Whitaker News

Lady Pesed , Westminster College's 2,300-year-old mummy, will move Tuesday at 9 a.m. from her home in the Mack Science Library to the Lawrence County Historical Society.

Kanye West's regret on the day Barack Obama was nominated for president: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it.

Traffic on the Rankin Bridge will be restricted to one lane in each direction beginning tomorrow.

No amount of tinkering with the designs of Philadelphia's two proposed casinos could make them compatible with the city's new vision for the Delaware River waterfront, according to a report delivered yesterday ...

The sight of backhoes and dirt piles at the SugarHouse casino site this week has angered a group of local archaeologists and historians, who say the excavation work could disturb potentially important relics.

Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker was multi-faceted. He was well educated, industrious, a successful lawyer and became a respected judge.

THE DOGS SIT in rows of chain-link fence and concrete wall blocks, one to a kennel.

A chain-link fence cordons off decaying steps and crumbling concrete along the riverfront promenades of Point State Park.

The Mrs. Pennsylvania United States Pageant is under new directorship and seeking delegates.

Weeds are taking over some city streets and sidewalks. "We are cutting, and we do spray," Public Works Director Guy Costa said.

A phone outage is affecting several local communities. At least 600 customers in Munhall, Homestead, Whitaker and West Mifflin were cut off from communication Tuesday.

More than 600 Verizon customers in Homestead, West Mifflin, Munhall and Whitaker were left without service Tuesday because of rain water that soaked four underground cables, Verizon spokesman Lee Gierczynski ...

Marcegaglia USA Inc of Munhall has agreed to pay $75,000 to a woman and attorneys who claimed in a lawsuit she was the victim of sexual harassment at the company, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...

A human bodies exhibit at Harrisburg's Whitaker Center has ignited a bit of controversy as critics raise concerns about the bodies on display.

The final Brain Busters match was held Thursday night at the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg.

One person died in a four-alarm fire this morning in West Mifflin, police Chief Joseph Popovich said.

“The areas I stress as owner and founder are treating each child as a special person and developing a strong self-image and self-confidence in each child”

Janice Holsinger, founder and owner of U-Gro Learning Centres, accompanies herself on the autoharp as she engages a group of preschoolers in song Tuesday at U-Gro Lebanon in North Cornwall Township. via The Lebanon Daily News

Luzerne County District Magistrate is cleared of all allegations of improper conduct.. It involves Magistrate Donald Whitaker his office is located inside the Nanticoke Municipal Building . via PAHomepage.com

“There are a lot of potential artifacts here and a lot of history that we can learn about”

Pennsylvania's top agency for historic preservation is calling for additional archaeological work at the Delaware River site of the proposed SugarHouse casino. via Philly.com

“We don't have any Picassos, either”

Most public transit agencies probably have incredibly valuable works of art lying around their subway stations. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review