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An Oklahoma Borough man is suing Vandergrift police for allegedly violating his civil rights in July 2007.

Erika Staaf, an environmental advocate with PennEnvironment, stands along the banks of the Monongahela River.

Every year, New Jersey gives away millions, perhaps billions, of dollars through tax credits, deductions, and exemptions collectively known as tax expenditures.

There is a saying that all politics is local. But as the federal government expands it role in the individual lives, there is no longer much distinction between national and local.

Starting in January, borough residents and property will be protected by routine patrols by the state police, not by Vandergrift police.

Big Christian churches buy and sell stocks and bonds for their building and retirement plans.

State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, D-74 of Houtzdale, today joined members of the state House of Representatives in commemorating Dec.

Drunken driving fatality rates have fallen in 40 states and the District of Columbia, an encouraging sign that crackdowns are improving highway safety.

New federal data suggests that all but 10 states are showing improvement when it comes to drunken driving deaths.

An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to molesting a North Apollo teen he met on the Internet.

When CBS 21 News rolled into Williams Grove Speedway on May 25, 1989, a young driver named Stevie Smith had already won four races.

Final plans have been drawn up for a new district magistrate's office in northern Westmoreland County.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Pennsylvania's plan to contract with other states to hold our inmates in their prisons could prove to be a cost-effective short-term solution for overcrowded prisons.

More change is yet to come for Oklahoma Borough. Borough public works employee Rich Dickey and coworker John Staller voted Wednesday to join the United Steelworkers of America.

Early next year, for the first time in its history, Pennsylvania plans to contract with another state or states to board as many as 2,000 convicted criminals.

By Jessica Turnbull , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Thursday, November 19, 2009 Last updated: 8:42 am Some Kiski Area High School students say the boring videos in driver education class made them fall asleep, not learn safe driving.

Is the federal government engaged in a massive fraud in reporting where economic "stimulus" dollars are being spent? Or is it, as officials contend, a matter of simple human error? The Web site of the board created to track such spending lists millions of dollars having been spent in congressional districts that do not exist in their respective ...

Native American songs and dances welcomed a sacred white buffalo to his new home at a sanctuary established at a southwestern Pennsylvania resort following the closure of the zoo where he was born.

The Pat Tillman Foundation awarded $642,000 to more than 50 veterans who wish to pursue educational goals.

Excavations along Penns Creek have revealed cooking and flint-napping sites, as well as flints, pottery, triangle points and paleo-scrapers, indicating the area was inhabited at least 13,000 years ago and into the Colonial period.