When architecture and nature clash: Fallingwater undergoes $7M in repairs to protect its legacy
A massive three-year, $7 million repair project at Fallingwater is intended to fortify Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece for years to come. The work was inevitable for the beloved structure where preservation leads: For almost 90 years, humidity, freeze-thaw cycles, heavy rain and snow have challenged...
Elevated Risk of Fire Spread in Mid Atlantic Today
The National Weather Service is warning that there is an elevated risk of fire spread in portions of the Mid Atlantic today. All of New Jersey and Delaware, much of the eastern two-thirds of Pennsylvania and Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Northern Virginia has been issued a Special Weather Statement by the...
Rare second chance at freedom for Pa. woman serving life sentence reversed in unprecedented...
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters . Gail Stallworth was trying to win the lottery. At least, that’s what it felt like. In...
Woman found dead inside box truck in Huntington Park
Police discovered the woman’s body around 5 a.m. Sunday inside a truck, which a neighbor says she “made her home,” on Fifth and West Luzerne streets in Huntington Park.
Sneak peek of $75M dinosaur fossil park & museum well worth the wait in...
A sneak peek inside of the long-awaited $75 million Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University on Wednesday was well worth the wait. After almost 20 years from concept and design to swinging doors open, it was hard to not think about walking into the grand hall of Jurassic Park.
Shapiro Administration Invests Over $20 Million in Automated Red Light Enforcement, in Penndel, Other...
PennDOT announced that approximately $20.4 million in Automated Red-Light Enforcement (ARLE) funding will be distributed to 25 municipalities for 31 safety projects, including Penndel Borough. This investment supports the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to safer, more connected communities and brings the total...
Small plane crashes with 5 aboard in Pennsylvania
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon with five people aboard, according to the Federal Aviation Authority. The small aircraft went down near a retirement village south of Lancaster Airport, the Manheim Borough Police Department told ABC News. The plane had just departed from the airport...
I was taken back to prison in unsafe ‘dog kennel’ van after surgery, N.J....
A New Jersey prison inmate is suing the state Department of Corrections for more than $500,000 after he says he was injured in a prison van accident and was denied safe transportation for follow-up medical appointments. Sharob Abdul-Aziz, 52, an inmate at East Jersey State Prison in Middlesex County, claims...
Philly man sentenced to up to 66 years in prison for drug killing, just...
Shaurn Thomas, who was paid $4.1 million by the city of Philadelphia after serving 24 years in prison for a murder he said he didn’t commit, was sentenced on Friday to effectively spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a man over a $1,200 drug debt.
The World’s Oldest Drive-In Movie Theater Is A Historic Gem In Pennsylvania Brimming With...
There are currently only 300 drive-in movie sites showing films in the United States, a drastic decrease from their heyday in the 1950s, when there were a grand total of 4,000. So it's no small feat that Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre in Orefield, Pennsylvania, is still standing after almost 100 years since its...