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HARRISBURG — An impending benefits cliff needs attention first, Pennsylvania officials say, before the state considers system reform. This, despite co...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — From the school colors to the values of compassion, wisdom and integrity, St. Bonaventure University’s Franciscan roots are di...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro visited the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank on Tuesday to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes...

KERSEY — Fox Township Ambulance Service and township firefighters recently purchased a new side-by-side rescue vehicle to be used in places that would...

Pennsylvania’s hyperlocal emergency medical services system teeters on the brink of collapse and, officials say, it’s up to legislators to intervene b...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is pushing for minimum staffing standards in nursing homes. Casey, chairman of the Senate Committee on Aging,...

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro Administration and the Department of Human Services (DHS) is urging anyone enrolled in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program, also ...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day the seniors of Bradford’s Ecumenical Home and Chapel Ridge decided to volunteer their time to participate in an inter...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s public safety agencies will be led by long-serving state employees who have risen through the ranks, incoming Democra...

BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say five guns were recovered from a man shot and killed by police after a chase and gunfire that killed a W ester...

WEST PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police in Schuylkill County say two firefighters died responding to a house fire where a body was fou...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Body cameras will soon begin to be worn by state corrections department employees who work outside state prisons and community corr...

COLLEGEVILLE (AP) — Two of five bomb technicians injured in the detonation of an explosive device during a training exercise in Pennsylvania remained ...

ALIQUIPPA (AP) — A man accused of shooting a state trooper in Pennsylvania early Friday had served time in prison for his role in a 2005 murder-for-hi...

No other police officer from McKean County has ever been awarded this honor. Kevin Seipp, a Smethport police officer, was awarded Law Enforcement Offi...

AUSTIN — The Austin Volunteer Fire Department recently conducted a fire safety and smoke detector survey at the Austin Area School. Over 53% of the st...

NATIONAL CORRECTIONS WEEK: That’s right, the first week of May is set aside each year to honor Corrections Officers and personnel, and the honorable j...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An early morning fire in a north Philadelphia row home has claimed the lives of three children and one adult, authorities said. Fi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Six U.S. soldiers practicing jumps from a Chinook helicopter near Gettysburg National Military Park Tuesday spent some time stuck i...