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PennLive’s Preseason All-Pennsylvania high school football team: Offense
Turn on those Friday night lights, it’s time to play high school football in Pennsylvania. As the teams hit the field around the Keystone State tonight to get the action going, the countdown will begin to the end and to the selection of PennLive’s All-Pennsylvania High School Football Team. This will be the seventh edition of the team — our All-State team regardless of classification — in 2024.
Shapiro-ordered study of Pa. Capitol’s accessibility for visitors with disabilities gets underway
Gov. Josh Shapiro last week took the next step to assess the state Capitol building’s accessibility to visitors with disabilities – answering years-long calls for change from disability advocacy groups and following up on an executive order he issued in May. The governor’s office announced the hiring of...
Pregnant woman killed in house fire in Elrama, Washington County
ELRAMA, Pa. — A young woman who was rescued from a fire at a Washington County home Friday morning has died. The chief of Elrama Volunteer Fire Company identified the victim as Sabrina Boyle, 19. A family friend told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that Boyle was 24 weeks pregnant...
Victim Identified In Fatal Motorcycle Crash
The man who died after being hit by a school bus in Jefferson Township earlier this week has been identified. The Butler County Coroner confirmed that 79-year-old Gary Welsh of Saxonburg died in the crash Wednesday afternoon on Dinnerbell Road. He was trying to make a turn onto Victory Road...
University Prep reloads, sets sights on return trip to City League championship game
With an experienced team, University Prep found itself in the City League championship game last season, but the Panthers couldn’t break the stranglehold Westinghouse has on the league title in recent years. If the Panthers want to return to the championship game, they will have to do it with...
Secret Service places at least 5 agents on leave in Trump shooting probe
The U.S. Secret Service has placed at least five agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into last month's assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. One agent on Trump's detail and three others in the Pittsburgh office were among those placed on leave, according to two federal law enforcement sources. It's unclear if all of these actions are disciplinary, since agents are routinely placed on leave during the course of investigations for various reasons, including mental health relief. The Secret Service's internal affairs...
Ex-Steelers star wide receiver is off to a bumpy start with his new team
Sometimes it takes time for players to adapt to their new surroundings. Everyone has an adjustment period when they get a new job. There are new people to know and different systems to understand. This is a huge time for Johnson to figure out a way to adjust quickly to his new team. Carolina has been terrible over the past handful of seasons and is desperate for success.
Walmart employee in Westmoreland accused of stealing over $40K by faking returns
NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. — A Walmart employee is accused of creating fake returns to steal money from a store in North Huntingdon. Officers were called to Mills Drive in North Huntingdon on Thursday at 12:37 p.m. on a reported theft. When they arrived, Asset Protection workers at the store...
Pennsylvania Turnpike Fights Back Against Sneaky Toll Evasion with Public’s Help
As a growing number of sneaky motorists are finding ways to conceal their license plates from toll cameras, so PA Turnpike is turning to other drivers to catch them. As a growing number of sneaky motorists are finding ways to conceal their license plates from toll cameras, so Pennsylvania Turnpike is turning to other drivers to catch them, writes Scott Calvert for The Wall Street Journal.
RKMF announces 2024 Social-Impact Pitch Competition recipients
The Pittsburgh-based Richard King Mellon Foundation (RKMF) has announced awards totaling $1.4 million to social-mission for-profit companies positively benefiting communities in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny and/or Westmoreland counties. Through the foundation’s third Social-Impact Pitch Competition—which helps recently established companies develop and launch products or services that advance one or more of...
'It's very emotional': Pa. National Guard troops deploying to train Ukraine soldiers
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Hensley originally joined the Pennsylvania National Guard for college money, but September will mark 23 years of service to his country. The Denver, Pa., resident was even deployed with the Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Iraq in 2009, yet still remained in the service after he returned home to his family. ...
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