Pennsylvania Emergency Management warns of 911 outages

What separated the Pennsylvania farmers brewing a rebellion over a pint at the Black Bear Tavern from the actors reenacting their arguments on Main Street in Washington Saturday? Looking at the calendar, about 230 years. But by location, only 80 yards. The Whiskey Rebellion Festival ...
What started out as a joke turned into a party in the sky for Nancy Merckle. And the Canonsburg woman was still feeling the thrill days after she marked her 90th birthday by skydiving. “It was fabulous,” she said of the tandem jump. “It was scary in the beginning, but once I got out of ...
Washington City Council approved the suspension of two police officers Thursday. The officers were identified only through their badge numbers. One was demoted and suspended without pay for 15 days while the other received a one-day suspension with no pay. Mayor JoJo Burgess said ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Florida Panthers are set to raise their second consecutive Stanley Cup banner before beginning the NHL season against the Chicago Blackhawks. The back-to-back champions play at 5 p.m. EDT on Oct. 7 to lead off an opening night tripleheader, the league announced Monday. ...
Wild Things manager Tom Vaeth is like the guy with a fixer-upper house. He replaces the gutters and the roof caves in. He fixes the plumbing and the toilet springs a leak. He replaces the wiring and blows a fuse. Vaeth has been playing handyman with his ballclub this season. Every time he ...
Associated Press NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Chris Gotterup had a plane ticket for California to play an opposite-field event in Lake Tahoe. The only change in itinerary would be to take down Rory McIlroy at the Scottish Open before a sellout crowd expecting the Masters champion to claim his ...
They built a golf course all around my grandparents' house. The 18th fairway nearly cut through their backyard, and until we put wire grates over the windows, flying glass and golf balls were a common threat. Dad attempted to play golf a few times. As a little kid, he had fallen off a horse. ...
A new study is linking chemicals commonly found in plastics with deaths from heart disease around the world. The research, published in the journal eBioMedicine this spring, linked more than 350,000 deaths worldwide to phthalate exposure. Phthalates (pronounced tha-lates) are a set of ...