SPARTA, Pa. (AP) — A hit-and-run crash involving an SUV and a horse-drawn Amish buggy left two adults and two young children in the buggy seriously injured.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The nationwide push to take down symbols of the Confederacy, to question why anyone flies a rebel flag at all, has come to Gettysburg, a city of barely 1,100 on the South Dakota prairie, where the buffalo once roamed.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- Penn Power officials announced this week that crews are  upgrading infrastructure and installing technology to modernize its electric system in Lawrence County.  They say it's part of a new, four-year plan to enhance electric service reliability. This work builds upon the c…

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Research reveals cats kill 1.3 to 4-billion birds in the United States each year. The American Bird Conservancy identifies cats as the number one threat to the bird population in North America.  The organization says it’s the combination of tens of millions of outdoor c…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s more expansive mask order issued this week as the coronavirus shows new signs of life in Pennsylvania is being met with hostility from Republicans.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With a spike in coronavirus cases expected to continue growing, Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh and 1.2 million residents, imposed a one-week shutdown of bars and restaurants and all gatherings of more than 25 people starting Friday.

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(AP)-- A Pennsylvania man is suing a handful of retired state police investigators and officials alleging malicious prosecution after he spent most of his childhood in prison for the shotgun killing of his father’s pregnant fiance before the state Supreme Court overturned his conviction.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's high court has ruled against an effort by Republican state lawmakers to end Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's shutdown orders.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration moved Wednesday to expand its indoor mask order to public places outdoors where social-distancing is impossible, while he also said that he prefers to let Pennsylvania’s local governments handle further coronavirus restrictions, as oppose…

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- Today the Wolf Administration reminded Pennsylvanians of the requirements put in place for restaurants and bars to protect the health and safety of workers and patrons from COVID-19.

Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of June 30 that there are 618 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 86,606. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- New Castle officials say a New Castle woman was flown to the hospital on Tuesday after rescuing her children from their burning home. Fire crews responded to the blaze on South Crawford Avenue before 6 AM.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Officials in western Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County are halting all on-site consumption of alcohol in bars and restaurants due to what they call an “alarming” spike in COVID-19 cases.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced new expiration dates for driver licenses, identification cards, and learner's permits, will be extended for Pennsylvania residents in response to statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania health officials are taking a deep dive into areas where COVID-19 cases are ticking up and threatening to undo months of progress against the disease.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- Western Pennsylvania has a new 1,000-megawatt power plant fueled by natural gas, and it's located in Lawrence County.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is seeing an uptick in the number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19, more than three months after the pandemic first began to spread in the state.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State regulators have failed to prevent Pennsylvania’s natural gas drilling industry from sickening people and poisoning air and water, a grand jury concluded in a report issued Thursday after a two-year investigation.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - There was a boom, then the house shook. Daylan McLee thought for a minute it might have been a small earthquake until a relative came running inside to say there had been a car crash involving a police cruiser outside the apartment in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, about 45 m…

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A group of educators from throughout the state aims to overhaul some of the country’s oldest standards for science education, all while avoiding a protracted political dispute over climate change and evolution.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Bethany College, a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference, announced this week it is removing the name of the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd from its health center, saying his name had caused “divisiveness and pain” without explicitly noting his complicated pas…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With some states taking a fresh look at strengthening measures to hold police officers accountable, lawmakers in Pennsylvania are being urged to join states that make police department records of discipline accessible to the public.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission is rejecting an attempt to end its three-month-old moratorium preventing utilities from terminating service to non-paying customers while the state fights the spread of the coronavirus.

HOPEWELL, Pa. (AP) — A 10-month-old girl who was critically injured when the horse-drawn Amish buggy she was riding in was struck by a car this week has died from her injuries.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- The body of a missing New Castle teen was found Monday night.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two bills to change how police are hired and trained were approved unanimously on Monday by a Pennsylvania House committee.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- New Castle Police Department says officers have filed criminal charges in connection to the disappearance of Amari Wise.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor loosened restrictions Friday on eight more counties as the state continues to emerge from three months of lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Projected first-year enrollment is down at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities. According to numbers released Thursday by the state’s higher education system, 17,277 students paid deposits this week compared to 17,583 during this period last year.

PITTSBURGH-- PennDOT District 11 officials say a $6.15-million dollar roadway improvement project on nearly five miles of Route 224 in Lawrence County will begin on Monday, June 15. The project on Youngstown-Poland Road/West State Street will happen in Mahoning and Union townships weather pe…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania hospitals will be required to replace soiled or damaged respirators on request, require universal masking and take other steps to protect health care workers from the new coronavirus under an order issued Tuesday by the state health secretary.

HARRISBURG, Pa.-- The Wolf Administration has issued preliminary guidance for high school and recreational sports teams to resume voluntary workouts and other in-person activities in the state’s yellow and green phases. The guidance includes college and professional sports.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 death toll passed 6,000 as the state Health Department on Tuesday reported 61 additional deaths linked to the disease.

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — For movie buffs looking to enjoy a big-screen cinema experience, outdoor drive-in theaters offer an alternative to the living room as COVID-19 restrictions keep indoor multiplexes shuttered.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- The Lawrence County Fair organizers announced they are canceling this year's event because of the coronavirus pandemic.

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — In mid-March, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to close, prompting an abrupt shutdown of the state’s public and private schools – and, it turns out, Amish one-room schoolhouses.

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An employee at a northwestern Pennsylvania zoo was bitten on the arm by an orangutan over the weekend, authorities said.

What started with a simple spreadsheet created by a group of college students who wanted to help during the pandemic has become a national engine for volunteer work.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Elementary and secondary schools inside Pennsylvania’s less restrictive reopening zones are getting the OK to resume teaching in person and other activities at the end of month.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.-- People protesting the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis marched peacefully in New Castle on Sunday, coinciding with protests across the country. They were lead by New Castle's mayor, Chris Freye.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania officials reported comparatively low figures for new COVID-19 infections and deaths on Monday, a sign the pandemic’s impact may be on the wane.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will lift most of his pandemic restrictions in an additional 16 counties that are home to nearly 3 million people across western and central Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tan National Guard vehicles were stationed around City Hall and other government buildings in downtown Philadelphia early Monday as an overnight curfew lifted.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter partisan fight over a Pennsylvania lawmaker’s decision to wait a week before disclosing his COVID-19 diagnosis spread to the House floor Thursday, and the state attorney general declined to investigate.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 70,000 Pennsylvanians have been infected with the coronavirus, the state Health Department said Thursday, and 108 more state residents have died from it.

HARRISBURG, Pa.– Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar announced this week that the Department of State will provide accessible write-in ballots to voters with disabilities who request one.