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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams (D) said the judge presiding over her lawsuit against city council “can be impartial” after lawyers for the council asked him to recuse himself. Judge Jeffrey B. Engle of the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas was randomly assigned to the mayor’s lawsuit,...

STEELTON, Pa. (WHTM) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory is inspiring all kinds of community service projects around the Midstate. In Steelton, AAA Central Penn employees worked on two Habitat for Humanity homes. The homes are nearly done and will be ready for first-time homeowners to live in them after some finishing...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A two-alarm fire broke out at a Manheim Township home on Monday afternoon. The fire, located in the 100 block of Deer Ford Drive, was reported at 12:52 p.m. and later escalated to a second alarm at 1:11 p.m., according to dispatch. According to...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Counties across central Pennsylvania have issued a “Code Blue” ahead of sub-zero windchills, which are expected overnight Monday and possibly this weekend. “We’ll fill this area with about 40 cots,” said Beth Kempf, the executive director of Community CARES in Cumberland County. “We’ll make...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – A prolonged stretch of arctic cold is expected to grip Pennsylvania late this week, bringing near-zero overnight temperatures, dangerous wind chills, and a chance of snow that...

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a vending machine thief they’ve dubbed the “Munchie Masher.”. Middlesex Township police said the man entered Quality Inn Carlisle at about 1:35 a.m. Monday and, using a hammer, launched a full frontal assault on the machine in question to try to get at the cash inside.

ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Two people had to be rescued from their vehicle following a crash in Gardners Monday. Fire officials said they arrived to an intersection off of Upper Bermudian Road around 11:52 a.m. to find one vehicle on its side, with two people trapped. After stabilizing...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A stabbing over the weekend in Dauphin County left a woman hospitalized and another man facing charges, according to police. Valentino Nortey, 41, of Harrisburg, faces attempted homicide, possessing instrument of crime with intent to use and tamper with/fabricate physical evidence from...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A New Freedom fire company has a warning for drivers after a wreck left a car on its roof and one person injured Monday morning. Volunteers with the Rose Fire Company were called just after 9 a.m. to a crash where a vehicle had overturned in the 14000 block of Country Club Road.

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Despite county leaders insisting that numerous changes are underway in the Dauphin County Prison, the family of Justin Cofield says none of those explain how the father of four died inside its walls. His mother Nicole Banks said she won’t stop until she has...