Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a tractor pulling a hay wagon at an anniversary party overturned, sending eight people to hospitals. Police in Allegheny County say the accident happened at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday during a hayride on private property …
A western Pennsylvania man faces up to 16 years in prison when he’s sentenced in April for setting his house on fire for the insurance money. Forty-four-year-old John Albert Picardi, of Kittanning, acknowledged putting a sheet over a basement heater …
A western Pennsylvania police department’s insurer is paying $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman wrongly charged with making up a claim that she was raped during a 2004 convenience store robbery. Sara Watt sued police in Cranberry, …
Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk. New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing …
Police in western Pennsylvania say they’re seeking tips about a stolen fire hydrant. The hydrant vanished between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Laughlintown, which is about 55 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Authorities say someone entered a construction site and …
The owner of a western Pennsylvania painting company has been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety standards when one of his employees was electrocuted while painting the outside of a building near some power lines. The federal Occupational Safety …
Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a five-alarm fire destroyed an apartment building, leaving 17 people homeless but causing no serious injuries. Fire officials in Pittsburgh said the fast-moving blaze was reported at about 11:30 a.m. Monday in the South Side …
A western Pennsylvania volunteer fire company is retiring a 36-year-old ladder truck after the ladder collapsed, causing a firefighter on it to fall to the ground. Aliquippa fire officials say Capt. James Pennington is recovering in a Pittsburgh hospital Tuesday …