08.23.17 |
Perhaps the one good thing about an overdose is that it might scare a drug abuser into going straight. But new research shows that’s usually not the case. The number of people filling painkiller prescriptions in the six months after...
08.23.17 |
A bomb threat forced the evacuation of a building on the campus of Penn State University. The bomb threat was called in to University Police around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. According to university officials, the threat was to the Research West...
08.22.17 |
Pennsylvania environmental protection officials issued the blanket warning Monday for all fish caught in the Shenango River in Mercer and Lawrence counties. It's due to extremely high levels of polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB. The advisory...
08.22.17 |
42 hurt, four seriously, when a train crashed into another unoccupied, parked train at a station in Upper Darby, just outside Philadelphia. It happened just past midnight. No word yet on the cause of the crash. It's not expected to...
08.22.17 |
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf should start freezing spending on various programs because the deficit-strapped state government soon will not be able to pay every bill on time, Pennsylvania's ranking state senator said Monday. Since the recession, the...
08.21.17 |
How to tackle white supremacist mentalities and racism in the United States - what many lawmakers question in the aftermath of the Charlottesville, Virginia violence and tragedy. "Obviously, there's no place for bigotry, hatred, racism, in...
08.21.17 |
It was anything but a typical day at the Little League World Series Complex in South Williamsport. Little Leaguers and fans alike had the chance to meet and mingle with some of their favorite Major League Baseball players ahead of Sunday night's...
08.18.17 |
There is a Planned Parenthood clinic just two miles away from the school that performs hundreds of abortions every year. If the board concedes, the nation's largest abortion provider would have employees in the school in Reading, counseling...
08.18.17 |
Tim Bream lived at the frat house where a student died during a hazing ritual in February. Police say Bream took part in the hazing. Bream was seen this week taking part in a Nittany Lions football practice at Beaver Stadium.
08.18.17 |
A rabid fox is on the loose. It's already taken a bite out of 8-year-old Keegan Schreck of Lost Creek. The attack left a v-shaped bruise on Keegan's leg. The Pennsylvania DEC has distributed fliers throughout Schuylkill County warning about...
