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During an emotional State Capitol news conference, Pennsylvanians who are awaiting a life-saving organ transplant, who are al...
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is urging the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark to come to a long-term a...
Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a runner who collapsed and died during the half-marathon competition of the Pittsburg...
A Marine veteran says he plans to run against freshman U.S. Representative Keith Rothfus in next year's Republican primar...
The American Lung Association says that air quality in parts of Pennsylvania is getting better, but there's still plenty ...
Forecasters say the sudden cold snap that hit Pennsylvania over the weekend was a little late but not unprecedented.Aaron Tyb...
Pennsylvania voters will be going to the polls a month from now to settle nomination battles over an open seat on the state a...
As health insurance premiums continue to skyrocket…so does the net worth of one of Pennsylvania’s biggest medica...
State Rep. Mike Fleck, of Huntingdon, Blair and Mifflin counties is applauding Thursdays announcement that an agreement has b...
The Altoona Curve is gearing up for next Saturday’s big exhibition game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ball club officials...
New federal data shows that 40 Pennsylvania counties had more deaths than births from 2010 to 2012, but in some of those immi...
Penn State has hired a corporate compliance officer to become the university's first director of ethics and compliance.Th...
Bishop Guilfoyle boys and girls basketball teams, as well as the Hollidaysburg girls basketball team, will compete thisweeken...
The Altoona Regional Health System says it is moving forward with a proposed affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Me...
State Rep. Mike Fleck of Huntingdon/Blair/Mifflin counties, on Wednesday pledged to push for funding to maintain the operatio...
Two Pittsburgh men are accused of selling heroin to undercover police in Blair County.The Pennsylvania Attorney General's...
Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls are scheduled to go up this weekend.The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said Wednesday most cash...
John Hanger is about to become the first person to announce his candidacy for governor in 2014.The former Pennsylvania enviro...
On Saturday at Pittsburgh’s Harris Theatre an event titled “Upon Further Review: Penn State One Year Later”...
Eugene DePasquale, a Democratic state legislator from York County, has won a three-way race for state auditor general.The 41-...
Pennsylvania lawmakers will launch a new session in Harrisburg next year with both chambers remaining under Republican majori...
Police and the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium are investigating the deadly mauling of a two-year-old boy Sunday.Zoo officials sa...
Authorities say a man who tried to extort $15,000 from retired Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has been arre...
Authorities say a Pittsburgh Steelers rookie defensive lineman fled police and crashed into parked cars while driving drunk, ...
The FBI kept a thick file on Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, but it mostly involves threatening letters sent to him an...
Republican Paul Ryan is criticizing President Barack Obama for a remark the Democrat made four years ago about voters clingin...
One of the last operating steam locomotives in the country chugged its way back through Altoona on Monday.The Fort Wayne Rail...
A judge has ruled a western Pennsylvania bear hunter is competent to stand trial next month in the beating of a man who alleg...
A judge in Pittsburgh has been asked to decide whether suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin should b...
If you thought you heard the sounds of a steam locomotive chugging through Altoona Monday afternoon, you need not be worried ...
Authorities in Cambria County say a man who was robbed and then set on fire in his garage a week ago has died at a Pittsburgh...
The state Supreme Court has denied suspended Justice Joan Orie Melvin's request for an out-of-county judge to hear her po...
A bill to expand the use of red light cameras to catch traffic violators in Pennsylvania is on its way to the governor's ...
Former Pittsburgh-area state Senator Jane Orie's request to be released on bail while appealing her conviction on campaig...
Legal experts say former Pittsburgh-area Republican state Sen. Jane Orie might wind up in prison on campaign corruption charg...
Thousands of people in Pennsylvania could die by the end of the century as a direct result of summer heat driven to extremes ...
Governor Tom Corbetts chief of staff is leaving his post.Governor Corbett said Thursday that his long-time friend will leave ...
More than two dozen protestors gathered on the steps of the Blair County Courthouse Wednesday to protest Governor Tom Corbett...
The Giant Eagle supermarket chain is recalling bags of garden salad because of possible contamination.The Pittsburgh-based ch...
The preliminary hearing for state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on campaign corruption charges has been postponed un...
A traffic stop in Blair County on Monday resulted in drug charges being filed against two people from Pittsburgh.Just before ...
Saying the future of public schools in Pennsylvania is at stake, thousands of protesters are expected in Philadelphia, Pittsb...
Rick Santorum has officially endorsed Mitt Romney's bid to unseat President Obama in the White House. "Politico repo...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has temporarily suspended state Senator Jane Orie from the practice of law following her convi...
Pittsburgh-area Republican state Senator Jane Orie intends to resign by May 21st, but is asking the court to delay her senten...
A state police fire marshal is investigating the early morning fire Tuesday in Coalport that caused significant damage to an ...
Pittsburgh is among the most polluted cities in the Union.The American Lung Association released its 13th annual State of The...
5 incumbent PA State Lawmakers Lose Primaries Veteran Altoona State Representative Rick Geist wasn’t the only Pennsylva...
Rick Santorum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail to observe the Easter holiday.The former U.S. senator re...
Mayors of some Pennsylvania cities say a bill backed by gun-rights advocates is an attempt to bully them into repealing ordin...
