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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State wildlife officials say the number of white-tailed deer killed in West Virginia during the recently completed hunting seasons rose slightly compared to a year ago. The Division of Natural Resources says in a news release that hunters killed 108,856 deer last year. That’s compared to 108,160...

State police issued more than 170 traffic citations during an Operation Yellow Jacket speed enforcement detail Tuesday and Wednesday along Indiana County highways. According to spokesman Trooper First Class Cliff Greenfield, police wrote 171 traffic citations and three citations for motor carrier violations. They also issued 70 written warnings and...

COLLEGEVILLE — Bill Cosby has been moved to a general population unit as he serves three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault in Pennsylvania. The move last week comes after the 81-year-old actor spent about four months in special housing as he acclimated to the SCI-Phoenix in suburban...

A judge lowered bail to $25,000 on Wednesday for two people accused of trying to break into a Parks Township methadone clinic in January. Richard Samuel Thomas, 37, and Natalie Nicole Milanak, 36, both of Leechburg, remained at the Armstrong County Jail Thursday after they each failed to post the...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Tree of Life Congregation will be among the recipients of the fourth annual Dr. Cyril H. Wecht Western Pennsylvania Humanitarian Awards this weekend. The awards ceremony, scheduled for 12-4 p.m. Saturday at Sugar and Smoke Southern Kitchen/Bar in Bloomfield, recognizes people and institutions whose impact...

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through 7 a.m. Friday for the region, including Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties. With the ground already saturated by recent rain and an additional inch expected by the end of Thursday, flooding is possible on small streams, according to forecasters. Those who...

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority customers will pay about 14 percent more for water and sewer services under a rate hike approved Thursday morning by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Public utility commissioners unanimously approved the increase, which represents a settlement between PWSA and various objectors, including the state’s Office...

A U.S. Postal Service truck driver whose vehicle crashed into a North Huntingdon house Thursday morning died at Excela Westmoreland Hospital, the Westmoreland County coroner said. The victim, Ronald Sopko, 47, of Murrysville, apparently died as a result of a medical event, said Coroner Kenneth Bacha. The coroner’s office was...

A landmark gay bar in Pittsburgh’s Strip District is closing. Cruze Bar opened seven years ago along Smallman Street, providing a destination dance, bar and lounge experience for members of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community—offering a classic dance club environment and garnering a faithful customer base. But new development is on the...

Princess was in sad shape when Paws Across Pittsburgh volunteers met her last weekend. “The dog was in shutdown,” said Paws volunteer Vicki Marietta of Harrison City. “She wasn’t eating. She didn’t want to be touched. She was depressed and broken.” Princess, Bear, Charley, Dinky and five other dogs and...

Lower Burrell police say several vehicles were broken into Wednesday night and are reminding people to lock their car doors. Chief Tim Weitzel said the break-ins occurred on Donnell Road, Davies Street, Fairway Street, and Mintwood Drive. Most, if not all the vehicles, were left parked and unlocked, Weitzel said....

State police arrested an elderly Hempfield man on Wednesday on allegations that he molested a girl over five years, starting in 2008. Charles Donald Howard, 84, is charged with aggravated indecent assault. Troopers said in court papers that they received a ChildLine report about the allegations, which the accuser said...

ALONG THE SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA BORDER — For all practical purposes, the purple-and-white stucco shrine that Jose Arias built to celebrate his recovery from a heart attack and honor his family lies in Mexico. The only way in and out of his plywood shack is through one of Tijuana’s oldest neighborhoods,...

JERUSALEM — Seeking re-election under a cloud of criminal investigations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks to be channeling his inner Donald Trump in an angry campaign against perceived domestic enemies. Drawing clear inspiration from Trump, Netanyahu’s Likud party has plastered huge billboards of the two leaders together and launched...

A nurse practitioner is accused by federal authorities of practicing medicine and writing prescriptions after his license was suspended, according to a news release. Larry J. Goisse Jr., 34, who owns Prime Psychiatric Care at two Allegheny County locations, was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on 294...

RICHMOND, Va. — With Virginia’s top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications. Gov. Ralph Northam’s career was already hanging by a thread over a racist photo in...

President Donald Trump’s call for a ban on late-term abortions is unlikely to prevail in Congress, but Republican legislators in several states are pushing ahead with their own tough anti-abortion bills that they hope can pass muster with the Supreme Court. Two bills proposing to outlaw abortions after a fetal...

Fog blanketed the region Thursday morning, limiting visibility in some places to 100 feet, according to the National Weather Service. A fog alert was in place until 10 a.m. The National Weather Service forecast drizzle Thursday afternoon with steady rain after 5 p.m. Temperatures will reach 63 degrees and then...

A New Jersey developer envisions a long-vacant bank building in downtown Greensburg as a hub for startups. Ramesh Reddy Ammana bought the Barclay-Westmore­land Trust Co. bank building at auction for $140,000 last month. He said the 12,000-square-foot building has water damage and other issues from its many years of disuse,...

CHEROKEE, Okla. — No damage has been reported following a 3.5 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was recorded at 9:54 a.m. Thursday in Alfalfa County near Cherokee, about 100 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. The temblor was recorded at a depth of about...

Pittsburgh officials were keeping a close watch Thursday on a mudslide that caused the evacuation of four homes in the Allentown neighborhood, officials said. City Operations Chief Guy Costa said “thick, gooey mud” is running down a steep hillside below McClain Street and threatening three houses along Arlington Avenue. Officials...

The Freeport Area School District has a nearly $600,000 “honey-do” list it wants to get done before the end of the school year. The school board plans to move the money from the general fund to the capital fund and consider projects on a line-item basis. Some of the projects...

WASHINGTON — President Trump appears to be taking a more positive view of Capitol Hill talks on border security, according to negotiators who struck a distinctly optimistic tone after a White House meeting with a top Republican on the broad parameters of a potential bipartisan agreement. Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard...