran is on a mission to create a nation “Brother to Brother Day” and he’s travelin...
The U.S. Department of Labor has notified Pennsylvania that the state’s declining unemployment rate is too low to autho...
A Republican-crafted spending plan for Pennsylvania's state government is one big step closer to becoming law.Thursday...
Governor Tom Corbett isn't saying anything yet about the decision he faces on whether to expand Pennsylvania's Medica...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster is calling the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling upholding President Barack Obama&rsqu...
Parents have the power to stop underage drinking by talking with their children.That was the message delivered by Pennsylvani...
Pittsburgh-area Republican state Senator Jane Orie intends to resign by May 21st, but is asking the court to delay her senten...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system says it won't be able to say if Jerry Sandusky will lose his retirement...
Pennsylvania is home to one of the nation's toughest photo identification laws for voters, less than eight months before ...
The state lawmaker who's sponsoring a proposed voucher-like tax credit aimed at helping students flee from Pennsylvania&#...
Democrats are criticizing a $27.7-billion Pennsylvania state spending plan written by majority Republicans as a gift to b...
The nation's highest court begins hearings today on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The justices will l...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett says the pace of the investigation into Jerry Sandusky's child sex crimes was necessary...
A bill that would reshape Pennsylvania's corrections system to give a second chance to more nonviolent offenders and rese...
Opponents of an attempted crackdown on illegal immigrants in Pennsylvania say a new Supreme Court ruling bolsters their case....
Democrats are pouncing on a Republican lawmaker's statement that Pennsylvania's new voter identification law will all...
Jerry Sandusky has been led away in handcuffs from a Pennsylvania courthouse after being convicted of molesting 10 boys over ...
Ed Rendell will appear in court on behalf of a former top state House Democrat who is fighting charges that he illegally dive...
Pennsylvania state officials say they expect most of the state's abortion clinics will remain open under a tougher law de...
More money for private school scholarships and education nonprofits in Pennsylvania will be part of a nearly $27.7-billio...
State Auditor General Jack Wagner stepped up his criticism of the way Pennsylvania finances charter and cyber-charter schools...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
The Legislature's leading advocate of privatizing liquor and wine sales in Pennsylvania has thrown in the towel, at least...
A bill to require contractors on public construction projects in Pennsylvania to verify the Social Security numbers of their ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and top Republican state lawmakers have an agreement on a nearly $27.7-billion spending plan...
A bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's wiretapping law has the approval of the state House of Representatives.Wednesday's ...
Low-income older adults and Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program participants can now use vouchers to purchase fresh, loc...
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania held steady last month even as the U.S. jobless rate rose slightly.The state Department...
As Pennsylvania's public schools prepare to lay off thousands of employees for a second straight year, teachers and publi...
Pennsylvania state government now has the authority to make one of its largest, if not its largest, bond issues ever as it lo...
A bill that would reshuffle Pennsylvania's prison system to save money by reserving state prisons for the most dangerous ...
A statewide survey shows voters support Pennsylvania's new photo-ID requirement by a 2-1 margin.The Quinnipiac University...
The Department of Environmental Protection has launched an interactive Earth Day section of its website offering a one-stop s...
Three Days to Opening Arguments in Sandusky Trial The attorneys arguing the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State ass...
A state panel formulating a new framework for higher education in Pennsylvania will hear from more than a dozen stakeholders ...
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has sent to the governor a bill that would allow up to $4.5-billion in borrow...
Seven Commonwealth Court judges will decide on a constitutional challenge by seven municipalities to portions of Pennsylvania...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 102-90 to approve a bill to license and regulate "payday lending" i...
The outcome of Jerry Sandusky's trial on 52 counts of child sex abuse on 10 alleged victims over a 15-year span won't...
A national publication has ranked four Blair County nursing homes among the top 100 in Pennsylvania.According to U.S.News & W...
Governor Tom Corbett is expected to meet with top party figures and supporters amid criticism of his administration just as a...
The deadline to apply for Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program for older adults and residents with disabilit...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers made their way back to Harrisburg for several more weeks of work to wrap up a new state budget a...
