• Grillis first blown save spoils Lockes start in loss

  PIT@CIN: Walker makes great throw home to nab Cozart CINCINNATI -- Pirates starter Jeff Locke kept his unbeaten streak alive Wednesday at Great American Ball Park. Closer Jason Grilli couldn't say the same about his own impressive run, blowing his first save of the season en route to a 2-1 loss to the Reds in 13 innings. After Locke threw seven scoreless innings and Mark Melancon gave ...

• Natrona idea takes wing

  Artist Stevo Sadvary, of Stowe Township, applies pieces of tile to a birdhouse mosaic at the Natrona Community Park and Playground in Harrison on Wednesday, June 19, ...

• GOP senator’s proposal doesn’t have formula by which state stores could be shuttered

  The plan by Republican Sen. Chuck McIlhinney of Bucks County allows nearly 14,000 existing liquor licensees to buy permits to sell wine and liquor. Those licensees range from beer distributors to restaurants and grocery stores with eat-in facilities, which can sell ...

• Plan would keep state sole liquor wholesaler

  A liquor privatization bill state Sen. Charles McIlhinney Jr., R-Doylestown, proposed would allow private companies to sell wine and spirits but would preserve Pennsylvania's role as the state's sole wholesaler. So, before a customer buys a bottle of wine from a local business, the business owner first would buy that bottle from the state, under McIlhinney's ...

• FBI targets ‘hacktivist’ in rape case

  A Kentucky man who drew attention to the Steubenville, Ohio, juvenile rape case said on Wednesday that the FBI is targeting him because he and other online activists seek social justice through a network of technologies that the government designed to spy on ...

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