HARRISBURG (KDKA) - State Senator Pat Stefano (R-32) is pushing to expand Pennsylvania's Castle Doctrine law. Castle Doctrine governs how far a person can go to defend their property. Stefano ...

A Westmoreland County prosecutor argued Wednesday that Pennsylvania’s Castle Doctrine is not an applicable defense in the murder trial of a Churchill man charged in connection with a fatal shooting ...

STROUD TWP., Pa. - A trial is underway in Monroe County for a man who shot two intruders in his home. One of them died, but the homeowner, Randy Halterman, claims he was in the right under the ...

The law of unintended consequences has posed a dilemma for Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities. When the Legislature passed and Gov. Tom Corbett signed an expansion of the so-called Castle ...

ALTOONA — A prosecutor says the state's castle doctrine will keep him from charging a central Pennsylvania homeowner who fatally shot a man who pounded on several windows and acted aggressively late ...

Editor's note: Over the next several weeks, reporters from the Pocono Record will be examining the impact of gun violence in Monroe County and the Poconos for a series of stories. Read the last ...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a burglary and shooting in the city's Terrace Village neighborhood.Based on details in the criminal complaint, it was a home invasion that happened shortly before ...

A defense counselor said an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student, cleared last week of fatally shooting two men in his apartment, was protected by the state's Castle Doctrine. George Exum, 22, ...

Nov. 18—A Westmoreland County prosecutor argued Wednesday that Pennsylvania's Castle Doctrine is not an applicable defense in the murder trial of a Churchill man charged in connection with a fatal ...