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NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County President Judge Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio, the first woman in county history to lead the county bench, has announced her candidacy for Pennsylvania Supreme Court in next year’s elections. “Pennsylvanians want their judges to read and apply the law,” Carluccio said in a press release announcing her...

The current estimate on immigrants illegally crossing the southern border since President Biden took office is approximately 5 million people. Where are these people now? How are they living? Where are they living? How do they eat? Does the U.S. government provide them with free housing and health care and...

For small businesses hoping to establish or expand their brick-and-mortar presence, it may seem like a bad time to sink cash into a commercial property purchase. Amid predictions of an upcoming recession, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate for the sixth time in 2022, citing inflation risks and...

Pennsylvania public school students have made little progress in making up for the learning losses suffered during the covid-19 pandemic. The latest Pennsylvania System of School Assessment results released Monday show just over half of test-takers in grades three through eight statewide scored proficient or advanced, which is regarded as...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a major political conference before year’s end at which he is expected to address his increasingly tense relations with Washington and Seoul over the expansion of his nuclear and missile programs. North Korea’s state media said Thursday that...

Everyone around the world deserves to lead a life of dignity and opportunity. That’s why we mark World AIDS Day today. I urge Sen. Pat Toomey to ensure the U.S. can maintain its historic leadership in the global fight against AIDS by reauthorizing one of the most effective tools in...

The most important part of a corrections operation is not the bars. A jail is not a cage. It isn’t a place where people are chucked in and the door is locked behind them like some medieval dungeon. At least, it’s not supposed to be. No, the word “corrections” implies...

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Accepting that Republicans have gained control of the U.S. House, I was anxious to hear their plans for dealing with inflation and crime, these being the primary issues raised during their campaigns. I was especially eager to learn of their ideas for ways of battling worldwide inflation. How capturing just...

High schools Bowling WPIBL Wednesday’s results Boys Freeport 7, Riverview 0 Top series: Dylan Granata, Colin Cummings (F) 556; Noah Prosky (R) 329 St. Joseph 7, Apollo-Ridge 0 Top series: Aidan Dehnert (SJ) 596; Jordan Abell (AR) 592 Shaler 4, North Allegheny 3 Carlynton 7, Bishop Canevin 0 Blackhawk 7,...

In 1994, the Heisman High School Scholarship was created to extend the Heisman Trophy’s prestige from college football to the nation’s most esteemed high school seniors. Now, Westmoreland County is home to one of the winners. Belle Vernon senior Viva Kreis is the female recipient of the 2022 Heisman High...

Mark Cuban’s prescription drug company, known for “cutting out the middle man,” is in conversations with hospitals around the nation to identify the most common drug shortages. The goal is to fill the gap by targeting production at its new manufacturing facility in Dallas toward cranking out the most needed...

Penn State cornerback and North Allegheny graduate Joey Porter Jr. declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Wednesday and announced he will not play in the team’s bowl game. “I sincerely appreciate my teammates, coaches, family and every member of the Penn State community who have made the last four...

CNN employees are in for a rough week as the news network’s chief, Chris Licht, told staff to prepare for a round of layoffs. The cuts have been anticipated as CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery is looking for cost reductions across the company as it tries to bring down debt....

Robert Morris football coach Bernard Clark Jr. is headed to the Orange Bowl. The former Miami linebacker who was named MVP of the 1988 Orange Bowl will be recognized for his accomplishments when he is inducted into the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame. Clark joins Dewey Selmon (Oklahoma) and Grant...

Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel and the Sharpsburg Community Library in Sharpsburg are conducting a survey of residents in and around the Fox Chapel Area School District to better understand the changing needs of the community and ensure that the libraries are investing their resources to maximize the benefits...

The Birdie Last week: 1-0 (100%) Season: 106-28 (79.1%) This … is … Leopardy. The Birdie is a gameshow host this week as he preps for Belle Vernon’s first PIAA playoff game in 27 years. He wants to test your Leopards knowledge on the eve of their matchup with Martinsburg...

HARRISBURG — The public is invited to again vote online for the 2023 Pennsylvania River of the Year, choosing from among four waterways nominated throughout the state. “Honoring the River of the Year has become one of my favorite annual traditions and I am hopeful that we receive a record...

Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship held its Sixth Annual Entrepreneurial Summit on Nov. 11 with the theme “Social Entrepreneur.” Twelve seventh and eighth grade student businesses from five schools throughout the Pittsburgh region participated in the event at Commonwealth Charter Academy in Homestead. The purpose of the event was...

Penn State’s vaunted 2022 recruiting class produced another accolade — and it was doled out to one of Pennsylvania’s own. Nick Singleton, the Nittany Lions’ star running back, was named the Big Ten’s Thomson-Randle El Freshman of the Year on Wednesday afternoon. The Governor Mifflin graduate became the fourth Nittany...

Happy Holidays from the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall! As the paper copy of this issue of the Signal Item hits your doorstep or mailbox on Dec. 8, there are 17 days until Christmas. Is your holiday shopping done? Or, like the much-beloved character Ralphie from “A Christmas...

Art • The Greensburg Art Center will sponsor a bus trip Dec. 14 to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Special exhibits will include Sargent and Spain, Vermeer’s Secrets of Venice and Capaccio’s Italian Art. The bus will leave at 5:30 a.m. from the art center, arrive at...

A formerly prominent Chester County attorney has plead guilty to stealing over $1 million from clients, according to a story from The Daily Local News. Thomas Evan Schindler, 62, of Newlin Township admitted in court that he had taken money from clients that he was not entitled to, and had...