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Penn State wants to be a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, and the university’s provost laid out a vision for how that will happen during a board of trustees committee meeting Thursday.

Washington Mayor JoJo Burgess says his post-industrial hometown is tight-knit, beautiful, and “coming back soon.”

The study found the mentally ill are swept up by low-level criminal offenses and kept in state hospitals too long, confirming a past Spotlight PA report.

Congressman Lloyd Smucker didn’t say much about the federal government shutdown that he hadn’t already said, during a tele-town hall with constituents on Wednesday evening.

A McKean County newspaper column is rising like a phoenix from the ashes. The “Bird Column" is not necessarily about birds, but about lighthearted news highlighting the local community.

Workers at UPMC Altoona are again calling on hospital leadership to improve safety, especially in the emergency department, after a patient attacked a care technician, requiring emergency surgery in Pittsburgh.

The number of international students studying at American colleges and universities like Penn State is on a downturn. That comes as the Trump administration has issued travel bans and restrictions on certain countries and made getting a student visa more difficult for some.

The newcomer to political office bested the current district attorney in a county that President Donald Trump carried by 75% of the vote in 2024.

Four members of the state House of Representatives will need to resign their posts after winning seats in Tuesday’s municipal and judicial elections.

Pennsylvania’s intermediate Commonwealth and Superior appellate courts play critical roles in the state’s justice system.