In fewer than 24 hours, the Pittsburgh Penguins, currently on a 12-game winning streak, have traded for a pair of veterans to bolster their roster for the final 15-game stretch to the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. On Sunday evening, Pens general manager Ray Shero announced that Pittsburgh had dealt 2011 first-round draft pick Joe Morrow,…
Denny Hamlin is being treated at a California hospital for a compression fracture in his lower spine following a crash on the last lap of NASCAR’s Auto Club 400 run Sunday at the Auto Club Speedway of Southern California in Fontana, California. Joey Logano’s car slammed into Hamlin’s vehicle, sending Hamlin into the inside wall. …
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, who was convicted last month of utilizing her office’s staff for campaign work, has resigned from the high court. In making her announcement in a letter her attorneys released to Governor Tom Corbett on Monday, Republican Melvin also said she intends to appeal her verdict. Melvin and her sister,…
The Pennsylvania Game Commission says the 2012 state deer harvest was about two percent higher than the previous year’s. The commission estimates that hunters in Pennsylvania took 343,110 deer, up from 336,200 in 2011. Those numbers include more than 209,000 antlerless deer and nearly 134,000 antlered deer. The hunter success rate remained at about 25…
Tyler Kennedy scored the deciding goal halfway through overtime on Sunday night, lifting the Pittsburgh Penguins to their 12th consecutive victory, a 2-1 decision over Philadelphia. With assists by Matt Niskanen and Pascal Dupuis, Kennedy recorded his fifth goal of the season at 2:23 of the extra period. Team captain Sidney Crosby had tied the…
The Pittsburgh Pirates slammed 17 hits on Sunday afternoon in a Grapefruit League game in Bradenton, Florida, but an 8-run first inning for visiting Baltimore eventually led to a 12-10 victory for the Orioles. Andrew McCutchen homered, and went 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored. Gaby Sanchez and catching hopeful Lucas May both recorded three hits.…
Penn State wrestlers won two gold medals and three silvers in Des Moines on Saturday night, and the Nittany Lions captured their third consecutive NCAA title. Ed Ruth and Quentin Wright won championships at 184 pounds and 197 pounds, respectively. At 165 pounds, defending champion David Taylor dropped his long-awaited title match with Cornell’s Kyle Dake…
Results – PIAA State High School Basketball Championship Games “AAAA” Boys Lower Merion 63, Chester 47 “AAA” Boys Imhotep Charter 54, Archbishop Carroll 45 “AA” Boys Beaver Falls 69, Holy Cross 63 “A” Boys Vaux 83, Johnsonburg 63 “AAAA” Girls Spring-Ford 60, Cumberland Valley 45 “AAA” Girls South Park 53, Bethlehem Catholic 38 “AA” Girls…
An Oil City man accused of indecent assaults on a 4 year-old boy was charged in the alleged incidents and was jailed on Friday. 24 year-old William Hack is charged on a total of 15 counts, including multiple counts of indecent assault on a person under 18, unlawful conduct with a minor, corruption of a minor,…
A State Police fire marshal is investigating the cause of a Sunday morning fire that caused heavy damage to a bar in the Lucinda area. Firefighters from four companies responded at about 7:00 AM Sunday to an establishment on Route 66 in Knox Township. The blaze had already gutted the top story of the building,…
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