Harrisburg PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Plenty of trees were brought down as a gusty front moved through central Pennsylvania, including the Harrisburg Christmas tree. The decorated tree, set up outside the Martin Luther King Jr. City Government Center on North 2nd Street, toppled at some point Friday. Friday evening, barriers...

A one-alarm fire damaged a Harrisburg duplex Friday night. Just after 6:45 p.m., fire crews were dispatched to the area of Reel and Radnor streets for the blaze. About 15 minutes later, emergency dispatchers upgraded the fire to a one-alarm. Crews arrived to find a blaze on the second floor,...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Three people were left without a home after a duplex fire in Harrisburg Friday evening. Firefighters responded to a duplex fire in the 2000 block of Reel Street. Officials say the fire started on the second floor, and part of the home appears to be gutted. Harrisburg Fire Chief Brian...

Police say a previous murder convict who carried out seven armed robberies in York, including a stabbing at a Dollar General store, was caught after cashing a lottery ticket

SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — A tree limb smashed through a windshield and injured a driver in Cumberland County on Friday. According to a New Kingstown Fire Company Facebook post, high winds caused a tree limb to break off and strike a driver’s windshield on December 19 at around 1:50 p.m. The post says […]

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. Big Hill Ciderworks, 338 Georgetown Road, Gardners, Dec. 12. Pass. No violations. Consciousness Coffee, 1 Lemoyne Square, Suite 108, Lemoyne, regular/complaint, Dec. 12....

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania State Police unveiled its new state-of-the-art horse stables at its academy Friday in Hershey. Up to 30 horses can be accommodated with the new 21,000 square foot stable that has room for horses to move around comfortably at its academy located at 175 East Hershey Park Drive. There...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — York Police Captain Daniel Lentz confirmed that 31-year-old Pedro Luis Vega-Rivera, who allegedly kidnapped a 6-month-old girl in November, has been arrested in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities safely located the missing 6-month-old girl a day after she was taken. The child was listed to be...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Harrisburg school was placed on lockdown Thursday morning after a student allegedly threatened to bring a weapon to campus, officials said. The lockdown at Marshall Math Science Academy began around 8:25 a.m. after the threat was reported on a school bus, according to the Harrisburg School...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Police in Lower Paxton Township are asking the public for help identifying someone accused of stealing over $9,000 worth of items from an Ulta Beauty Supply store. The theft happened Dec. 6 at the 511 Jonestown Road location, police wrote in a news release.