A new report by the Environmental Defense Fund found there are more abandoned oil and gas wells than previously thought in the United States. Researchers found 8,840 wells are documented in Pennsylvania, but suspect there are hundreds of thousands more.

Spotlight PA sorted through thousands of heavily redacted documents to reveal how the legislature spends your tax dollars on private lawyers.

Pennsylvania has 5,600 miles of dead waterways, polluted by centuries of coal mining. The Little Conemaugh River near Johnstown, Pennsylvania was one of them. Several abandoned mines discharged pollution that turned the river a bright orange, killing aquatic life. A new documentary, “A River Reborn” looks at how the river, which winds through the Allegheny Mountains, was brought back to life through a decade-long effort by a coalition of local groups.

The Western Pennsylvania chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes is a membership organization with chapters in the Eastern U.S. and Midwest that advocates for landscaping and gardening practices that promote biodiversity.

On Friday, about 50 people attended a vigil in Friendship Park to honor a Black man who died after he was Tased by Pittsburgh police during an arrest earlier this week.