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Texas is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 for 1st time, edging Penn State, Ohio State
For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Top 25. The Longhorns hardly have a ...
Reagan Bills leads Johnstown team to Little League Softball World Series title
Behind Reagan Bills’ two-way heroics, Johnstown defeated Floyds Knobs, Ind., 1-0 on Sunday to win the state’s first Little ...
Pa. House passes transit funding bill, but critics give it little chance of advancing in Senate
The Democratic-controlled state House voted Monday to pass a transit funding bill, with support from several Republicans, ...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Latrobe grad Sofia DeCerbe earns preseason honor
James Madison redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Sofia DeCerb (Latrobe) was named the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Goalkeeper of ...
Ford to invest nearly $2 billion in Kentucky assembly plant to produce electric vehicles
Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be ...
Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic and Hurricane Henriette strengthens in the Pacific
Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, just west of the Cabo Verde Islands, as Hurricane ...
Mary Ellen Klas: The DOJ’s push to collect your data is a fishing expedition
With his approval rating sinking lower and lower, and facing the prospect of losing control of the House to Democrats, ...
Pittsburgh Playwrights hits a home run with 'Fences' at the August Wilson House
It was a glorious Sunday night in August to see August Wilson’s words performed outdoors. In this case, the play was the ...
State sets hearing on Donegal area coal mine expansion
A Johnstown coal mining company’s plans to open a second Rustic Ridge Mine in Donegal and Mt. Pleasant townships will be ...
Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenue to U.S. government
Nvidia and AMD agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, a U.S. government ...
Letter to the editor: True Pirates fans not 'stupid'
Mark Madden states we are ” stupid” if we support the Pirates, buy merchandise or go to PNC Park (“Stop supporting the Pittsburgh Pirates,” Aug. 4, TribLive). He also states that we are “stupid” if we ...
Mark Madden: Mason Rudolph again proves to be among NFL's most reliable backups
Steelers fans went into the preseason hoping that sixth-round draft pick Will Howard would breathe life into their imagined status of him being a long-term hope at quarterback. He didn’t, and won’t.