northwestern Pennsylvania News

Investigators say a black bear caused a small wildfire in the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania by climbing a utility pole and knocking down some power lines. Firefighters from Lafayette and Corydon townships responded to the fire about 130 …

An eight-foot copper steeple was blown off a college chapel in northwestern Pennsylvania by thunderstorms that also knocked down trees and cut power to about 3,000 residents along Lake Erie. The Erie Times-News reports Wednesday that the steeple was knocked …