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Published on June 9, 2014 - Page 3
HARRISBURG (AP) — A report from the state attorney general’s office was expected to be made public soon on the handling of the Jerry Sandusky child...
Published on June 9, 2014 - Page 3
POTTSVILLE (AP) — Hundreds came to mourn Army Capt. Jason B. Jones after the eastern Pennsylvania native was killed in Afghanistan. The Pentagon...
Published on June 8, 2014 - Page 2
Dog treats fed to students BOYERTOWN (AP) — A school district says an aide has been suspended after she tricked students into eating pet snacks by...
Published on June 8, 2014 - Page 3
SCRANTON (AP) — A high school has granted diplomas to 27 veterans decades after many dropped out to fight for their country. Louis Lanzo, 87, and...
Published on June 7, 2014 - Page 2
Lottery cop’s wife charged RANKIN (AP) — A western Pennsylvania police officer who made headlines when he won a $1 million Powerball drawing last...
Published on June 7, 2014 - Page 7
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Democrat Tom Wolf is being endorsed for governor by one of Pennsylvania's largest labor unions while the man he's challenging,...
Published on June 7, 2014 - Page 20
The Philadelphia Inquirer HAVERFORD (AP) — Malinda Swain has “a thing” about nature, snowy white paper, handmade or recycled anything — and the kind...
Published on June 6, 2014 - Page 2
Cops: Mom drinks, kids wait MCKEES ROCKS (AP) — A woman was drinking at a bar while her 9-year-old twins were locked in a car outside, police said...
Published on June 6, 2014 - Page 4
HARRISBURG (AP) — A survey of the financial condition of Pennsylvania’s public schools shows a discouraging pattern of property-tax increases,...
Published on June 6, 2014 - Page 14
SCRANTON (AP) — Two jurors have been dismissed from the homicide trial of the second man charged in the murder of a man whose body was found in a...
Published on June 5, 2014 - Page 2
Soldier killed in Afghanistan FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The Department of Defense says an Army captain based at Fort Bragg has died in Afghanistan....
Published on June 5, 2014 - Page 3
SAYLORSBURG (AP) — A contractor has been hired to clean up the land formerly owned by a man accused of killing three people at a municipal meeting...
Published on June 5, 2014 - Page 6
HARRISBURG — A divided Pennsylvania state House committee advanced a bill Wednesday to immediately expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of...
Published on June 4, 2014 - Page 2
Mom, man admit killing boy PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old boy and her boyfriend have both been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison...
Published on June 4, 2014 - Page 3
SCRANTON (AP) — A priest who was caught having sex with a 15-year-old boy in a parked car is going to prison. A judge in Lackawanna County on...
Published on June 3, 2014 - Page 2
Corbett is against tax hike HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett remains steadfast against raising taxes as a way to solve the state’s growing budget...
Published on June 3, 2014 - Page 3
HARRISBURG (AP) — Police say a state trooper and a suspect injured in a shootout are both in stable condition following surgery. A state police...
Published on June 3, 2014 - Page 3
SCRANTON (AP) — A jury was selected Monday for the homicide trial of the second man charged in the murder of a man whose body was found in a sport...
Published on June 3, 2014 - Page 3
SCRANTON (AP) — A builder of for-profit youth detention centers has reported to prison for his role in a juvenile justice scandal in which thousands...
Published on June 2, 2014 - Page 2
Cops: Man killed baby mama WINDBER (AP) — Authorities say Denver Blough, 25, was arrested Saturday in the apparent shooting death of the mother of...
Published on June 2, 2014 - Page 3
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (AP) — Authorities say a man found dead on the lawn of his burning eastern Pennsylvania home died of a gunshot wound to the chest....
Published on June 1, 2014 - Page 2
$300 parking tickets issued PITTSBURGH (AP) — Allegheny Parks have something of a popularity problem, leading visitors to park on the grass. People...
Published on June 1, 2014 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania lawmakers prepare to reconvene Monday after a four-week break around the primary election, there is no shortage of ideas...
Published on May 31, 2014 - Page 2
Flight diverted by dog poop PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cross-country fight had to make an unscheduled landing when a service dog pooped twice in the...
Published on May 31, 2014 - Page 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — City police said they uncovered the largest marijuana-growing operation in decades after three men broke into the building and...
Published on May 31, 2014 - Page 8
HARRISBURG (AP) — State Police are investigating after human remains were found on state game lands outside Harrisburg. Trooper Rob Hicks says a man...
Published on May 30, 2014 - Page 2
Lightning hits gas refinery HOUSTON, Pa. (AP) — Lightning hit a gas refinery Wednesday evening, prompting the evacuation of homes within 2 miles....
Published on May 30, 2014 - Page 4
NANTICOKE (AP) —When Zelino Vici opened his barber shop in Nanticoke, the United States president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, baseball legend Babe...
Published on May 30, 2014 - Page 4
CHENANGO BRIDGE, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-year veteran state trooper was killed instantly when he was hit by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop...
Published on May 30, 2014 - Page 4
NESQUEHONING (AP) —A police officer who was on-duty when he was involved in a deadly car crash has been placed on unpaid administrative leave....