Although Pittsburgh-area state Senator Jane Orie was convicted of using her state-paid staff to do political fundraising and ...
A veteran’s court could be in the cards for Blair County.Adult Parole and Probation Office officials are trying to dete...
The U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) begins today (Monday).The law has not yet been fully implemen...
Jurors in the campaign corruption retrial of Pittsburgh Republican state Sen. Jane Orieended their fourth day of deliberation...
The Altoona Water Authority’s employee pension plan remains on relatively solid ground.Board members on Thursday review...
A national publication has ranked Pennsylvania among the nation’s top states for new or expanded corporate facilities i...
Two big names in Pittsburgh professional sports will pay a visit to Blair County this baseball season.Pittsburgh Steelers&rsq...
On Friday Attorney General Linda Kelly announced the filing of a series of felony charges against a Butler County man accused...
The man shot by an Allegheny Township homeowner on January 13th remains hospitalized in Pittsburgh.Officials investigating th...
Blair County Ballpark is getting a new name.Sources close to WRTA News say Altoona Curve sponsor People’s Natural Gas i...
A man shot over the weekend by an Allegheny Township homeowner has been flown to a Pittsburgh Hospital for further treatment....
Altoona City Council held an informational work session Wednesday night to learn more about the state’s ACT 47 Program,...
Penn State says three town hall meetings this week with alumni that feature university president Rodney Erickson are at full ...
Penn State Alumni will have a chance to ask questions and raise concerns about the university in person at three town hall-st...
A holiday get-together in Altoona resulted in the arrest of a Pittsburgh man Monday nightCity police tell WRTA News that 44 y...
A new survey places Altoona among the safest small-town communities in the country.According to the survey from the Farmers I...
Student athletes from Altoona and Hollidaysburg may soon be playing athletes from schools in the City of Pittsburgh. Four cit...
Sandusky Freed on Bail, Placed Under House Arrest Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky left the Centre C...
The U.S. Postal Service wants to close 11 mail processing facilities in Pennsylvania – including one in Duncansville &n...
The Department of Justice says it has begun civil investigations of two state correctional institutions in Pennsylvania. The ...
Attorneys Settle with Second Mile Charity in PA (ap)Attorneys for one of the alleged victims in the Penn State sex abuse say ...
An Altoona man has been added to Operation Our Town’s “Most Wanted List.”Officials say 26-year-old Glenn Pi...
New District Judge Assigned for Sandusky Hearing (AP)A new judge is being assigned to handle Jerry Sandusky's preliminary hea...
A new study says Pittsburgh newspapers and newscasts present a distorted picture of black men and boys.Researchers say that a...
Blair County officials released new details Tuesday of their plans for a $12.5-million bond issue. The spending was outli...
Abill that would authorize 19 of Pennsylvania's most-populated cities to install red-light cameras in an effort to improve tr...
Governor Tom Corbett will be touring a carpenters training center in Pittsburgh today, where he's also expected to discuss hi...
An environmental group says that air quality problems may be even worse than previously thought in a new report issued Wednes...
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission held a public hearing Wednesday at the Duquesne University School of Law.Several s...
The Altoona Area School District has hired a Pittsburgh law firm to guide it through an ongoing federal grand jury investigat...
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was felt all across Pennsylvania, with people from Philadelphia to Altoona to...
The man hit by a car while crossing a city street over the weekend has died.Altoona police say that late Saturday night 56-ye...
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announced Wednesday an immediate voluntary recall of approximately 36 million pounds of gr...
Two people from Pittsburgh have been arrested in Blair County for selling dope.The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, B...
A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a lawsuit begun by ACORN that hoped to overturn a state law used to prosecute vot...
Drivers traveling Route 22 between Altoona and Pittsburgh may soon find the trip a bit easier. PennDOT and local officials wi...
The National Weather Service is predicting excessive heat and humidity statewide right into the weekend. Current forecasts ar...
An Altoona woman is in custody this morning after a domestic dispute overnight turned into a stabbing incident.City police te...
Hundreds of local Tea Party patriots gathered in Hollidaysburg onSunday for an Independence Day picnic.Several guest speakers...
A Bedford County man accused of severely injuring his infant son in a baby shaking incident will be put on trial as an adult....
More than a decade after last meeting on the football field, Penn State and Pittsburgh will renew their rivalry with a home-a...
A Bedford County teenager has been accused of assaulting an 8-week-old baby. State Police say the incident happened June 9th ...
A local recount in a statewide judicial election cost Blair County $4,000.Commissioner Donna Gority says the county is se...
A week after a grand jury report exposed shortcomings in Pennsylvania's casino licensing process, there are questions about w...
Blair County’s elections officials will begin recounting thousands of ballots this morning in a tightly contested state...
A ballot recount appears likely in a close race for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court. Although...
The Altoona Area School District has been named an overachieving school district by the Pittsburgh Business Times.The publica...
An Altoona woman has been arrested on drug charges following a Pennsylvania state Police Vice Unit investigation.During the p...
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The following is the speech Gov. Tom Corbett gave to the American Federation for Children May 9 in Washington, D.C. The issu...
