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Ohio man hit with beer can at Star Lake sues venue

A man who was struck in the head with a full beer can at a concert last year is suing The Pavilion at Star Lake for alleged negligence. Law firm Morgan & Morgan filed the lawsuit on behalf of Michael Mollenkopf in Allegheny County this week. Named in the lawsuit are Live Nation, which ...

Prison counselor charged with sexually assaulting inmate

A state Department of Corrections employee is accused of coercing a Fayette County prison inmate into sexual acts. Court paperwork stated Elise Fahringer, 37, admitted she had a physical relationship with the inmate in July and August of 2025 while counseling him as a psychological service ...

Get more mileage from your gas dollars

Drivers in Western Pennsylvania are beginning to feel the impact of a conflict over 6,000 miles away. Since the Iran War began a little over a week ago, critical supply chains for oil have faced sustained disruption, causing a jump of more than 45 cents per gallon of gas over that time, ...

Multiple municipalities taking steps to regulate data centers

While recent meetings in South Strabane Township have drawn intense public interest as officials have considered an ordinance on data centers, multiple other municipalities have also been working on the issue. In Union Township, elected officials passed an ordinance regulating data centers ...

Crews remove excavator from Washington parking garage

Crews began removing the excavator that collapsed into a hole and overturned last week while demolishing the Courthouse Square parking garage in Washington. Workers could be seen piling gravel around the excavator Monday afternoon as they maneuvered three mobile cranes around the site to ...