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Auditor general Eugene DePasquale says an audit found that the state Department of Public Welfare did not adequately monitor the contractors who managed the payroll for workers who provide services for the elderly and disabled.
Pennsylvania's bat population has been all but wiped out by White Nose Syndrome, caused by a non-native fungus that thrives in the cold damp caves and mines in which bats hibernate.
"There's no national plan or effort to really strategically deal with so many adults with autism coming into the system," says Leslie Long, director of adult services for Autism Speaks, which conducted the survey.
The bill is sponsored by Pa. Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny County), and co-sponsored by Rep. Ronald Waters (D-Phila., foreground).
The state House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would allow small games of chance in Pennsylvania bars and taverns.
Allentown's mayor has nominated a veteran Philadelphia police officer to become the city's next police chief.
Sharon Police Chief Michael Menster said Saturday it appeared that one of the players, 18-year-old Corey Swartz of Sharon, drove a sport utility vehicle across a median strip and hit an oncoming truck.
The uniform that Bill Mazeroski wore when he hit a walk-off home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the final game of the 1960 World Series has a new owner after an auction of the Hall of Famer's memorabilia.
Corbett's poll numbers have slid from bad to worse, and his campaign kickoff follows a tough summer.
Two high school football players died Friday night in a freeway crash in western Pennsylvania that also killed a third person, according to state high school sports officials.
York College has lifted the interim suspension of its wrestling program after a hazing investigation and has disciplined and expelled some students.
State representative Brendan Boyle has heard that if owner Mondelez International stays, it would consider expanding, and adding even more jobs.
Many of the tens of thousands of Filipino-Americans in our area are hoping for the best and bracing for the worst as they wait to hear from family members affected by Typhoon Haiyan. now tearing through the Pacific nation.
Officials say they're signs of appreciation.
Outside the American Legion hall where he spoke, 100 school advocates chanted "One-term Tom," blasting his education funding.
