10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (381+ words) Five years ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spent less than $25,000 a month on Suboxone (used to treat opioid addiction) for inmates. Today, taxpayers are footing a bill of more than $3 million every month — nearly $37 million a year. That’s an…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (364+ words) Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Sunday, Sept. 13: First measles death reported in Jefferson County A 40-year-old woman in Jefferson County died Saturday from complications related to measles, according to the county coroner. “Many people…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (801+ words) The scope of an alleged cocaine distribution ring involving students at Penn State University remains unclear, but testimony at preliminary hearings offered some clarity as to how much money and drugs were exchanged between the two accused leaders of the…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1227+ words) A Eureka Fire-Rescue-EMS crew from Tarentum was still 90 miles away from Ground Zero and Brad James already could see plumes of smoke billowing from the fallen World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. “We could see it when we got to…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (834+ words) Four people who have already served decades of their mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to make retroactive its March decision that declared the mandatory penalty unconstitutional. In four separate petitions — all seeking…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (533+ words) Brook Peterson was ready to buy. The Scottdale woman said she had planned to be a bidder when nearly 1,100 tax delinquent properties are put up for auction next week in Westmoreland County. When a torrential summer storm caused wide-ranging power…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (243+ words) STATE COLLEGE — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was scheduled to appear in court remotely Tuesday for a hearing on a claim that an accuser wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. The hearing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1196+ words) What started as a series of charges in an alleged cocaine trafficking ring run out of two fraternity houses turned into a national media spectacle over the past two weeks — with all eyes on Penn State. Six hours of whirlwind…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1015+ words) Sean Frederick stood at the front of the courtroom and spoke to his dad. Not to the judge presiding over the hearing. And not to the man seated just a few feet behind him at the defense table who had…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1063+ words) Agostino Abbatiello, the accused ringleader of what authorities say was a cocaine trafficking operation at Penn State, dubbed himself “The Godfather” and openly boasted about how much money he was pulling in, a former student and “good friend” testified this…...