HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sean Parnell, a Fox News contributor, says he’ll run for Congress in Pennsylvania, confirming what President Donald Trump announced during an appearance last week in Pittsburgh. Parnell said Wednesday that he’ll run for Pennsylvania’s politically divided 17th District, which runs from Pittsburgh’s suburbs through Ohio River towns to the Ohio border. The seat is held by freshman Rep. Conor Lamb, a Democrat who beat third-term Republican Keith Rothfus last year by 12 percentage points.

Ohio teenagers hoping to get behind the wheel will have to wait a bit longer under a bill that will undergo a full House vote. The Ohio House Transportation and Public Safety Committee voted 11-to-4 on Tuesday to advance a bill that would raise the minimum age to get a probationary driver’s license from 16 to 16 1/2. The current eligibility age for a learner’s permit will remain at 15 ½ but the new bill will require the individual to hold that permit for one year before they can get their license, instead of six months. Under the new law, a new driver will be able to bypass the probationary license process when they turn 18. A similar bill was introduced in November 2017 but failed.

A Harmony Township man is accused of charging thousands of dollars to a stolen credit card at a local Walmart.  Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details…

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A report from Georgetown University shows that the rate of children in Pennsylvania without health insurance stayed at 4.4 percent for 2016 to 2018. Andrea Sears reports…

Bills now in the General Assembly would put less emphasis on standardized testing for teacher evaluations in Pennsylvania public schools. Andrea Sears reports…

A warrant has been issued for a Baden man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend in Ambridge. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more…

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A Pennsylvania State Senator has released a report on his recently Poverty Tour of Pennsylvania. Don Rooney reports…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation headed for the governor’s desk in Pennsylvania will deliver the biggest changes to state election laws in decades while helping counties buy new voting machines ahead of next year’s presidential election. The Republican-controlled Senate passed it Tuesday, 35-14, hours after the House passed it comfortably. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf negotiated it privately with top Republican lawmakers and his office says he’ll sign it.

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued a teenager in Butler after she fell from a roof and got stuck between two buildings. Officials say the 14-year-old was jumping from roof to roof in Butler on Tuesday when she fell and became wedged in a space less than 2 feet wide. Fire Capt. Jim Kaufman tells KDKA-TV there was a space in between the building about as wide as his shoulders. Firefighters reached the girl through a window. She was flown to a hospital. Her condition is not known.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A newspaper reports that a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of a black teenager killed by a white Pennsylvania police officer has been settled for $2 million. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a federal judge approved dismissal of the suit against the city of East Pittsburgh, and county court records include the settlement amount. Family attorneys declined comment. Authorities said 17-year-old Antwon Rose was shot after bolting from a car during a June 2018 traffic stop.