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Ephrata police said they have charged two men with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in a borough motel.

Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg - so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain control of the lower Mississippi River.

Emily's List is backing Rep. Allyson Schwartz in her bid for governor of Pennsylvania, making their first endorsement of the 2014 gubernatorial cycle.

In recognition of national Emergency Medical Services Week, which runs through May 25, PennDOT has encouraged Pennsylvanians to sign up for two free programs aimed at saving lives in emergency situations - the Yellow Dot and Emergency Contact Information programs.

A Pennsylvania witness at West Brownsville reported watching an object "overtake two military jets" and then make a right angle turn before moving away at high speed, according to May 22, 2013, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network witness reporting database.

Kimberly Chisman, 46 of Canton is charged with buying the nine millimeter gun used in the shooting.

Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith easily won the Republican nomination in his re-election bid, despite facing felony criminal charges for tape recording conversations related to his job.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett raised eyebrows last week with his answers during a roundtable discussion hosted by a Spanish-language newspaper in Philadelphia.

State police and the York County Coroner's Office are investigating the work-related death of an Etters man Tuesday morning in Warrington Township.

With the numbers of family dogs being shot by police increasing, a lot of dog owners have decided to use audio/video security cameras on their property.

Pennsylvania's Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. Pat Toomey both participated in Wednesday's hearing about IRS scrutinty of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

It is primary election day throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A light turnout is expected, partially due to the fact that there is only one statewide race for Superior Court on the ballot.

While there are major solar energy and wind energy projects in Pennsylvania and one school district in the state has won an award for cutting their energy usage by one-third, a new report from the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium says more radical changes to Pennsylvania's energy system are needed to prevent catastrophic consequences ... (more)

As the result of a historic agreement between the New York Public Library and the State of Pennsylvania, the National Constitution Center will exhibit one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights that President George Washington dispatched to the states in 1789 for ratification.

Voters across the state of Pennsylvania cast ballots today for candidates running for the primary election which is always held the third Tuesday in May except during Presidential election years.

The number of state-maintained, structurally deficient spans has fallen from 5,600 three years ago to fewer than 4,500 now.

Other than the occasional patch of fog, the morning commute around the Harrisburg area is running smoothly as of 6:30 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

The Pennsylvania company says it's launching a new line called Lancaster in three cities next month, followed by wider distribution next year.

His ordeal has a happy ending, but what an ordeal it's been: A near fatal encounter with a deadly flower; renal failure; four weeks of kidney dialysis and, finally, a $15,000 kidney transplant at the University of Pennsylvania.

Repairs to a sewer main break near the intersection of Swedesford Road and Conestoga Road are expected to be completed Tuesday, according to East Whiteland Township manager Terry Woodman.