There’s no place like home: WellSpan grant supports older adults’ safety, independence
At 92-years-old, Guelda Bell and her husband, Glenn, are proud to still be living in their own home in York County. However, their daughter wanted to make sure they were living as comfortably and safely as possible as they enjoy their golden years. So, she connected her mother with the United Disabilities Services...
Lebanon County residents provide input on Route 72/Cornwall Road corridors
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Police seek help identifying suspect in attempted vending machine theft
CARLISLE, Pa. — Police in Cumberland County are looking for help identifying the suspect in an attempted theft from a vending machine. According to Middlesex Township Police, the pictured male suspect used a hammer to damage a vending machine at a Quality Inn motel on the 1800 block of Harrisburg Pike in Carlisle at...
NEWS VOICES: Penn State study finds melanoma ‘hotspot’ in Central Pennsylvania
Welcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of WVIA News talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we learned in recent stories we are working on or other events dominating the headlines. This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Lydia McFarlane discuss...
Blotter: Reckless endangerment, person not to possess firearms, warrants served
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Newport man accused of strangling 5-year-old at large: PSP
PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Pennsylvania State Police has issued an arrest warrant for a Newport man facing strangulation charges after a reported domestic incident in January involving a minor. The incident happened around 9:45 p.m. Jan. 15 on Shermans Valley Road in Tyrone Township, where PSP said William...
A Long-Running Pennsylvania Nursing Facility Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Cedar Haven Acquisition, LLC, the parent company of Cedar Haven Healthcare Center, has filed for bankruptcy. The filing follows mounting financial pressure at the Lebanon-based nursing facility and is intended to allow operations to continue under court supervision. Chapter 11 Filing Details. Cedar Haven...
PA Farm Show butter sculpture to be recycled into ‘renewable energy’
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Farm Show has officially concluded, and officials announced that the famed 1,000-lb. butter sculpture will be broken down and recycled into “renewable energy.” The 4-H Club of Dauphin County helped scrape down the 1,000-lb. butter sculpture, which celebrates America’s 250th anniversary of...
4 displaced following apartment fire in Cumberland County
SHIREMANSTOWN, Pa. — Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 100 block of East Main Street in Shiremanstown Borough, Cumberland County Monday morning, according to dispatch. Emergency personnel arrived at the scene at about 7:15 a.m. East Main Street was closed but has since reopened to single lane...
Cumberland County police officer hit, killed during snowstorm remembered 51 years later
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Monday marks 51 years since a Silver Spring Township police officer was struck by a car and killed during a snowstorm. Officer Paul Walters, 30, had been part of the Silver Spring Township Police Department for three years before he died in the line of duty Jan. 19, 1975, according to a...