State gaming regulators say gross slots revenue at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos was up 3.4-percent last month compared to Ma...
The Centers for Disease Control is being urged to help Pennsylvania tackle the problem of Lyme disease as reports indicate th...
Legal experts say former Pittsburgh-area Republican state Sen. Jane Orie might wind up in prison on campaign corruption charg...
Even thought the week ahead will be on the cool side, temperatures will be on the rise again soon in Pennsylvania, and so wil...
The Department of Aging will hold public hearings this month across the state to discuss the 2012-2016 State Plan on Aging, w...
A.C. Stickel will continue to lead local Republicans for the next two years.The Altoona City Controller fought off a spirited...
Senator John Eichelberger will host a live screening and discussion of the recently released mini-documentary, "The Four...
The Corbett administration says it found hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare benefits that went to people who do not ...
Faith-based and community aid organizations from across Pennsylvania are urging state lawmakers to undo plans to kill a Depre...
Thousands of people in Pennsylvania could die by the end of the century as a direct result of summer heat driven to extremes ...
One of five contenders seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania paid a visit to our region on Tuesda...
Governor Tom Corbett says he wants lawmakers to pass a plan to overhaul Pennsylvania's corrections system before they bre...
Eight Pennsylvania colleges are getting grants as part of a $50 million national science initiative.The Howard Hughes Med...
The Altoona Area School District is getting $1.5-million from the federal government to strengthen its literacy program.P...
State officials say they're still trying to remove hurdles for people to get the kind of identification that's requir...
A coroner says a 24-year-old student at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been found dead in his dorm room.Indiana C...
Pennsylvania's failure to update rules that govern funeral homes and undertakers could wind up burying taxpayers.A Harris...
Two education advocacy groups say a new survey shows that half of Pennsylvania's school districts expect their finances t...
State legislative leaders say there will be no "lame duck" session of Pennsylvania's General Assembly following...
Saying the future of public schools in Pennsylvania is at stake, thousands of protesters are expected in Philadelphia, Pittsb...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania dropped slightly last month as more people found work, but the overall size of payrolls...
A state judge will hear a request for an immediate injunction against Pennsylvania's new Marcellus Shale law filed by a g...
The state House returns to session today to debate and vote on various issues of importance.The full House will debate and vo...
The first three of the remaining Republicans convicted in Pennsylvania's government corruption scandal won't be going...
Several Community Health Centers in Pennsylvania are getting nearly $7 million in federal grants to help build onto and r...
A Blair County woman is among ten people to recently settle their welfare fraud claims with Pennsylvania’s Office of In...
Get stuck or get out. That's what Pennsylvania school districts told students and their parents this year as they approac...
A caravan of Penn State coaches paid a visit to Altoona on Monday – including new head football coach Bill O’Brie...
A new coalition says Pennsylvania must take steps to divert more criminals to programs outside of prison and to speed up the ...
More than $761 million in restitution is owed to Pennsylvania’s crime victims, and a newly-formed task force plans ...
In the wake of the weekend’s celebrations of Earth Day, there is a new report from the National Wildlife Federation tha...
Headlines suggest that Pennsylvania is covered with drilling wells that are tapping into the gas-rich Marcellus Shale.Data fr...
Former state House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese has begun his 2 1/2-to-five-year prison term for corruption.Officials at Da...
The Department of Public Welfare has released the 2011 Annual Child Abuse Report, which offers statistics on child abuse case...
A Commonwealth Court judge has tossed incumbent 9th District Congressman Bill Shuster's only opponent of the April 24th p...
A new government report indicates that only about a third of Pennsylvania's eighth-graders are proficient in science.Resu...
Candidates who want to file nominating petitions to get on the ballot for Pennsylvania’s April 24 primary election are ...
The State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously voted to consider amending several regulations regarding high school gra...
Blair County’s newest industrial manufacturer has officially opened its doors.State and local development officials gat...
Rick Santorum has officially endorsed Mitt Romney's bid to unseat President Obama in the White House. "Politico repo...
Pennsylvania college students are urging federal lawmakers to strike a deal that will avert higher interest rates on student ...
