PITTSBURGH (AP) — One of three suspects in what Pittsburgh police say was a fake kidnapping that cost them $10,000 has turned himself in to police.
Police say 25-year-old Anthony Hines, of Pittsburgh, surrendered Thursday afternoon. He faces theft, conspiracy and other charges.
Police are searching for 23-year-old Dominic Fields, of Wexford, the money and another man. Police say someone called Fields' father on Sunday, demanding $50,000 in return for...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is pulling state funding for three halfway houses that a new report found increased the number of participants entering or re-entering the prison system.
The Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections says the $2.1 million spent on those halfway houses in Dayton, Hamilton and Mansfield will be diverted to more successful halfway houses.
Agency spokeswoman Julie Walburn also says the department is giving six community-...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Some suburban Philadelphia parents are seeking to halt a potential class-action lawsuit accusing their school district of using cameras in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home.
Three sets of parents of students at Lower Merion and Harriton high schools on Thursday filed documents in federal court to intervene in the case.
The family of a 15-year-old student is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit accusing the...
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — A 36-year-old Chicago area media executive has been named publisher of the Kane County Chronicle.
J. Tom Shaw starts the job on April 5.
That's according to a Thursday news release from Shaw Suburban Media of Greater Chicago.
The Crystal Lake-based company has more than a half-dozen newspapers and niche publications in four northeastern Illinois counties: Kane, Lake, McHenry and DeKalb....
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that a Lancaster County couple believes an underwater snapshot they took off the coast of Aruba reveals human remains on the ocean floor.
The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reported Thursday that the photo taken by John and Patti Muldowney of Manheim last fall has been turned over to the FBI.
Patti Muldowney took the shot while snorkeling near the Caribbean island. Only later did the couple...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Two county commissioners from northeastern Pennsylvania are calling for the resignation of a fellow official charged in a federal corruption probe.
Lackawanna County Commissioners Corey O'Brien and Mike Washo say they want fellow commissioner A.J. Munchak to resign after federal prosecutors charged him Tuesday with taking bribes.
Prosecutors say Munchak and former commissioner Robert Cordaro received more than $450,000 in...
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The third and final Boeing 747-8 Freighter to take part in the new jet's flight test program has flown for the first time.
Boeing Co. says the plane took off from Everett's Paine Field on Wednesday afternoon for a two-and-a-half-hour flight before landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. The huge plane reached an altitude of 30,000 feet and flew at about 280 miles per hour.
At 250 feet long, the jumbo jet is the biggest plane Boeing...
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A Frederick County grand jury has indicted a former kindergarten teacher on charges of sexually abusing a child at school.
State's Attorney J. Charles Smith acknowledged the indictment Wednesday of 31-year-old Matthew Berresford, of East Berlin, Pa.
Berresford couldn't be reached immediately for comment. He has no phone listing, and no defense attorney is listed in court records.
Frederick County Public...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has delivered a major setback to efforts by state lawmakers to apply the tough new sex offender notification requirements laid out in the federal Adam Walsh Act.
In a unanimous decision Thursday, the high court ruled sex offenders notified of their status in the most severe category after Jan. 1, 2008, may avoid the new community reporting requirements under exceptions found in Ohio's old law. That means word of newly...
CORRY, Pa. (AP) — State police believe a northwestern Pennsylvania man may have died in a wood-cutting accident in a wooded area behind his home.
An autopsy was set Thursday on the body of 66-year-old Laverne Jaquith, of Wayne Township. That's near Corry, about 20 miles southeast of Erie.
Police say he was found dead by a neighbor Wednesday morning.
Police say a chain saw was found near the man's body and they believe he might...
