A lawsuit filed in federal court is alleging negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents of a Kentucky town from their homes just before the Thanksgiving holiday.

A man imprisoned since 2001 for attacking educators and students in a Pennsylvania elementary school with a machete, wounding 14, has died in prison.

An early blast of cold and snow shut down schools in Cleveland on Tuesday and made driving on heavily traveled Interstate 90 in northern Ohio treacherous.

If your travel plans include the northern part of the 21 WFMJ viewing area, you might want to prepare for winter driving.

Hackstedde explained institutions of higher learning have made the decision to move to a confidential search process, citing it to be a process that the "business world has used almost forever."

The Ohio attorney general is bringing in outside lawyers to investigate a state lawmaker who allegedly engaged in a pattern of erratic and abusive behavior toward other legislators, staff and his constituents.

A judge has rejected a plea agreement for a Pennsylvania woman charged with killing her two young children.

An Ohio state lawmaker has been removed from committees and banned from contacting staff following an alleged pattern of “erratic and abusive behavior.”.

Several leading Pennsylvania universities that receive millions of dollars in state aid must start publicly disclosing more records about their finances, employment and operation.

An Ohio man accused of abducting and beating a woman while she was confined for four days in a residential garage last month has pleaded not guilty.

Police in England have arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson whose neck was cut by a skate during a game.

Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would keep students in school while officials and parents settle disputes about residency.

A convicted murderer who escaped from a southeastern Pennsylvania prison earlier this year and eluded a massive two-week search is now facing new charges in connection with alleged crimes committed while he was on the run.

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Warren is becoming a vital part of his team's offense.

A homicide suspect who escaped from a northwestern Pennsylvania prison and was on the run for more than a week before a pet dog led to his recapture in July has pleaded guilty for kidnapping a Pennsylvania couple and his escape.

"The numbers get higher and higher," Boyles added. "We prepare for more and more people every month right now."

Pennsylvania voters have elected women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and the state’s second-largest county, which includes Pittsburgh.

Voters on both ends of Pennsylvania are heading to the polls to decide who will lead the most populous counties.

Cincinnati officials are expressing outrage at a drive-by shooting that sent more than a score of bullets into a crowd of children.

A Pennsylvania nurse who allegedly gave lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients at health care facilities has been charged with additional crimes.

A court says Pennsylvania can't enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

An effort supporters say will increase transparency in several leading Pennsylvania universities passed the House of Representatives while the universities’ annual state subsidies remain snarled in the Legislature due to a partisan funding dispute.

Millions more dollars are flowing into Pennsylvania’s race for a state Supreme Court seat, as labor unions, trial lawyers and billionaires spend heavily.

The Ohio Supreme Court is upholding a 65-year prison term for a central Ohio woman who plead guilty to stealing jewelry and other valuables from elderly residents at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

A bill passed the Pennsylvania state Senate that would require parents to opt in to allow children to view books deemed sexually explicit.

Federal authorities have announced the arrest of the fifth and final suspect wanted in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage last year.

A K-9 police dog's attack on a Black motorist in Ohio is resurrecting questions about race relations and law enforcement tactics.

Pennsylvania gov's office agrees to pay $295K to settle sexual harassment complaint by ex-employee against former aide.

The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

The 2008 financial crisis took a toll on the nation. That's why Warren's City Council voted for a temporary wage freeze for elected officials in 2009 -- but they didn't expect it to last almost 15 years.