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The state police fire marshal is asking the public’s help on three intentionally set fires last weekend, including one that gutted a vacant bar-restaurant in Indiana County and two fires that destroyed a home in Bolivar early Sunday. Trooper Keith Sobecki of the Greensburg barracks said the Clarksburg Valley Inn...

With many schools beginning virtual instruction, some students and families are facing the dilemma of how to provide healthy meals for their children this year. Businesses and local organizations are coming together to help ensure those students are fed. Giant Eagle pledged $500,000 to regional Feeding America food banks with...

David Magill said Monday he felt Gov. Tom Wolf’s shutdown orders were unconstitutional from the start, but he didn’t think a federal judge ruling them as such would change much because the governor is appealing and many businesses already have suffered. “I think that he should concede his loss, and...

The family of a 73-year-old Butler County man, who was having a mental health crisis before he was killed two years ago by the state police, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state police. Walter Wiemann was killed on Sept. 18, 2018, in the yard of his home...

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh say they have isolated a tiny molecule that neutralizes the coronavirus and could be the foundation for a drug to prevent and combat covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Researchers from Pitt’s School of Medicine published their findings today in the journal Cell....

For some of Pennsylvania’s 616,000 jobless workers, an $1,800 lump-sum check for six weeks of unemployment may never be in the mail because the special unemployment aid could be used up before they get the money, state Labor department officials warned Monday. The likelihood the state will be unable to...

Students across the country will continue to receive free meals throughout the remainder of the year in an attempt to help families struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. Several local school districts are taking advantage of programs offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allowing students from age 2 to 18...

Stephen Clark began laying the groundwork for the 20th anniversary service for 9/11 at the Flight 93 National Memorial five months ago. Clark is the National Park Service superintendent at the Somerset County memorial that pays tribute to 40 men and women who died when United Flight 93 crashed near...

Tucked into the bustle of day-to-day life are hints of cultures that once dominated Southwestern Pennsylvania, brought by immigrants looking for work and new opportunities. Details come in the form of ethnic social halls, proud churches parishioners loyally attend on Sundays, and neighbors who have known each other for generations...

A 29-year-old Fayette County man has been jailed for allegedly abusing a young child, state police at Uniontown said. The suspect, Dustin R. Lilley of Connellsville, is accused of injuring a 2-year-old child in Bullskin Township, police said. The child had to be treated at Children’s Hospital pf Pittsburgh. Lilley...

The quick decisions state police must make when confronting a potential threat are tough enough. Now, subtract time and add stress. It’s an equation that has no clear answer when a situation escalates and a trooper decides he or she must use some level of force to get someone to...

Renovations of landmark Pittsburgh buildings are among 13 projects in Southwestern Pennsylvania that have been awarded funds though the Keystone Historic Preservation Grant program. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission this week announced 52 of the preservation grants, totaling $2.6 million, for projects in 24 counties. Nine approved projects in...

About 100 cars and pickups, many sporting Trump flags and bumper stickers, lined Route 30 Friday morning at the entrance to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Most of those parked along the highway had hoped to attend the 19th 9/11 Memorial Observance but were left to wait outside the gates....

When Paul Murdoch received the commission to design the Flight 93 National Memorial in 2005, he never imagined the job’s final stages would be taken up with figuring out how to build a massive — and massively complex — musical instrument. The memorial marks the site in Western Pennsylvania where...

A woman pulled from her burning home in Upper Yoder Township last month has died, and her husband has been charged with criminal homicide, authorities said. Cambria County detectives charged Gregory Z. Clem, 64, who was arraigned Wednesday. Detectives allege that Clem set fire to the couple’s home on Aug....

A 44-year-old woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash in New Stanton early Thursday, according to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s office. Deputy Coroner Sean Hribal pronounced Susan M. Clawson of Uniontown dead at the scene of the 1 a.m. crash in the roundabout off Rachel Drive, the coroner’s office reported....

Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Trinity Area School District were targeted by hackers who exposed students to pornography and racial slurs during remote learning sessions on Wednesday. “This morning, we took immediate action upon notification of an inappropriate video that was embedded in the link of an educational video on...

Washington & Jefferson College has sent more than two dozen students home for violating covid-19 guidelines since the fall semester began, the institution said Wednesday. The semester began Aug. 24. In the past two weeks, 26 students have been asked to return home to continue their studies remotely, according to...