Sandusky Accuser's Name Posted Online by PA Attorney General A prosecution document in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual ...
Pennsylvania's universities, public schools, hospitals, nursing homes and people who depend on county-run social services...
A Pennsylvania school district is asking the judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse case to throw out a def...
Pennsylvania students who don't comply with an upcoming immunization deadline will likely find themselves unable to atten...
A bill designed to limit the taxpayer cost of buyouts for public school superintendents in Pennsylvania and expose the terms ...
The state is just coming off one of the wettest years on record, but professional weather-watchers are increasingly concerned...
Rick Santorum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail to observe the Easter holiday.The former U.S. senator re...
Members of an advisory panel are hoping to see changes in how the Pennsylvania state government issues dog licenses, deals wi...
Pennsylvania's top health official has assured doctors that a new gas-drilling law will allow them to talk to their patie...
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania dropped slightly last month as payrolls expanded by almost 8,000 jobs.The state Departm...
State Representative Rick Geist is calling for action on transportation funding in Pennsylvania.Leaders of Pennsylvania busin...
Pennsylvania voters will be asked for photo identification at polling places in the April 24th primary election, but won'...
Mike Manzo, a key prosecution witness in the corruption case against former Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania's House of...
Altoona Regional Health System and the Center for Organ Recovery & Education will recognize National Organ Donor Awareness Mo...
Emphasizing the importance of safe digging during summer projects, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and Pennsylvani...
Voters in Blair County going to the polls for next Tuesday’s primary election will be asked to show their photo identif...
The campaign of GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney says it has the support of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett.Corbett...
As Pennsylvania’s April 17 personal income tax filing deadline fast approaches, Department of Revenue Secretary Dan Meu...
A man will spend the next 6 1/2 to 13 years in prison for breaking another man's jaw with a baseball bat during a road ra...
A total of 550 vehicles will be available for public bid today.The Department of General Services will hold the one-day aucti...
House Speaker Sam Smith says it's "outrageous" to assert that Pennsylvania's new Marcellus Shale law could ...
Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is urging anglers and other woodland visitors to take t...
Pennsylvania's Democratic Party says U.S. Senator Bob Casey is just off his biggest fundraising quarter of the election c...
Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says a controlled burn exercise will be held next week ...
Pennsylvania's pension systems for state employees and school employees are reporting positive investment returns for 201...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett says he wishes former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had done more after telling uni...
Pennsylvania will receive over $1-million in historic preservation grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior’...
Lose your scissors, screwdriver and pocket knife at a security checkpoint at one of Pennsylvania's airports? Here's y...
Lose your scissors, screwdriver and pocket knife at a security checkpoint at one of Pennsylvania's airports? Here's y...
Pennsylvania's eleven casinos pulled in more than $233.1-million in gross slot machine revenue last month, setting an...
A state House member from southwestern Pennsylvania says he'll remember the friendships he made during nearly four decade...
A large crowd is expected to gather on the patio of the Blair County Courthouse today as Rick Santorum brings his bid for the...
An Altoona college professor and local small business owner is seeking the Democratic nomination for 79th District State Repr...
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will pay a visit to Blair County.Santorum is set to hold a rally on Wednesday...
A law that sets new rules for Pennsylvania motorists to follow when encountering a bicyclist is now in effect.Since midnight ...
A group including seven municipalities is suing the state of Pennsylvania over the new Marcellus Shale law.Among other things...
Autism cases in Pennsylvania are above the national average, according to a new report issued Thursday.The Centers for Diseas...
Mayors of some Pennsylvania cities say a bill backed by gun-rights advocates is an attempt to bully them into repealing ordin...
Some middle and high school students spent their day Wednesday urging smokers to give up their habit.The effort was part of t...
A veteran’s court could be in the cards for Blair County.Adult Parole and Probation Office officials are trying to dete...
It’s finally here. A new state law will require Pennsylvania drivers to pull over and stop if they want to use text-bas...
Pennsylvania state senators are debating a bill to require every voter to show certain photo identification before their ball...
