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Lights out for Philly’s famous Boathouse Row, for now

Starting Monday, the lights will be switched off and taken down as work gets underway on a $2.1 million replacement project expected to last eight months.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

FBI records deepen mystery of dig in Pennsylvania for Civil War-era gold

The government says the dig came up empty, but a treasure hunter believes otherwise.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

Poorer districts win challenge to Pennsylvania’s public school funding

The school districts that sued included the School District of Lancaster and the Shenandoah Valley School District.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press, Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press and Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press


Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted Dimock

“We got played,” said Ray Kemble, the most outspoken of a small group of Dimock residents who have battled the drilling company and state regulators alike.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

Philadelphia’s slain ‘Boy in Box’: 66 years later we know his name

Revealing the name to the public, authorities hope it will bring them a step closer to the boy’s killer and give the victim a measure of dignity.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

Police to reveal identity of Philadelphia’s slain ‘Boy in the Box’

The case is Philadelphia’s oldest unsolved homicide.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

Updated: November 22, 2022 | 7:00 pm

Dimock residents, prosecutors and a utility met to discuss contaminated drinking water

Residents of a rural community whose drinking water has been contaminated for 14 years have met with high-level officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

PennDOT sued over fatal motorcycle wreck

The family of a woman who died in a motorcycle crash is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, saying the agency’s negligence caused the fatal wreck.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

Updated: October 6, 2022 | 3:42 pm

11 turkey farm workers in Central Pennsylvania charged with cruelty caught on video

11 workers were charged with animal cruelty at farms in Chester, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Perry and Union counties, police said.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press
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