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Family coping as Altoona man deported in July

Jessica and Pedro Espitia first met 24 years ago when they were taking their trash to the dumpster at the Rolling Rock Motel in Duncansville, where they were both living — she with her infant daughter, he as a drywall hanger and finisher working in the building. Not long after, as they sat ...

Virtue, liberty, and milkshakes?

This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible people, beautiful places, and delicious food of Pennsylvania. Sign up for free here. HARRISBURG — Last Saturday, Randy Graham joined a line that stretched into the ...

Multiple police officers and suspects in a vehicle theft had to be rescued from a steep hillside Sunday night. Monessen Fire Department Chief Delmar Hepple said crews were called at about 6 p.m. to the intersection of Dennis Avenue and Pine Street and that four officers and two ...

A Uniontown man was arrested Thursday as part of a large-scale narcotics investigation in Maryland. David Coffey, 63, was one of multiple people apprehended as part of an investigation by the Allegany County Narcotics Task Force in Maryland. The investigation determined Coffey had left the ...

Labor leaders cheer reversal of NIOSH cuts

Last week’s reversal of cuts to a federal organization behind miner safety programs drew praise from labor leaders. About 1,000 employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — representing about 90% of the agency’s workforce — were placed on administrative ...

A caravan from America 250 PA celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial this year is swinging through southwestern Pennsylvania this weekend to kickoff a patriotic party. Members from the legislatively-created organization tasked with promoting the 250th anniversary of independence are ...