Category Archives: Regional/State News

State police are sharing more details on a Mount Pleasant Township toddler who died of a methamphetamine overdose last year. Investigators now say 15-month Thomas Blaesser likely got the drug in his s...

The source of a loud boom heard across the Pittsburgh region Tuesday morning is being identified. National Weather Service Pittsburgh says a meteor likely caused the boom as it rocketed across the sky...

Lawyers for a man charged in the killing of a Lower Burrell business owner say they plan to present an insanity defense. Nathan Salem is charged in the December 2023 fatal shooting of Mogie's Irish Pu...

Charges are moving forward against two people accused in the death of a 15-month-old-child. The victim died from a methamphetamine overdose in a Westmoreland County home in February of last year. Mich...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is pushing to close a gap in state law after recent cases involving stolen human remains. Luzerne County Republican Rep. Brenda Pugh has introduced House Bill 2256, which would...

State police responded to a noise complaint Feb. 28 along Carrick Lane in Young Township, Jefferson County. Troopers said a 39-year-old Punxsutawney man was playing loud music outdoors and refused to ...

A 36-year-old Punxsutawney man remains in the Jefferson County Jail after police say he assaulted his girlfriend earlier this month, despite initially calling authorities to report that he had been st...

One person is seriously hurt following a shooting onboard a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus over the weekend. Authorities say it happened on the East Busway, near Homewood Station, shortly before 5 p....

The new expanded terminal at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport is set to open soon. Airport Manager Maurice Haas says they should be ready to welcome passengers by mid-June. This is the first phase of th...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced that there is no risk to human health from radium in landfill liquids. The multi-year study into the leachate was made by the DEP ...