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Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — This spring, Pennsylvanians will vote in ...

The Washington County district attorneyÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ office will no longer seek the death penalty against one of the two homicide defendants charged in the 2021 shooting that killed a Donora convenience store worker. Deputy District Attorney John Friedmann filed paperwork Thursday that the prosecution ...

Thirteen people were left homeless Tuesday after a fire in a Connellsville apartment. There were no resident or firefighter injuries from the fire at 606 S. Pittsburgh St., said Sue Kozak-Griffith, public information officer for Fayette County Emergency Management Agency. The first call ...

Victory and vacation

Kai Vielma will never stop working, and his goals remain intact, but the Connellsville junior feels like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders after winning a state wrestling championship on March 7 at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Stanford commit is wrestling without trepidation, ...

Interviewing April Brucker is kind of a two-for-one proposition. She’ll run through all the things sheÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ been up to lately, whether itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ working on three separate screenplays at the same time, appearing on her own streaming chat show or working on a music video. But while Brucker is ...

National treasure

Rain was threatening at Mill Run on Oct. 29, 1963, and its sound would have created a kind of chorus with the waterfall nearby. A tent was set up in case Gov. William Scranton and other dignitaries needed to escape an autumn downpour. With no way of imagining the horror that would unfold in ...