A Pennsylvania judge says Jerry Sandusky will get the 581 pages of secret grand jury testimony before the start of his trial ...
Pennsylvania state prosecutors and Jerry Sandusky's lawyers will appear in a central Pennsylvania courtroom this morning ...
The Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic and Hollidaysburg girls high school basketball teams continue their journey through this year&r...
As Governor Corbett pushes the idea of privatizing health care services in Pennsylvania prisons, those who work behind bars s...
Longtime Altoona State Representative Rick Geist has declined an invitation by the Blair County Chamber of Commerce to partic...
People might be surprised to learn that the medical devices surgically implanted in their bodies are subject to almost no gov...
The Altoona Curve and six other minor league baseball teams in Pennsylvania will team up against child abuse during the upcom...
Advocates for the disabled in Pennsylvania say they are worried about the ability of some Medicaid recipients to hire home-ba...
Governor Tom Corbett toured the Norfolk Southern Juniata Locomotive Repair Shops Wednesday where he met with employees.The Go...
The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania House says he doesn't plan to schedule a vote on a bill to mandate ultrasounds ...
A retired state senator who co-chaired a nonprofit with former House Democratic whip Mike Veon told jurors at his corruption ...
The state Commonwealth Court is poised to open hearings on challenges to dozens of political candidates seeking to get their ...
It will soon be illegal to text while driving beginning next week.Pennsylvania’s statewide texting ban goes into effect...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is critical of a bid involving his predecessor for control of Philadelphia's two major news...
Harrisburg lawmakers are still split over Pennsylvania's primary election date.Voters are scheduled to go to the polls Ap...
State Democratic senators are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top public welfare official over the administration'...
A new educational program focused on preventing prescription drug abuse among middle and high school students has been launch...
Pennsylvania is receiving an additional $52.3 million in federal funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Progra...
The five-member Pennsylvania commission redrawing district lines for 50 seats in the state Senate and 203 in the state House ...
The U.S. Postal Service says it's ending outgoing mail processing at the Duncansville service center.Mail processing will...
Thon, the annual Penn State dance marathon set a record this past weekend as more than $10.6-million was raised to benefi...
Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians will be able to collect federally funded unemployment benefits through early March.Govern...
Pennsylvania's working class carries the burden of Governor Corbett's latest budget proposal, according to union lead...
House Bill 1458 goes into effect today, putting Pennsylvania in compliance with new rules from the Federal Motor Carrier Safe...
An entrepreneur from southwestern Pennsylvania is dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate now that the Republican Party has ...
A once-powerful Democratic Pennsylvania lawmaker has been convicted on five of six corruption charges relating to allegations...
It’s tax season again, and whether you use an accountant, a computer program, or try to file your returns on your own, ...
The Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a newly-formed panel of judges, lawmakers, state cabinet members and other officials, ha...
Residential electric customers will pay more starting next Thursday according to Penelec officials.The average residential cu...
Flooding brought on by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are being blamed for four deaths in Pennsylvania, including a man t...
A former state representative and his aide who are accused of participating in a scheme to illegally spend millions in public...
Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Pat Toomey is getting a Halloween knock on the door today from members of some grassroots g...
General Electric Co.'s transportation unit has announced plans to spend about $72 million to build a diesel engine plant ...
The top stories in Pennsylvania in the past year included sex scandals, icons falling, and extreme weather.The child sex abus...
Agricultural scientists have warned that herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing national problem. A Penn State Extension Spe...
A Pennsylvania bill to authorize $1.7-billion in new state borrowing is nearly law after the divided state House voted to...
Operators of women's health clinics in Pennsylvania that perform abortions are bracing for new regulations that they say coul...
Postal workers across Pennsylvania staged rallies Tuesday afternoon.The workers visited Congress members' home offices, hopin...
Governor Tom Corbett is giving nearly 25,000 state employees a second paid day off.Amid widespread flooding in central and no...
A bill to authorize Pennsylvania utility inspectors to enforce federal safety rules over many new natural gas gathering pipel...
More than 150,000 people have been purged from the Pennsylvania's medical assistance rolls in the last five months amid tough...
