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POTTSTOWN (AP) — A murderer who brazenly escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was captured Wednesday in the woods by a team of tactical officers, bringing...

HARRISBURG — September is National Preparedness Month (NPM), and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) partnered with the Pennsylvania D...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — No show is safe these days from being unceremoniously axed by their corporate overlords. That makes it extra exciting when an ongoi...

HARRISBURG — As states deal with the mentally ill and drug users in the criminal justice system, many use diversion programs to steer people into help...

CONNELLSVILLE — Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Yough River Park, along the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage (GAP), in Fayette County to launch Pennsylvania...

HARRISBURG — In an effort to attract students and the general public alike, Pennsylvania’s higher education system will partner with Google to offer c...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The man accused in the fatal shooting spree in Philadelphia that left five people dead and four others wounded Monday night left a...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) is holding two statewide webinars during the month of July to guide college-b...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Wednesday that all driver license and photo centers, including its full...

HARRISBURG — A partisan dispute broke out in the state House Thursday morning over funding for the University of Pittsburgh and other state-related un...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Faced with a rising number of Pennsylvania teachers leaving the profession, state House lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to recru...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pittsburgh-based health care giant UPMC plans to acquire Washington Health System. WHS announced the deal on Tuesday, saying the tw...

HARRISBURG — A federal mandate requires Pennsylvania to create a plan on how it will protect residents along its roads, and community meetings will be...

OIL CITY — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently reminded residents and property owners that trimming bushes and trees alon...

SANDY RIDGE (TNS) — ACentre Countyman is facing charges after he admitted to shooting a black bear that wandered onto his property. The incident happe...

DAM SAFE. Today is National Dam Safety Awareness Day according to FEMA. They recently sent a press release in remembrance of the historic Johnstown Da...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by stor...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is investigating a bear attack that resulted in non-life threatening injuries to two children Monday in Wright Townsh...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — At least $26 million is needed to bring internet access to every corner of rural Fayette County — equivalent to 60% of the county’s...

WASHINGTON — Before Sen. John Fetterman checked himself in to the hospital for clinical depression in February, he walked the halls of the Senate ston...