By Whitney Downard, Pennsylvania Capital-Star June 8, 2026 This article was updated at 4 p.m. on June 9, 2026 to correct the spelling of Rylee Lindenpitz’s last name. After six years of relatively sta...

A West Newton woman plans to press charges, saying they cracked her windshield. Elizabeth Township Police Department apprehended several juveniles Tuesday who allegedly threw objects from moving vehic...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Tru...

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency official is set to testify in federal court Tuesday about the U.S. government’s plans for refunding billions of dollars that importers paid ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says he’s ready to make the case to Congress this week that th...

FEATURE IMPACT Strong communities aren’t built overnight. They grow through steady investments in people, partnerships and systems that help neighborhoods weather economic uncertainty and evolving soc...

FEATURE IMPACT Every year, about 200,000 service members transition from military service into civilian careers, offering employers access to a highly skilled and mission-driven talent pool. As organi...

3. Invest in People Strong communities are built by people – farmers, students, entrepreneurs and local leaders who help shape what comes next. When people have access to opportunity, communities are ...

By LUCAS DUFALLA Pittsburgh's Public Source U.S. Steel plans to invest up to $2.5 billion into upgrades to its Mon Valley Works, which it forecasts will generate $1.7 billion for the state, according ...

by Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star June 8, 2026 Last winter, the Trump administration signed accords with tech companies and 13 governors, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, whose states share the PJM...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle ...

LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the “urgent need” to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia’s powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a ...

Latrobe businesses, organizations and leaders teamed up for the annual celebration. There was an event in downtown Latrobe on Saturday afternoon on each block from Depot Street to Chestnut Street. A m...

Severe weather that was expected stayed south of Pittsburgh. A threat of severe weather, which ended up not hitting Pittsburgh, prompted the cancellation of the second Morgan Wallen concert Saturday a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A year ago, the White House was unleashing a blitz on higher education. At one campus after another, Trump officials opened investigations and cut federal funding unless schools fell...

by Jacob Fischler, Pennsylvania Capital-Star June 4, 2026 The federal government will spend $700 million on building or refurbishing coal power infrastructure across the country in a boost to “clean, ...

A public nuisance charge has been filed against owner Wendi Kraemer. By the MVI Rostraver Township police and animal rescue officials returned to a rat-infested property Thursday afternoon to serve an...

A public nuisance charge has been filed against owner Wendi Kraemer. By the MVI Rostraver Township police and animal rescue officials returned to a rat-infested property Thursday afternoon to serve an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and ...

By Whitney Downard, Pennsylvania Capital-Star June 3, 2026 Each month, more than $300 million in food assistance dollars is awarded by the state Department of Human Services (DHS) to eligible enrollee...