Ex-Senate Leader, Seven Others Charged In Turnpike Probe
A former state Senate leader and seven others have been charged in a "pay to play" case involving the Pennsylvania Turnpike, state prosecutors said Wednesday.
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A former state Senate leader and seven others have been charged in a "pay to play" case involving the Pennsylvania Turnpike, state prosecutors said Wednesday.
Another round of annual toll hikes is set to take effect along the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Sunday.
Snow has affected both the Philadelphia International Airport and Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Delays in a project to widen a portion of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, between the Lansdale and Mid-County exits, could wind up in court.
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Turnpike officials celebrated the opening of the highway's newest interchange, finally connecting Route 29 in Great Valley, Chester County with Interstate 76. But even as that $60 million project opens, the turnpike is facing renewed criticism of its finances.
Investigators asked the public Thursday for tips in the stabbing death of a young Marine, found dead along the Pennsylvania Turnpike more than 40 years ago but only recently identified through DNA.
Pennsylvania State Police say a woman gave birth this morning in the passenger seat of a Toyota Prius on the shoulder of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The state auditor general has renewed his concerns that mounting debt at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will result in massive toll hikes for motorists.
"This will be the most significant change in how the turnpike has operated since it opened in 1940," says interim CEO Craig Shuey.
A worker was killed in a two-vehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Monday morning. Three other people were hurt.
The accident happened around 4:30 a.m. on the PA Turnpike westbound near Gravel Hill Road in Bucks County.
Lawmakers held a hearing about a 2007 state law that requires the turnpike to borrow hundreds of millions a year for roads and mass transit.
"The turnpike, quite frankly, isn't going to survive if this continues," Pennsylvania auditor general Jack Wagner told legislators.
A former Pennsylvania State Trooper accused of causing a deadly DUI crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Montgomery County earlier this year has his driver's license back, but with some strict conditions.
It was shut down in mid-May for a joint project involving Abington Township and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A Pittsburgh pastor who recently got his commercial driver's license is being credited with steering a Megabus to safety when its driver fell ill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Dan Littley, chairman of the Towamencin Township supervisors, says it's all about community pride and community being.
A two-car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Montgomery Friday afternoon snarled traffic and injured two people.
Prosecutors say Barry Searfoss spent May 18th, his day off, drinking beer at a golf outing in Bucks County -- an outing that raised scholarship money in honor of a woman killed fifteen years ago by a drunk driver.
The state House has passed a bill that would outlaw "secret" compartments in vehicles that are used in criminal activity.
Have you ever noticed a big truck riding your bumper as you go through an E-ZPass toll? If so, you better check your statement right away. The truck could be trying to get a free ride on your dime.
Drivers who use Susquehanna Road through Abington to get to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Montgomery County will have to find another route, starting Monday.
A bill that would allow for a 70-mph speed limit on some sections of the Pennsylvania Turnpike has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
At least one person was injured in a car accident on Tuesday afternoon.
A suburban Philadelphia woman has died after a freak highway accident involving a flying road sign.
