LEHIGHTON, Pa. (AP) -- A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is behind bars after police said she beat her child with a baseball bat because of a clogged toilet.
Police say Christine Mertz... READ MORE »
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police are investigating a reported rape at an off-campus party at Millersville University.
Millersville Borough police Chief John Rochat said a student went to a... READ MORE »
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A man, his wife and their two teenage children were shot before the million-dollar home they were renting burned down in what investigators called arson, a fire perhaps... READ MORE »
BEND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon police affidavit says a robber at the Home Federal Bank two weeks ago demanded money by giving the teller a note written on the back of a grocery receipt.
It... READ MORE »
HARRISBURG (AP) -- Online gambling could generate another $307 million a year in gambling revenue in Pennsylvania, according to a consultant's report released Wednesday.
And that means... READ MORE »
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island town has approved a $20,000 settlement with the family of a girl who was injured by a petting zoo rooster.
Newsday reports the settlement was approved... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say a traffic accident sent a pedestrian plunging off an elevated roadway in Philadelphia, leaving him critically injured after a 60-foot fall and one of the... READ MORE »
SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) -- A pair of ospreys has quieted a fire alarm in one New Jersey shore town.
The raptors have built a nest inside the fire siren at Spring Lake. By law, the nest can'... READ MORE »
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- One of two sisters pleaded guilty to her role in a purse-snatching that broke the hip of an 82-year-old Pennsylvania woman who died months later, but a judge refused... READ MORE »
VINTONDALE, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she endangered her two young sons after police say the 4-year-old crossed a highway to visit his grandfather... READ MORE »
