Pennsylvania State Police

Pennsylvania needs state troopers. Area colleges want to help fill that need. Misericordia University is the latest to join a growing program.

The new Pennsylvania State Police program allows college seniors to start classes at the academy while earning remaining credits for their degree. Lycoming College also announced participation in the program this week.

A 23-year-old man has died after an 'officer-involved' shooting in Greene Twp., Pike County according to Pennsylvania State Police.

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to fly at half-staff on all state property to honor Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Timothy O’Connor.

Pennsylvania State Police, Pike County detectives and the Pike County Area Agency on Aging conducted an investigation of Belle Reve Senior Living Facility in Milford Borough after receiving an anonymous tip alleging medical neglect of residents.

Pennsylvania State Police say they ended an I-81 pursuit in Scranton which began earlier Tuesday morning in Broome County, New York, and have a suspect in custody. The driver’s car is now at the state police barracks in Dunmore.

The National Weather Service says precipitation is expected to taper off between 11 p.m. tonight and 4 a.m. Monday morning, but more snow could fall across Northeast Pa. on Monday.

A new study from Penn State University found a ‘hot-spot’ of melanoma cases in central Pennsylvania. Researchers found a pattern of skin cancer in counties with or near farmland.

State police charged Frederick Balester, 69, of Hanover Twp., with stabbing his cousin, Jonathan Balester, 56, of Kingston Twp., multiple times in 2011.

Pa. state troopers charged former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra with having suspected crack cocaine or methamphetamine during a traffic stop New Year's Eve. A separate arrest warrant for Kevin Zelna, the man driving Dykstra around, says the former ballplayer told police Zelna put the drugs in his wallet.