http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_324091756.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_324091756.html A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:29:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_323092941.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_323092941.html A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_323092808.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_323092808.html A charter plane from Pittsburgh made an emergency landing Wednesday night in Kansas after losing an engine. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_323092449.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_323092449.html State police have been searching for three men who allegedly beat a homeless man with poles and clubs as he slept in a tent in a wooded area. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_322110525.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_322110525.html Top Pennsylvania state officials won’t be getting the automatic cost-of-living salary increases this year that they usually enjoy. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_322091730.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_322091730.html With a message of low taxes and resisting what he calls an overbearing federal government, state Rep. Sam Rohrer has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_321124334.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_321124334.html The state agency that oversees Pittsburgh’s finances has rejected the mayor’s $453.8 million budget, which would have taxed college tuition. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_320092539.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_320092539.html The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed a second swine flu death in Fayette County. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_320092334.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_320092334.html State police say a western Pennsylvania man riding a lawn mower has been killed in a traffic accident. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:21:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_320092205.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_320092205.html Officials say they hope to reduce the herd by 576 deer in order to cut down on environmental damage, vehicle crashes and cases of Lyme disease. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:49:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_317135027.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_317135027.html Ten defendants in the state attorney general’s legislative corruption investigation are awaiting trial following a series of hearings in a suburban Harrisburg courtroom. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:25:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_317102610.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_317102610.html Two animal advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to delay a plan to shoot hundreds of deer in Valley Forge National Historical Park, west of Philadelphia. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_313105102.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_313105102.html A western Pennsylvania man is using a global positioning device in his company vehicle to fight a speeding ticket. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_313103132.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_313103132.html An underground mushroom farm in western Pennsylvania plans to lay off 260 workers because of falling demand and increasing competition from other farms. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_313102948.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribunedemocrat/statenews/local_story_313102948.html Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will propose a 1 percent tax on tuition at colleges and universities in the city as part of the city’s operating budget.