More than 150,000 people have been purged from the Pennsylvania's medical assistance rolls in the last five months amid tough...
A recently released report says the number of children in Pennsylvania who don't have health insurance is down. The Georgetow...
Attorneys Settle with Second Mile Charity in PA (ap)Attorneys for one of the alleged victims in the Penn State sex abuse say ...
The Department of Justice says it has begun civil investigations of two state correctional institutions in Pennsylvania. The ...
New District Judge Assigned for Sandusky Hearing (AP)A new judge is being assigned to handle Jerry Sandusky's preliminary hea...
Twenty-one thousand public sector jobs in Pennsylvania have gone away in the last year, and a new report says it's been a maj...
An Altoona man has been added to Operation Our Town’s “Most Wanted List.”Officials say 26-year-old Glenn Pi...
The requirement that Pennsylvania hunters wear back tags will soon be a thing of the past. The state Senate on Tuesday passed...
Dozens of Blair County volunteers spend their day Tuesday learning how to identify issues involving child abuse.The seminar &...
A long-powerful Pennsylvania senator was re-sentenced Thursday to 61 months in prison in a sprawling corruption case, just ab...
Penn State Taps Ex-FBI Director for Investigation (AP)Former FBI director Louis Freeh has been tapped to lead Penn State's in...
Governor Tom Corbett on Wednesday signed legislation that bans texting while driving on Pennsylvania roads. The new law, whic...
Pennsylvania's tax collections remain behind expectations, although that may be partly by design. The Revenue Department said...
A big question surrounding Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale well drilling has been: does it harm the state's private well...
A top state lawmaker says Graham Spanier should lose his job as Penn State's president unless a clear explanation is made for...
The jury in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial has begun its deliberations.The six-man, six-woman panel retired to th...
Utility crews are still making headway restoring power to tens of thousands of Pennsylvania customers who lost power in last ...
Jurors in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial have finished their first full day of deliberations without reaching a v...
An unseasonably early and destructive snowstorm is being blamed for at least five deaths in Pennsylvania.All the deaths occur...
State senators have begun debate on a major bill to create more opportunities for Pennsylvania public school children to atte...
Testimony in Pennsylvania's 5-week-old government corruption trial is over. Defense lawyers presented several final witnesses...
The sponsor of a bill to permit hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania said Thursday its fate is uncertain because of staunch opp...
An association of Pennsylvania's county commissioners has a split opinion on Governor Tom Corbett's proposal to allow countie...
The man accused of brutally assaulting a 9-year-old girl more than 30 years ago in Bedford County has pleaded guilty to the c...
Having freshly signed a bill aimed at giving him unprecedented power to take control of the finances in Pennsylvania's capita...
A few dozen protestors staged a rally outside the office of 9th District Congressman Bill Shuster on Tuesday.The gathering wa...
A minority of Pennsylvania legislators has signed a national anti-tax group's "no-tax pledge," and some told a news...
Former House Speaker John Perzel is scheduled to testify in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial. Officials say the Phi...
Governor Tom Corbett will lay out his vision today for how to fix public education's ailmentsCorbett hasn't said yet exactly ...
The National Weather Service says last month was Pennsylvania's wettest September on record. Hydrologist Charles Ross at the ...
The last month has been bad for agricultural commodity producers, with plunging prices impacting Pennsylvania’s farmers...
The years-long buildup of debt in Pennsylvania's capital city is headed for a fight in a federal bankruptcy court, where the ...
According to woolly worm experts, we are in for a severe winter. News out of the 15th annual Woolly Worm Festival held in Lew...
The Local Education and Resource Network of Blair County, LEARN, is hosting an informational and activity fair to celebrate P...
It's the beginning of Week Two in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial.Prosecutors are expected to call more witnesses ...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is not making an endorsement in the crowded field vying for the Republican Party's nominati...
October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania, with pink-themed events scheduled in every corner of th...
The director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says there are still 114 people living in shelters as a result o...
Governor Tom Corbett says he plans to make an announcement on education policy in the next couple of weeks, but isn't sure if...
A new Pennsylvania state law that overhauls criminal history disclosure rules for all public and private school employees als...
