PITTSBURGH (AP) - Republican state Sen. Jane Orie had a lot of explaining to do when she denied charges that she illegally used her state-funded staff to do political campaign work before a judge declared a mistrial last year ( Read more... )

HARRISBURG, Pa.- A former Penn State vice president wants a judge to throw out charges he lied to a grand jury investigating former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and didn't properly report suspected child abuse ( Read more... )

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - At a hearing to determine whether her defense attorney can continue to represent her, Sen. Jane Orie testified that she wants to keep William Costopoulos as her lawyer ( Read more... )

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told a grand jury earlier this year that he was told his ex-assistant Jerry Sandusky had done something of "a sexual nature" with a boy in 2002 ( Read more... )

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania judge ruled Friday that the perjury case against two former Penn State university officials will go to trial over their roles in a child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky ( Read more... )

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Lawyers for two Penn State administrators charged with perjury and with failing to properly report suspected child abuse want prosecutors to turn over material to help them prepare for their preliminary hearing next month ( Read more... )

State Sen. Jane Orie will face one Allegheny County jury in two criminal cases, a judge ruled on Tuesday ( Read more... )