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A Fayette County man who allegedly threatened his girlfriend and her five children with a handgun last month has also been accused by state police of possessing crack cocaine and marijuana. Rasheme L. Jones, 38, of Uniontown, is charged with multiple counts of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance,...

Pitt graduate student employees began voting in a four-day union election today. The election open to some 2,000 graduate research and teaching assistants comes more than three years after graduate students began organizing under the auspices of the United Steelworkers in Jan. 2016. The organizers said they were seeking safeguards...

Several Western Pennsylvania counties north of Pittsburgh suffered downed trees and power lines on Sunday evening from strong winds and heavy downpours, but no tornadoes were reported, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service issued a tornado watch with wind gusts of up to 60 mph shortly before...

The Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company will benefit from a full day of pickin’ and grinnin’ this summer in Fayette County. “Bluegrass at Jellystone” will run from noon to 10 p.m., June 29 at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp Resort in Mill Run, near Ohiopyle. It will feature music by...

A 19-year-old man was shot by police early Sunday morning after he refused their commands to drop the gun he was holding. Logan B. Macri, 19, of Canonsburg was shot multiple times following an alleged domestic assault at a home in North Strabane, according to state police. Police from North...

Every year, Pennsylvania stocks its public waterways with millions of trout in the hopes that humans will follow. Judging from the numbers who turn out religiously for the opening day of trout season, the strategy is working. On Saturday, opening day for the 2019 season, anglers were back — stalking...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A judge in Pennsylvania has upheld all charges against a groom accused of forcing himself on a teenage waitress at his wedding reception before he was taken from the hall in handcuffs over a drunken brawl. Matthew Aimers, of Willingboro, New Jersey, arrived at a Bucks County...

Waiting is the hardest part. Especially at amusement parks on hot summer days, where people can wait for more than an hour for a minutes-long ride on a popular roller coaster. Cedar Point, the huge amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, is offering roller coaster enthusiasts the chance to skip the...

PLYMOUTH, Pa. — Police say a Pennsylvania grandmother tied her 9-year-old granddaughter to a bunk bed with a belt, forced her to eat off the floor and wear urine-soaked clothing, and the child’s father and his fiancée failed to intervene. The Plymouth Borough Police Department says in a Facebook post...

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that his office’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has filed 35 legal actions statewide involving home improvement contractors, including one in Allegheny County and another in Westmoreland County. Shapiro filed a complaint in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against Barone Masonry of Glassport; Barone Construction; C...

Chuck D, the legendary founder of rap group Public Enemy, and Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin, will speak together this month at California University of Pennsylvania. The two will be part of an April 25 panel discussion on “Social Justice, Mental Health and the Hip-hop Generation,” with...

Looking to get beefed up? The new Beef Jerky Outlet at Grove City Outlets can help you do just that. Selling over 100 types of beef jerky, meat straws, sauces, rubs and more, the store, part of a national franchise, will open its doors April 17 at noon. The Grove...

Authorities in Beaver County are seeking surveillance camera footage from April 6 to help them identify a hammer-wielding burglar who smashed a glass door to enter a house and steal a jewelry box on Grand Avenue in Hopewell. Hopewell police are seeking footage from between 3 and 4 a.m. from...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office said a woman who commented on a department Facebook page has been arrested as a result of a lead stemming from that post. On March 27 the sheriff’s office shared its top ten most wanted list with photos of the individuals to its Facebook page....

A Farrell crack dealer was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Henry Bruce, 39, federal prosectutors announced Wednesday. It’s the second time that Bruce was busted and received a 10-year sentence. He was also ordered to serve an eight-year...

An official “Stronger Than Hate Day” was established in Pennsylvania during a joint legislative session that honored the victims of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. It’s just the third joint legislative session held in the last 78 years. The last time the two chambers of...

Giant Eagle is joining what appears to be a growing national trend: incorporating robots into the daily routine of its grocery stores. Going by the name Tally, the black, white and blue robot will roll up and down aisles alongside customers, counting inventory, detecting products that are running low or...

A Latrobe couple who pledged $7 million to Indiana University of Pennsylvania and helped steer its ongoing fund raising campaign has received IUP’s inaugural Award of Excellence in Volunteer Leadership. Tim and Deb Phillips Cejka, of Latrobe and Houston, Texas, were honored for their generosity and work advancing IUP’s $75...

Monday might not be fun day, but it’s the best day of the week in most states to save money at the gas pump. Drivers may be looking to save any way they can. Average gasoline prices are up 50 cents per gallon since January, with many metro areas across...

No foul play is suspected in the death of a 31-year-old Somerset County woman whose body was found near a fire Saturday in Somerset Borough, police said Tuesday. Police Chief Randy Cox said authorities were able to identify the victim, Desiree Fleegle, who resided in Somerset and Central City, through...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review consent decrees involving the dispute between healthcare giants UPMC and Allegheny Health Network. Shapiro announced Monday that he filed an appeal with the Supreme Court after the state’s Commonwealth Court last week ruled in favor of UPMC,...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has scheduled two public input hearings regionally on Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC’s request for a 14% distribution rate increase including one April 24 at the Boyce Campus of Allegheny County Community College in Monroeville. On Feb. 28, the PUC voted to study the Peoples...

The Project on Rural Ministry is looking for a few good pastors. The project, administered by Grove City College and funded by the Lilly Endowment, will recruit 30 pastors from evangelical Christian churches to participate in a five-year program designed to strengthen ministry in rural areas. Participating pastors must come...