What it’s like to ride on an Erie trolley, and why there’s a new fleet coming in 2026
Here's what to know about riding the Erie Trolley, which have been operating since 2006.
Sep
2025
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Politics
Sep
2025
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that drew renewed attention to the threat of political violence across the United States.
Sep
2025
9
Philadelphia transit agency will use project reserves to avoid cuts. Pittsburgh’s might do the same
Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration on Monday approved the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus, trolley and rail services that it had eliminated to shore up its deficit-riddled finances.
Sep
2025
2
State AG’s office investigating ransom attack that knocked out website, email and phone service
Attorney General Dave Sunday said in a statement Friday his office is continuing to recover from the attack, which also took down the office’s website. He said it was caused by a person outside the agency encrypting files in an attempt to force the office to pay to recover the data.
Sep
2025
2
It’s official: Scranton mayor Paige Cognetti will run for Congress
The 45-year-old Democrat has long been viewed as the party's best candidate to try to unseat freshman Rep. Rob Bresnahan in their bid to take back the US House.
Aug
2025
29
Preliminary hearing waived for the man suspected of firebombing the Governor’s Residence last April
Cody Balmer, 38, pleaded not guilty to all charges, including terrorism, aggravated assault and attempted homicide, shortly after his arrest in April, and is being held without bail. He is being represented by a public defender.
Aug
2025
28
UPMC nurse joins union for her patients
For Clare Duffus, who has been a postpartum nurse at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Magee-Womens Hospital for the past four years, joining a union was a no-brainer.
She shared with The Keystone that caring for her patients and getting them better treatment was one of her main reasons for supporting the union.
Duffus and hundreds of her other colleagues will be joining the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania (SEIU HCPA) after they voted 402 to 305 in favor of the union last week.
✏️ 📹 Sean Kitchen
#Pittsburgh #Labor #UnionYes #Nurses #UPMC #Pennsylvania
Aug
2025
28
Gov. Josh Shapiro makes reelection case for 2026
Gov. Josh Shapiro defends his record and makes the argument for reelection in 2026 after Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced her campaign as a Republican candidate.
Shapiro spoke to reporters in Harrisburg on Tuesday after celebrating the elimination of call times and backlogs with the commonwealth’s unemployment compensation system.
✏️/📹: Sean Kitchen
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #PAGov
Aug
2025
28
U.S. Reps. Scanlon, Lee denied entry to Pa. immigration detention center
The congresswomen were attempting oversight visits in response to detainee’s death and poor conditions
Aug
2025
27
Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