Slot-machine revenue at northeastern Pennsylvania's casinos grew at a faster clip last month than it did at casinos in the re...
Pennsylvania's Department of Revenue says tax collections are lagging $215-million behind projections after the first thr...
A proposal to change the way Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes will be counted in next year's presidential election is gettin...
The number of reported crimes in Pennsylvania is on the decline, and violent crime is falling even faster.A state police repo...
The Blair County Commissioner have agreed to spend $77,000 on a patient alert upgrade at Valley View Nursing Home.Adminis...
People’s Natural Gas customers will see an increase in their monthly bills beginning today. Rates will increase from &#...
Some northeastern Pennsylvania flooding victims are now getting a place to call home — until theirs is ready to move ba...
Pennsylvania's law that governs the collection of DNA may soon get its first overhaul since it was established 16 years ago, ...
Pennsylvania is withdrawing nearly 1,000 inmates it sent to a Virginia prison about a year ago.Virginia Department of Correct...
As Governor Tom Corbett looks to cut spending and the size of government in Pennsylvania, he'll look to recommendations from ...
A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge...
A Pennsylvania state official says a program to help people with intellectual disabilities has approved payments for luxury c...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and other officials are honoring more than 300 state troopers who've served in the U.S. arm...
A former Republican staff member in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives is guilty of a single count of conspiracy in a st...
As you get your home ready for the coming cooler weather, you can help naturalists track a disease afflicting Pennsylvania&rs...
The first trial of Republicans in Pennsylvania's corruption scandal is about to get under way in a Harrisburg courtroom.Openi...
State Police are urging Pennsylvania residents to be alert as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approach...
Governments, airports, utilities and rescue workers across Pennsylvania are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Irene, preparing...
Cooler weather, fall colors... and ragweed. For allergy and asthma sufferers, this time of year in Pennsylvania is anything b...
A businessman from the Philadelphia suburbs is planning to join the crowded field seeking the Republican nomination to challe...
National Child Passenger Safety Week is set to kick-off on Sunday. The Pennsylvania State Police, PennDOT and Safe Kids Blair...
The state Senate's Republican leader wants to shake up the way Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes will be counted next yearMaj...
A private interment ceremony for the last remains of those killed aboard Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania has ended with famil...
Pennsylvania's top environmental official says the state will use tough enforcement when it comes to regulating natural gas d...
The 2011-12 state budget slashed funding for the Pennsylvania’s Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program. Howev...
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was felt all across Pennsylvania, with people from Philadelphia to Altoona to...
Many publicly funded colleges and universities in Pennsylvania enacted above-average tuition increases for the 2011-2012 scho...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike wants to know why those drivers who still pull tickets and pay in cash are resistant to the E-ZPass...
Small-business owners in Pennsylvania hoping to prevent pollution and save money by improving energy efficiency are now eligi...
As officials track a recent salmonella outbreak in infected ground turkey, a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Ag...
Sunday hunting is being debated in Pennsylvania.Some proponents of the change point to the current prohibition as being the l...
Pennsylvania may be ending its one-year experiment with wine vending machines at grocery stores amid a contractor dispute.The...
The Department of Health says since August is National Immunization Awareness Month, it’s a good time for Pennsylvania ...
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announced Wednesday an immediate voluntary recall of approximately 36 million pounds of gr...
Former Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board chairman Jonathan Newman has announced his support of privatizing the PLCB.He joins ...
Federal officials say one person has died from salmonella poisoning that appears to be linked to eating ground turkey, but th...
Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch, on Monday delivered the Transportation Funding Advisory Commission final report on lon...
They organized the 1979 No Nukes concerts after the Three Mile Accident in Pennsylvania – and now Musicians United for ...
Pennsylvania collected $1.7 billion in General Fund revenue in July, the first month of the 2011-12 fiscal year, Secretar...
Sherlock Broadcasting, Sounds Good, Inc and Handsome Brothers, IncEmployment Opportunities and E.E.O. Public File ReportANNUA...
A bill to curtail the voting powers of Pennsylvania school board members in election years is meeting resistance from an infl...
