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A bill that would ban student cellphone use in Pennsylvania schools during the school day has moved a step forward. The state Senate last week passed a bipartisan bill, 46-1, requiring public schools to implement “bell-to-bell” bans on student cellphone use during the school day. Senate ...

Some two-way radio operators in Fayette County and surrounding areas can now see their messages go out a little farther. The Uniontown Amateur Radio Club recently installed a repeater that expands the range for the portable, mobile and home-based stations in General Mobile Radio Service by ...

A wrong-way crash on Route 982 in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, on Friday left one man dead, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The driver, David Lancaster, 50, of Mount Pleasant, died at the scene, according to the Fayette County coroner's office. Police said the 4 p.m. accident ...

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 — Late last year, PennsylvaniaĢƵ top law ...

Washington County officials are appealing the decision by the stateĢƵ opioid settlement fund review committee to reject eight grant applications put forward by the county for various projects battling the drug epidemic in the region. The Dispute Resolution Committee overseeing the ...

The president of Peters Township High SchoolĢƵ senior class is in jail after local police accused him Friday of running a criminal network where in which he “catfished” juvenile teenagers, convinced them to share inappropriate images and videos and in some cases extorted them. Zachariah ...