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Martin Luther King Day events, service projects set for Bucks County
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is right around the corner, and there are plenty of ways for you to become involved in your community and embody King’s message of service to others.
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The best pizzas Pizzavania readers ate in 2025
Readers of our newsletter highlighting the best in Pa. pizza, Pizzavania, weigh in on the pizzas they enjoyed most last year.
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Mike Tomlin steps down after 19 seasons as coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Tomlin was an unknown when the Pittsburgh Steelers plucked him from obscurity in 2007 and handed the young and charismatic Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator one of the most stable jobs in sports.
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How soap led police to killers of Erie industrialist 81 years ago
Dubbed the “Hilltop Murder,” the 1945 killing of Joseph B. Campbell at his Millcreek home was “one of Erie County’s most atrocious crimes,” according to the Erie Daily Times.
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This York County couple opened a side-by-side salon and pizza shop
An experienced hair stylist and home-trained pizzaiolo, Jackie and Hope Cook were hungry for an opportunity to open independent businesses. And while they never anticipated opening shops right next door to each other, they couldn’t be happier.
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Republican Stacy Garrity’s first campaign speech of 2026 was all about Gov. Josh Shapiro
The frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination mentioned the sitting governor by name at least 30 times.
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Want a chance at a $450 bottle of whiskey? How to enter Pa. lottery.
Up for grabs are 1,434 bottles of whiskey from the Van Winkle set, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection and E.H. Taylor line, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced. Commonwealth residents and liquor license-holders have until 5 p.m. Jan. 16 to enter the contest.
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More than 250 are on strike at Parker Lord’s Erie County plant. HeresWhy
Union workers at the Parker Lord facility in Summit Township — more than 250 of whom went on strike Jan. 10 — say the company has an offer on the table that will provide them raises of about 3% in each year of a five-year contract.
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‘Joe Dirt’ tribute takes top prize in Pennsylvania Farm Show mullet contest
The short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back coiffure, once the province of Canadian hockey players and hair metal bands, attracted about 150 competitors and more than a thousand spectators for the day’s “mane” attraction.
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Want to see frozen waterfalls in PA? Try these 7 gorgeous winter hikes
Waterfalls in Pennsylvania become sparkling ice sculptures when the temperature drops below freezing.
