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The Pennsylvania Attorney General says Somerset County Sheriff Dustin Weir made inappropriate sexual remarks to a 15-year-old girl during a “Shop With a Cop” event last December. The allegations led Pennsylvania State Police to charge Weir, 46, on Thursday with a single misdemeanor count of corruption of minors. According to...

Pennsylvania Democrats are making a push to help people who are set to lose SNAP benefits on Saturday, but the help won’t come immediately. Members of the state Senate Democratic Caucus introduced legislation this week to use reserve money to provide $50 million to 18 food banks, $10 million to...

Homes across Western Pennsylvania are decked out in preparation for Halloween trick-or-treaters Friday night. The most popular decoration in the Keystone State turned out to be bats, according to Google Trends. Colorado was the only other state in the U.S. with bats at the top as well. Americans were expected...

Somerset County Sheriff Dustin Weir was charged Thursday with corruption of minors, according to court documents detailing an alleged incident at a Shop With a Cop event last December. Weir, 46, of Quemahoning, is accused of taking a 15-year-old girl to the condom aisle of a Walmart during the event...

With federal funding stalled by the government shutdown, Pennsylvania’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are expected to run out this week, leaving many families uncertain about how they’ll put food on the table. About 46,000 people in Westmoreland County and another 160,400 people in Allegheny County rely on SNAP,...

It’s a never-ending battle for Rebecca Kasavich, owner of Copies at Carson, to fund health insurance for workers at her commercial print shop in Pittsburgh’s South Side. About 15 years ago, she made employees pay into their plans for the first time — a common move for businesses struggling with...

Costumes and candy are about to collide with high school football playoffs Friday, and some communities either playing host or traveling to games have tweaked traditional holiday schedules in response. Halloween last fell on a Friday in 2014, and it won’t do so again until 2031. In Harrison, township officials...

Giant Eagle says it needs customers’ pennies, and it’s prepared to make a deal. The Cranberry-based retailer said it will exchange pennies for double their value in Giant Eagle gift cards between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Customers must provide a minimum of 50 cents in pennies, which would...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Oct. 30: Masked suspects steal car in Oakland University of Pittsburgh Police say two men in black masks and hoodies stole a delivery driver’s car in Oakland. Just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the driver exited his vehicle to...

The phones at Allegheny Valley Association of Churches in Harrison have been ringing off the hook for a week. Most of the callers are fearful about how they’ll feed their families if Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits are cut off Saturday as expected, said Executive Director Karen Snair....

Rain showers could be the real scare for trick-or-treaters this Halloween in Western Pennsylvania. Shannon Hefferan, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Moon, said the region will see heavy rain leading into the holiday — perhaps more than an inch Thursday. It might not let up. In the...

Pennsylvania Western University plans to furlough employees at its campuses in California and Clarion because of financial and enrollment challenges. Earlier this month, PennWest notified AFSCME Council 13 that it intends to furlough more than a dozen employees at California and Clarion beginning Nov. 16, according to the union. Union...

When people sit down for a meal, they don’t think about what to do with their hands when eating. It’s just second nature. Yet, their hands are constantly adapting posture and grip to the cutlery, food and drinks on the table, in order to enable the goal of eating. “Our...

Law enforcement teams have seized 50 million doses of fentanyl from drug traffickers and users across Pennsylvania this year. Of that, nearly 18 million of the doses were found in Western Pennsylvania, they said. On Monday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday provided an update on the seizures at a news...

A section of the Parkway East ranks among the riskiest roads in the country, according to Allstate. Allstate analyzed driving behavior across the 50 most populous U.S. cities and identified the 10 riskiest road segments based on rates of hard braking and speeding — two key indicators of aggressive driving....

No one was hurt when shots were fired at an apartment complex near Slippery Rock University in Butler County early Sunday morning, according to state police. State police said troopers responded around 2:30 a.m. to the incident at University Village at Slippery Rock in Slippery Rock Township. State police determined...

It’s been 50 years since the first American audiences saw a giant pair of crimson lips gracing their silver screens, singing an iconic opening song about “the late night double feature picture show.” Since Sept. 26, 1975, fans around the world have embraced the quirky, raunchy and downright weird “Rocky...

It has been seven years since a gunman entered a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 Jewish worshippers during a Shabbat service. Now, Jewish oral historians Aliza Becker and Noah Schoen are making sure no one forgets the stories of those impacted by the attack. On Sunday, Becker and Schoen released...

A Fayette County man was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for killing his wife, according to Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele. Arthur E. Guty, 57, of Uniontown was immediately sentenced to a term of life imprisonment in connection with the December 2023 death of Nicole Zambrano, 26, Aubele said....

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Oct. 24: Man stabbed in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood A man was stabbed during an altercation early Friday morning in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Public safety officials said police were dispatched to the 7900 block of Frankstown Avenue...

A fatal crash early Friday morning shut down a section of the eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike for a time between New Castle and Cranberry. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Khalil K. Mutadabur, 21, of Pittsburgh was killed while walking in the eastbound travel lanes near milepost 13.9, just...

Studying and coursework might look a little more high-tech at the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt has signed a universitywide agreement with Anthropic and Amazon Web Services for an AI model — Claude for Education — that can pose open-ended questions and offer support for students, preparing them for professional AI...

At a Harrisburg pharmacy Thursday, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen and Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys rolled up their sleeves for covid shots to underscore the vaccine’s continued availability. “Today I want to encourage everyone who is six months or older to talk to a health care provider or pharmacist...

People are having children later in life — a trend that’s especially pronounced in Western Pennsylvania. The average age of first-time mothers who gave birth in 2024 at an Allegheny Health Network labor and delivery unit was 31.1 years old — three years higher than the national average, according to...

The small, plush Webkinz stuffed animals popularized in the late 2000s are making a comeback — with their virtual world officially back up and running after an a long hiatus. Early access for the browser-based version of Webkinz Classic is now available, according to Webkinz Newz. It can be found...