NEW CASTLE, Pa.--PennDOT is announcing cross pipe replacement work on Route 208 in Pulaski and Wilmington townships, Lawrence County, will begin Tuesday, July 20 weather permitting.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-–PennDOT is announcing daily closures of Armstrong Road (Route 2007) in Perry Township, Lawrence County, will begin Monday, July 19 weather permitting.

PITTSBURGH-- Police departments across Pennsylvania must use a database to track complaints and misconduct allegations against officers. It is an effort to prevent problem officers from moving from department to department.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Six of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities are being consolidated into two new institutions. The State System of Higher Education’s governing board voted unanimously on Wednesday for the plan that will begin to be implemented in about a year.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Crown” tied with “The Mandalorian” for the most Emmy nominations Tuesday, 24 each, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with runner-up “WandaVision.”

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing drilling operations on Route 65 and Route 108/168 (South Croton Avenue) in the City of New Castle and Shenango Township, Lawrence County will occur next week, Monday through Friday, July 12-16 weather permitting.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Department of Health has reduced the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses that had been administered by about 500,000, saying the numbers were duplicates.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — College athletes in Pennsylvania can now start earning money based on their fame and celebrity without fear of sanctions from their school or athletic association.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican-crafted bill to ban so-called COVID-19 “vaccine passports” and restrict the health secretary’s actions during health emergencies is dead after a veto by Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor. The measure that split both legislative chambers along party lines …

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- The 2021 Summer Concerts Live Season kicks off the Fourth of July weekend in New Castle with a patriotic celebration on Friday, July 2nd. "Snarfunkle," a high-energy acoustic band, will perform at Riverwalk Park. The Lawrence County Flow Collective will be appointed for the…

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- LGBTQ organizers from Pittsburgh held a vigil Sunday night to remember a Latinx transgender woman who was murdered last week.  The Sunday night vigil brought together community members including, some people from Westminster College.  

Tell us about your time following college. Three weeks after I graduated from Westminster College, I picked up everything and moved 2,000 miles away from home to Orlando, Florida. It was the scariest but most rewarding adventure I have had so far. I knew less than a handful of people living …

Shout-out to Westminster College grad Matt McDonald (2019) for winning the Rising Star Award at Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Awards.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (WC)-- Westminster College prides itself for its strong alumni-to-student mentoring experiences, and under the guidance of a 2006 graduate, current student Hannah Fell conducted undergraduate research and presented her findings at the Institute of Industrial and Systems E…

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Former New Wilmington mayor and Lawrence County commissioner Wendell Wagner passed away on Nov. 24.   He was 87.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Titan Radio, the Westminster College radio station, continues its 40-year tradition of playing all Christmas music, commercial-free, from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has died after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. “Jeopardy!” studio Sony says Trebek died at his Los Angeles home early Sunday with family and friends surrounding him. He was 80.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Saturday will mark the final day for the Tavern on the Square in New Wilmington as the owner has announced they are closing.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some Pennsylvania school districts are permitting more fans in the stands in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling that tossed statewide pandemic limits on crowd size, while legislative Republicans prepared Wednesday to renew their push to enshrine local control of scho…

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- The New Castle City Police Department is investigating a possible suspicious letter opened at New Castle City Council on September 22.  

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (WC)-- A group of Westminster College students interning with Pleasant Hill Historians and volunteers from the Lawrence County Historical Society visited the remains of a Quaker settlement in Edinburg, Pa., over the summer months.

(AP)-- Authorities say some 10,000 state prison inmates in Pennsylvania fraudulently applied for unemployment compensation benefits meant for people who are jobless because of the pandemic.

(AP)-- The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports decided Friday to move forward with the fall season, rejecting the governor’s recommendation that all youth sports be postponed until 2021 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Amid questions over mask-wearing requirements in schools, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is trying to make it clear that masks are to be worn practically at all times by students in school, drawing complaints that school leaders must again change their preparations.

The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports signaled again Monday that it’s seriously considering moving ahead with the fall season despite the governor’s recommendation that all youth athletics be canceled until 2021.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)-- Reports of suicidal or self-harming thoughts made to Pennsylvania’s mandatory harm reporting system for schools increased after classrooms were shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's governor is recommending that youth sports, including high school sports, be put on hold until January to help prevent COVID-19 infection.

INDIANA, Pa.-- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) President Michael says the institution is moving to a hybrid model for fall semester classes, but only allow freshmen and other small groups of students back on campus.  The decision comes as cases of COVID-19 increase in western Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state elections agency is asking lawmakers to require counties to distribute mail-in ballots earlier for the 2020 General Election and beyond, based on its review of how the greatly expanded mail-in system performed during the June 2 primary.

CALIFORNIA, Pa. — California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U) will not open it's campus to students this fall but instead operate remotely because of concerns about the state's recent rise in coronavirus infections.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will pay the cost of postage for voters to mail in ballots in November’s general election.

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say seven people were arrested and about 150 people were asked to leave a western Pennsylvania amusement park after a number of fights broke out.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Sharpsville Area Schools have canceled all activities after a student tested Positive for COVID-19.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is denouncing a Republican state lawmaker and self-styled opponent of mask-wearing for mimicking the words of the state’s health secretary, who is transgender, by appealing for tolerance of the “unmasked community.”

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP)--Vowing to bring “peace and security to cities across America,” Vice President Mike Pence carried the Trump campaign’s message of law and order to exurban Pennsylvania.

ALLEN TOWN, Pa. (AP) Another Pennsylvania college has changed its mind about bringing students back to campus.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) says high school sports can resume this fall under COVID-19 safety protocols that include barring spectators from the competitions.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania reported more than 800 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, as continuing concern about the virus prompted a new grace period for drivers with expiring licenses.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s health secretary hit back Tuesday against the “perpetuators and the perpetrators” of transphobic attacks against her, saying they hurt the state’s LGBTQ residents and must come to an end.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is asking for driver’s input on traffic safety and driving behaviors through its annual online Highway Safety Survey found at www.PennDOT.gov/Safety.

HARRISBURG, Pa.– State Representatives Chris Sainato, D-Lawrence, and Mark Longietti, D-Mercer, have written to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to lift his recent restriction imposing a 25% indoor capacity on restaurants and bars.  They call it unnecessarily restrictive and damaging to the local economy.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s school superintendents are calling for more concrete recommendations from the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf as they make decisions on how, and whether, to welcome students back to the classroom this fall.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections for the third time in less than a week and the sixth time this month as some regions of the state continue to see rising case numbers.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania reported more than 800 new confirmed coronavirus cases Monday, as fresh concerns about it spreading prompted the cancellation of Monday night’s Major League Baseball game in Philadelphia.

Dr. B sits down with Todd Cole, Westminster alum and longtime award winning elementary teacher, to discuss strategies, books and other resources for raising a child who is not racist.