The holiday season can be a mixed bag for job seekers, according to Kevin Collins, Assistant Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Career and Professional Development Center. While the job boards may not be flush with openings this time of year, job seekers can take advantage of the lull. “The best way to put it would […]
The economic forecast took a turn for the worse after the state budget was passed, and it’s showing up in tax collections that are already running $345-million dollars below expectation. Budget Secretary Charles Zogby estimated a shortfall of $500-million dollars by the end of the fiscal year. “I tend to think that this is an […]
A police officer is dead and another wounded in a shooting overnight in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town. The suspect was later killed when police tried to arrest him. The man suspected of gunning down East Washington Borough Police officer John David Dryer Sunday night was killed after police surrounded his house this morning. State […]
Two Penn State officials charged with lying to a grand jury in the university’s child sex-abuse scandal have been held for trial after a preliminary hearing in Harrisburg Friday. Lawyers for Tim Curley and Gary Schultz say their clients will be exonerated at trial. Schultz’s attorney questioned the actions of assistant coach Mike McQueary in […]