Washington County officials are appealing the decision by the state鈥檚 opioid settlement fund review committee to reject eight grant applications put forward by the county for various projects battling the drug epidemic in the region. The Dispute Resolution Committee overseeing the ...
A bill that would ban student cellphone use in Pennsylvania schools during the school day has moved a step forward. The state Senate last week passed a bipartisan bill, 46-1, requiring public schools to implement 鈥渂ell-to-bell鈥� bans on student cellphone use during the school day. Senate ...
A wrong-way crash on Route 982 in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, on Friday left one man dead, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The driver, David Lancaster, 50, of Mount Pleasant, died at the scene, according to the Fayette County coroner's office. Police said the 4 p.m. accident ...
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG 鈥� Late last year, Pennsylvania鈥檚 top law ...
The president of Peters Township High School鈥檚 senior class is in jail after local police accused him Friday of running a criminal network where in which he 鈥渃atfished鈥� juvenile teenagers, convinced them to share inappropriate images and videos and in some cases extorted them. Zachariah ...
The prosecution asked jurors to use their 鈥渃ommon sense鈥� that Keaundre Crews shot and killed Jaisen Irwin outside Bob鈥檚 Tavern in Finleyville more than three years ago, while the defense noted there is no physical evidence linking the defendant to the homicide. During opening ...
