A statue of a Union soldier swinging his rifle like a club at the Gettysburg, Pa., battlefield was damaged by heavy winds Tuesday, on the eve of the 150th anniversary of the pivotal American Civil War battle. The statue has …
Chevron Corp., Williams Cos. and WPX Energy Inc. face a lawsuit by six Pennsylvania families who claim nearby gas wells are a nuisance that have diminished their ability to make use of their property. The families say the companies’ activities …
A heavy equipment operator who is accused of being high on marijuana when a building collapsed onto a thrift store, killing six people in the U.S., is in custody after surrendering to face charges in the deaths, police said. Sean …
An independent investigation of a Pennsylvania house fire cites a lack of training, poor communication and inadequate supervision in the Lancaster Fire Department’s response to fire that killed two people and injured three firefighters. The blaze on Feb. 18 killed …
The family of a Pennsylvania man killed during a test drive with an intoxicated salesman has settled a lawsuit for $4.3 million. Former salesman Michael Hershey is in prison for the December 2010 crash in Lancaster County, which killed 48-year-old …
Pennsylvania has lost nearly half of its most reliable precipitation gauges that the National Weather Service uses for forecasting floods. Forty-seven of the 104 rain gauges were closed by the U.S. Geological Survey on March 1 because of a $206,000 …
Police in central Pennsylvania say a woman lost control of her sport-utility vehicle, drove along a sidewalk and crashed after her small dog got tangled up in the steering wheel. The Press Enterprise reports the accident happened in front of …
U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants federal regulators to investigate a fiery tanker crash that caused serious damage at the Pennsylvania interchange of Interstate 81 and U.S. Routes 22/322 near Harrisburg. Casey said Monday he asked for the probe in a …
Police in Berks County, Pa., say two teenagers had to swim to safety after their car went airborne and landed in a pond during a race with another vehicle. Oley Township police Officer Michael Lentz says the crash happened Monday …
Growth in payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers under Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system slowed in 2010, largely as a result of slower growth in payments per claim made to nonhospital providers and utilization of their services, …