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Someone has bought a $3 million Pennsylvania lottery scratch-off ticket from a Sheetz store in Kittanning, the first $3 million winner in the Diamond Dazzler game, which launched on May 14th.   T...

Toes will be tapping and patriotism will be on display tonight in Blairsville, as the Blairsville Community Band is joined for a free outdoor concert by the U.S. Army 28th Infantry Division Band. The ...

One man is in the Westmoreland County Jail and another is at large after a shooting on Tuesday just outside of Bolivar. 21-year-old Darion Martin of Fairfield Township is charged with felony prohibite...

State Superior Court has rejected David Yingling's appeal for post collateral relief from his conviction and sentence for the murder of his housemate in Arcadia in May of 2016. The 64-year-old Yinglin...

A new report by the federal Appalachian Regional Commission examines the economic health of every county in Appalachia, and finds that all but two of the Pennsylvania counties in the region are in the...

The state House yesterday passed a budget that Representative Jim Struzzi says "meets the many needs of Pennsylvanians and invests in key areas of importance while keeping spending under control and s...

With the current labor deals set to expire on Sunday, there have been new negotiations recently between the State System of Higher Education and APSCUF, the union representing both the faculty and coa...

We are evidently nearing the completion of the three-year Route 119 Grove Chapel Hill climbing lane project. Yesterday, final paving was completed and the new lines were installed, establishing the so...

Indiana County President Judge William Martin has scheduled a hearing on July 9th to consider a new motion to determine the mental competency of Todd Walters, the 40-year-old Indiana man charged with ...

Two state troopers and a 20-year-old prisoner were injured yesterday afternoon in an altercation inside a police cruiser near SCI Pine Grove in White Township. In a news release, police say only that ...