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Pa. primary will settle municipal, judicial, races

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:34 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Nomination battles for mayor in several Pennsylvania cities and an open seat on a state appellate court are expected to be settled in a statewide primary.

Federal judge weighs fate of Corbett suit vs. NCAA

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:01 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Gov. Tom Corbett will learn within the next few weeks whether his federal lawsuit against the NCAA over the penalties handed down against Penn State will be allowed to continue, following a nearly two-hour hearing Monday in Harrisburg.

Pa. mayoral hopeful charged with defacing signs

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:19 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A mayoral candidate in Harrisburg is facing charges stemming from allegations that he spray painted the campaign signs of one of his competitors for the Democratic nomination.

Casey wants federal probe of fiery tanker crash

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:32:12 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants federal regulators to investigate a fiery tanker crash that caused serious damage at the interchange of Interstate 81 and U.S. Routes 22/322 near Harrisburg.

Corbett gets cool reception at Pa. graduation

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:12:04 -0400

MILLERSVILLE, Pennsylvania - Gov. Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university's graduating class.

Criticism flares around new Pa. graduation tests

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:29:50 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A move to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for public school students is facing a groundswell of criticism.

Concerns raised on nuclear plant evacuation plan

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:47 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Eric Epstein wouldn't wish for a Three Mile Island disaster to prove his argument the region is unprepared for the subsequent traffic jam.

PSU student Horn wins Flamminio scholarship

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:15 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Penn State University student Brittany Horn was awarded the 2013 Ralph Flamminio Memorial Scholarship at the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors' annual meeting Friday.

Malmont wins PAPME Paul Vathis photography award

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:08:26 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Jason Malmont, a photographer at The Sentinel in Carlislse, was named the Paul Vathis Memorial Photography Portfolio Award winner at Friday's annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors.

Harrisburg paper endorses mayor's foe

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:06 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The Harrisburg region's newspaper is endorsing one of Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson's re-election challengers.

Philly school chief mulls axing teacher seniority

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:33:09 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - The superintendent of Philadelphia's public schools says ending teacher seniority may be the only way for the cash-strapped district to get the money it needs.

2 men rescued from Pa. river after raft overturns

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:32:05 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Rescuers pulled two young men from the Susquehanna River after their raft overturned.

Superintendent tapped as Pa. as education chief

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:11:20 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The superintendent of a large suburban Harrisburg school district will be Gov. Tom Corbett's nominee for education secretary and replace Ron Tomalis, who after a busy and rocky two-year tenure will move into an advisory role in the administration, Corbett said Wednesday.

First Pa. turnpike defendant up waives hearing

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:14:51 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A defendant in a state corruption investigation of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is waiving a preliminary hearing.

Diesel truck explosion closes busy Pa. interstate

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:05:55 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A section of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg was expected to remain closed in both directions for the next several days after a tanker truck fully loaded with diesel fuel overturned Thursday morning and exploded into flames, sending black smoke billowing into the sky.

Former Pa. Gov. George Leader dies at 95

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:14:17 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Former Pennsylvania Gov. George M. Leader, the son of a chicken farmer who was elected to the state's highest office before he turned 40, died Thursday after a brief illness. He was 95.

Harrisburg bishop hailed as tireless church leader

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:32:41 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Mourners turned out by the hundreds Wednesday for the funeral of Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph P. McFadden, a spiritual leader of 250,000 central Pennsylvanians, as colleagues hailed him as a tireless advocate for his church.

Pa. high court upholds redrawn legislative maps

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:15:00 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A revised plan to redraw the boundaries of Pennsylvania's legislative districts won the unanimous approval Wednesday of the state Supreme Court, which rejected renewed appeals by citizen challengers and Democrats who argued the plan, like the previous version, was driven by political considerations and did not meet constitutional guidelines.

Wild West artifacts to be auctioned in Harrisburg

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:02:31 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - An auction is scheduled in July for a collection of artifacts purchased as part of a former mayor's failed bid to build a Wild West museum in Harrisburg.

Crews end search for reported body in Pa. yard

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:32:41 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Authorities have ended a search for a possible body in a Harrisburg backyard, a two-day operation that began after a woman came forward with a decades-old tip.

Castor drops idea of 2014 challenge to Corbett

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:34:25 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Gov. Tom Corbett, facing stubbornly low approval ratings 18 months before he seeks a second term in next year's election, has one fewer potential opponent to worry about.

Grand jury judge: Penn St. defendants are stalling

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:18 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The supervising judge for the grand jury that investigated how former administrators handled Penn State's high-profile child sex-abuse scandal said in a new court filing that the defendants are intentionally stalling their criminal case with repeated motions and appeals.

Last stand for DT Hill at PSU: graduation pics

Tue, 07 May 2013 03:49:13 -0400

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania - Defensive tackle Jordan Hill had one last stand to make at Penn State before starting his NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks - posing for pictures in his graduation cap and gown.

SEC says Harrisburg, Pa., misled bond investors

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:51:08 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania's debt-laden capital city violated federal antifraud rules for securities issuers by repeatedly giving misleading information that created risks for bond investors at a time the city's finances were rapidly deteriorating, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday.

Diocese: Harrisburg bishop died of heart attack

Sun, 05 May 2013 20:11:05 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Diocese of Harrisburg officials say Bishop Joseph McFadden died of a heart attack last week after suddenly falling ill while attending a meeting of the Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania.