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Today's the last day for voter registration for this year's spring primary election, and for the special election to choose Don White's successor in the State Senate. White retired from the 41st Distr...

In his Major League debut, Pirates shortstop Cole Tucker smashed a tie-breaking two-run home run to straightaway center field in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the 3-1 lead held up as the game wa...

Pitching took the stage as the Altoona Curve swept a doubleheader from Richmond yesterday, 2-0 and 1-0. James Marvel threw a complete-game 7-inning shutout in the first game. A combination of pitchers...

State Police say a 47-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man, both from Commodore, stole credit cards from a 69-year-old Center Township woman and ran up $40,000 of charges in the victim's name between ...

State police report the theft of approximately six campaign signs belonging to a political candidate. It happened between 6 o'clock Thursday evening and 8 o'clock Friday morning along Route 954 in the...

The U.S. Census Bureau yesterday released population data for all 67 of Pennsylvania's counties, showing that 37 counties lost population between the 2017 count and 2018, while 30 counties grew. India...

State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein will visit IUP again on Tuesday afternoon, and he's now announced that he will be visiting all of the state-owned universities in what he cal...

The state Department of Environmental Protection yesterday announced that black fly spraying will begin on roughly 1,700 stream miles in 25 counties. The spray will be distributed both by air and by b...

There will be a very large police presence on the IUP campus today, but it's not for a specific threat or incident...it's a training session at Wallwork Hall. The university says the IUP Criminal Just...

Indiana County has a number of successful local breweries, and their owners will be keeping an eye on a hearing scheduled next week in Pittsburgh. The House Liquor Control Committee, which is chaired ...