The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to decide on ballot initiative to create an alternative police team to address certain calls related to mental health

Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will decide in Nov. 2023 on a citizen-initiated ballot measure that would create the Mobile Community Responder Pilot Program (MCRPP). The program would be designed as an alternative first response to various types of calls related to mental and behavioral health, substance use, welfare checks, family…

Ballotpedia · Aug 14, 2023

Two more victims identified in Plum home explosion that killed father and son as shocking video shows blast

Michael Thomas and Heather Oravitz, who worked for the city, were among five people killed in home explosion in western Pennsylvania

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut

Former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick often touts his deep connection to Pennsylvania as he lays the groundwork for another likely Senate run

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

5 people are dead and multiple homes destroyed after a house exploded in Pennsylvania

An explosion at a house in western Pennsylvania destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others Saturday morning, authorities said.

WEKU · Aug 13, 2023

Pennsylvania Punches Ticket to LLWS With Walk-Off Homer on Game’s First Hit

The Media, Pa. club advanced to the tournament on Friday in unlikely fashion.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 12, 2023

Coroner's office releases names of third person killed in I-81 bus crash in Pennsylvania

Authorities have released the name of the third person killed in a bus crash on a Pennsylvania interstate near the commonwealth’s capital city

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Every time the music dies, we lose a little bit of our souls

Robbie Robertson is gone and our world – once again – is diminished

The Guardian - US · Aug 11, 2023

Eagles release first full depth chart of 2023 ahead of preseason opener vs. Ravens

We're looking at the Philadelphia #Eagles first unofficial depth chart of 2023 ahead of the preseason opener

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 10, 2023

5 killed when RV blows tire, crashes head-on into tractor-trailer

Pennsylvania state police say five people died when a recreational vehicle blew a tire on an interstate highway, crossed the median and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’" – How Robbie Robertson wrote The Band's classic song, The Weight

"I sat the guitar on my lap and I was kind of bent over it and I looked inside the sound hole on the guitar and it said, Nazareth, Pennsylvania"

MusicRadar · Aug 10, 2023