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A group of 200-to-250 members of the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania are expected to descend upon the Greensburg area next week for the organization’s 74th annual convention. Major John Urban, who has served eight years in the Marines, will be the keynote speaker in the convention that runs from...

A dispute over a banana and a cookie apparently sparked a fight between two inmates in a holding cell at a Pennsylvania courthouse. Authorities say 18-year-old Ryshawn Crawford and a 35-year-old man were at the Indiana County courthouse for unrelated matters on Friday when Crawford said he wanted the other...

Opening statements were made Tuesday morning in the trial of an Armstrong County man accused of having sex with a teenaged boy. Mark Alan Feeney, 56, a former chief of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, is facing charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with...

A report by the Southwest Partnership for Mobility, chaired by state and local officials, calls for stable statewide public transportation funding without relying on the Turnpike Commission giving PennDOT $450 million a year. Providing a sustainable funding source would ease the Turnpike Commission’s debt burden, as well as the need...

Property taxes collected by school districts across the state could be a thing of the past if a new bill passes. Introduced by Rep. Pam Snyder (D-Fayette/Greene/Washington), along with state Reps. Marcia Hahn (R-Northampton) and Rosemary M. Brown (R-Monroe/Pike), the bill would enable districts to exclude up to 100% of...

The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania continues to set records in the number of people it helps. An estimated 480,831 people received assistance in 2018 as a result of United Way programs or collaborations with other agencies, according to the recently released 2018 annual report. That number represents a 16%...

Everybody knows that the cookie is always the best part of a bagged lunch. So, when one inmate wouldn’t give his up to another inmate, you can imagine what happened next. Or maybe you can’t. An Indiana County inmate, who had already handed over his sandwich, refused to part with...

A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information about several suspicious fires that have occurred in Indiana County since last year. The most recent blaze happened March 28 at a barn on Barnard Road in Dayton. According to a news release from The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...

Residents in the Cleveland metro area got a jolt on Monday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was registered at 10:55 a.m., centered in Lake Erie, just off the shore of Eastlake, Ohio. USGS The USGS received hundreds of reports from the surrounding area, and as...

Average gasoline prices declined in nearly every state last week, and the national average is at its lowest point since early April, an industry analyst said. “The fall has come amidst a deep drop in oil prices set in to play on worries that tariffs could slow economic growth, reducing...

A 17-year-old boy from Butler suffered a suspected serious injury in a two-vehicle crash on Route 356 in Jefferson Township on Saturday morning, according to state police. State police did not release the teen’s name. He was flown by helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh. The crash happened around...

The rustic Pennsylvania training camp where Muhammad Ali prepared for some of his most famous fights has undergone an elaborate restoration, opening to the public Saturday as a shrine to the heavyweight icon’s life and career. The famed Deer Lake camp was in disrepair when California real estate investor Mike...

A Uniontown man has been charged with arson after setting fire to a vacant house and a van in attempt to kill himself. John A. Mack, 49, who is homeless but stays in Uniontown, allegedly confessed to the crimes to Uniontown police while being treated at a hospital for burns...

Jeep owners and those who enjoy the storied history behind them are flocking to Butler County this weekend for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, which runs through Sunday at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Worth Township, near Slippery Rock. The festival is organized by the Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association...

Uniontown firefighters battled blazes at more than one house in Uniontown late Friday night, a Fayette County 911 supervisor said. The fire was reported at 336 E. Main St., at about 9:20 p.m. The 911 supervisor said that city police said multiple buildings were on fire. The initial report from...

A Butler physician is Gateway Rehabilitation’s new director of physician services. Dr. George Lloyd is a surgeon who has refocused on addiction counseling since 2000 and is a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. About 18 years ago, he established Evidence Based Recovery Inc., a medical practice treating...

The second annual Jimmy Stewart Airshow is set for this weekend, with World War I-style dogfight maneuvers, skydivers, drones and plenty of activities for kids planned at the Jimmy Stewart Airport in Indiana County. Gates open at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with aerobatics between noon and 5 p.m. Tickets...

Not all bald eagle rescue stories end so happily. But the bald eagle saved from the middle of a busy Chester County highway in a motorcyclist’s flannel shirt has been successfully rehabbed and released back into wild. Motorcyclist Dandon Miller of Lancaster, who stepped up to help the bird stranded...

Big Brother, meet Uncle Sam. As in Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who would be astounded at the lengths the retail giant is now going to please its customers. The Arkansas-based company announced its latest endeavor Friday and it will be coming to Pittsburgh and two other cities in...

State transportation officials Friday expressed concern that Pennsylvanians are putting off getting the federally compliant identification card needed to board a plane next year. Fewer than 15% of those expected to get a Real ID have sought one in the first three months since Pennsylvania began issuing cards in March,...

The classic question — paper or plastic? — could soon be phased out as bans on single-use plastic bags sweep the nation, causing paper companies and manufacturers to see a surge in sales. Companies across Pennsylvania are seeing higher sales for paper bags and boxes, but the growth is driving...

A Fayette County man was struck and killed early Thursday as he was walking home after his car became disabled along Route 51 in Franklin Township, according to state police. Douglas VanDivner, 23, of Hibbs, died of multiple injuries at Uniontown Hospital after the 5:14 a.m. incident that occurred along...

Powdermill Nature Reserve will present Cicadapalooza! from 2 p.m. to about 4 p.m. Sunday at its Rector, Westmoreland County, facility. The event is free to the public. Staff will discuss the periodical cicada Brood VIII currently resurfacing at Powdermill and elsewhere around the region. The event features a lecture on...