Senate Education Committee chairman John Eichelberger reportedly said during a town hall meeting that he blames failing urban school systems for minority students dropping out of college and that money would be better spent training them for vocational programs.

The men, Cheron Shelton, 29, and Robert Thomas, 27, each face five counts of homicide, six of aggravated assault, six of recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy, and criminal homicide of an unborn child,

Daniel and Caleb Tate, 22, of Cochranville Township, Pennsylvania, were arrested and charged with arson by explosion, arson by possession of explosive devices, conspiracy, theft, and other offenses.

The confederate flag has been a source of controversy in recent times in the south, but an incident on Monday in a southeastern Pennsylvania town…

A Bloomsburg University baseball player has been dismissed from the team for calling Little League World Series star Mo’ne Davis, “a slut,” reports the Associated…

Pennsylvania newspaper The Lancaster New Era issued an apology, after running a nationally syndicated cartoon that compared commercial airplane seating to the horrifically crowded and…

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Via: Foxbaltimore.com A western Pennsylvania family is suing a hospital and funeral home after the wrong man’s body was prepared for a viewing that had to be canceled after the family discovered the error. Richard Tkacik’s family is suing the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center and a Richland Township funeral home over the mix-up last year. […]

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Via: Foxbaltimore.com Former chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has killed his wife and himself in Pennsylvania in what family members say was an act of “profound love” because of his wife’s worsening dementia. Autopsies will be performed to determine the causes of the death for Charles Snelling and his wife, Adrienne, both 81. Their […]

Surveillance video of an Allentown, Pennsylvania, police officer firing a Taser at a 14-year-old girl has been released as part of evidence for a federal lawsuit filed against the officer and the city. SEE ALSO: If Obama Loses, What Will He Do Next?

Sunday Sept 11, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. Many of us will never forget that horrific morning when the United States was under attack. Our memory will not allow us to forget exactly where we were, what we were doing and who we were with at that very moment. 10 […]

Pennsylvania– A woman who was arrested after a picture surfaced of her daughter duct-taped to a chair has been released after posting bail. Caira Ferguson, 21, must only see her daughter under supervision of welfare officials, wear a monitoring bracelet, and is also required to take a parenting class.

Pennsylvania–  A Southeastern Pennsylvania woman has been charged with endangerment over a photograph of a toddler bound to a chair with duct tape covering her mouth. Police say that during questioning, Caira Ferguson admitted to taping her daughter to the chair last summer. Ferguson was arrested Wednesday because of outstanding warrants, police told NBC Philadelphia.