http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225230839.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225230839.html A family friend says former news reporter and Pennsylvania congressional candidate Bill Cahir has been killed in Afghanistan while serving with the Marines. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225194618.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225194618.html A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring a southwestern Pennsylvania church which claims “jam band” concerts are its services from holding four more concerts this summer. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225194447.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225194447.html Police in south-central Pennsylvania have arrested a suspect wanted for the shooting death of a man in his home Tuesday morning. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225194302.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_225194302.html A western Pennsylvania man has been convicted of illegal gambling despite a defense that the poker games he organized require a high degree of skill. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224215149.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224215149.html Police in south-central Pennsylvania have released the names of two men who were shot dead half a block away from each other. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:23:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224202501.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224202501.html A northeastern Pennsylvania man who has acknowledged killing a man with a meat cleaver in 2004 has been ordered to stand trial on criminal homicide and other charges. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224195813.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224195813.html Every finding of juvenile delinquency by a judge accused of taking kickbacks from a private juvenile detention company should be thrown out and nearly all the cases should not be retried, a judge appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review the cases said Wednesday. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224120454.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_224120454.html WEST MIFFLIN — Kennywood Park in western Pennsylvania is planning a new roller coaster that will take riders from zero to 50 mph in about three seconds. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224538.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224538.html A former high school chemistry teacher in suburban Pittsburgh has been sentenced to eight months of house arrest and five years of probation after pleading guilty in an online sex sting. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224444.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224444.html Philadelphia Newspapers hopes to use $35 million in new capital to settle nearly $400 million in debts and emerge from bankruptcy. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224316.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224316.html State prosecutors say a western Pennsylvania daycare operator and 10 others bilked the state out of more than $700,000 through bogus claims. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224212.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223224212.html Two men wanted in connection with two separate gunshot slayings in Pennsylvania are in custody in New York. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223161451.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223161451.html LANCASTER — Police in south-central Pennsylvania say two people have been shot dead a block apart from each other. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223102955.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_223102955.html WILKES-BARRE— Registered nurses have begun informational picketing at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_222211138.html http://www.dailyitem.com/panews/local_story_222211138.html Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a man and his young daughter have been found dead in a car in the garage of their home.