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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. PennsylvaniaĢƵ first two years of funding indigent defense ...

Bailey Barnyak, a senior at Carmichaels Area Junior/Senior High School, was named the March Girl of the Month by the Carmichaels Area WomenĢƵ Civic Club. Her in-school activities and honors include being a member of the National Honor Society and Mikes Nation Alive. She is also a student in ...

America’s story told through cookies

To borrow from Paul Revere, “The cookies are coming!” On Sunday, April 19, the Wedding Cookie Table Community will host its 11th annual Cookie Table University at the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe. And in honor of the United States’ 250th birthday, the theme is America 250. More ...

Setting the stage

The transportation authorities of Southwestern Pennsylvania counties will play a key role in helping the city of Pittsburgh in its plans to host the 2026 NFL Draft next month. Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor, Allegheny County officials, and Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) were on the ...

Like thousands of Pennsylvanians, Jodi Richards’ first job as a teenager was working as a cashier at her local McDonald's restaurant in Waynesburg. Unlike most, she never left. Now, more than two decades later, Richards operates three McDonald's franchises in the Washington area, having ...