Pennsylvania Air Test Shows Slight Radiation Elevation
Tests of air in Pennsylvania show an elevated level of radiation, but a state spokeswoman says it is far below levels of concern and is not considered a threat to public health or safety.
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Tests of air in Pennsylvania show an elevated level of radiation, but a state spokeswoman says it is far below levels of concern and is not considered a threat to public health or safety.
With the decline of a unionized workforce in this country and growing efforts at union-busting, how is the organized labor movement faring in our region?
A national anti-union movement is trying to reduce the influence of public employees unions, including here in Pennsylvania.
New Jersey's governor is proposing a new statewide teacher tenure plan, something the teachers' union says is part of a national movement to break up public unions.
Union membership has dropped steeply since the 1980s, because of forces such as globalization, new technology, and the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy. Now public-sector unions are under attack, too, and the future of organized labor hangs in the balance.
A New Jersey teenager who was severely injured by fireworks his friend bought in Pennsylvania is suing the store, the manufacturer and the friend who brought them across state lines illegally.
A central Pennsylvania teacher has resigned and been charged with corruption of minors after a student told police he saw a 16-year-old female student kissing the teacher.
A 26-year-old Bensalem man who lost his cool on a cold and snowy day in January has been sentenced to jail in Bucks County for pulling a gun on a plow operator in a fit of snow rage.
With a proposed 93 percent drop in aid from the federal government and 100 percent dip in funds from the state
A central Pennsylvania man faces robbery and assault charges after he allegedly stuffed a bag of frozen shrimp down his pants and attacked a grocery store security guard.
Governor Corbett will form a task force to study ways of funding the state's roads, bridges, and mass transit. But, while the Governor does not favor simply imposing tolls on highways as they currently exist, tolls could be part of the solution.
The doors closed for good on Sunday at Our Lady of Angels Church in West Philadelphia.
The building housing the Churchville Inn has been a Southampton fixture since the 1800s. Now it stands in ruins.
Governor Corbett says he's willing to discuss ways to compensate local Pennsylvania communities affected by natural gas drilling, but he remains opposed to any state-level tax on gas extraction.
The war over whoopie pies between Pennsylvania and Maine has been taken to another level, after enthusiasts in Maine made one Saturday that weighed more than 1,000 pounds in an attempt to help cement the treat as the official state dessert. But, the war over whoopie pies will continue.
An elderly woman who thought she was turning into a hospital parking lot was captured on tape driving the wrong way for several miles on a crowded Bucks County highway.
State governments on both sides of the Delaware River are attempting to come to grips with a worsening problem: the need to maintain and even improve transportation infrastructure despite the lack of predictable funding to do it.
Officials say inmates at a Pennsylvania prison received drugs from the outside hidden beneath the postage stamps on their mail.
Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say they recovered more than 50 bags of heroin, cash and loose change from a woman following a cavity search.
Police say a man tried to open an account before robbing a central Pennsylvania bank, but only after he'd already handed over two forms of identification.
During a state Senate Appropriations hearing this past week, the heads of the four state-related universities – Temple, Lincoln, Pitt and Penn State – said that the governor's proposal to cut their funding by more than half would affect more than just tuition.
A 43-year-old man has been charged with car theft, drunken driving and other crimes because police say he went joyriding in an ambulance stolen from a southwestern Pennsylvania hospital.
The United Way of Pennsylvania is putting out some numbers on the effect of the bad economy on social service organizations and their clients.
Some areas of the region will be socked with several inches of rain, pushing the limits of some local creeks, streams, and rivers.
CBS Philly has received some community cancellations for Thursday, March 10th, 2011, due to the weather.
