• Medical debt of thousands of Allegheny County residents paid after church fundraiser

  

• Marietta schools report serious gains after yearlong cellphone ban

  

• Oswego passes protective barrier ordinance in wake of deadly Portillo's crash

  

• Carjacking leads to police pursuit, shots fired in Fairmount Park

  

• Retired officer killed while helping stranded motorist in Elk River

  

• Justice Department sues Georgia for state's voter registration rolls

  

• Man killed in crash after stopping to help driver on I-695 in Baltimore County

  

• San Ramon rattled by several earthquakes, with largest a preliminary magnitude 4.0