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On the day his murder trial was scheduled to begin, a York County man pleaded guilty to causing a stranger’s fatal brain injury when he punched him in the head during a 2023 bar fight. Aaron Wright avoided trial Monday on third-degree murder charges in the March 15, 2023,...

PENNSYLVANIA — A crash on the east end of the George N. Wade Memorial Bridge is causing major traffic problems on Interstate 81 northbound near Harrisburg Thursday evening. According to traffic officials, the crash occurred at Exit 66 on the Harrisburg side of the Susquehanna River. The middle and right lanes are curre

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — Numerous children locked inside a bedroom attic in a bed bug-infested central Pennsylvania apartment led to charges being filed Wednesday, according to police. Police filed 14 charges against 49-year-old Michelle Husted, 25-year-old Andrew Miller, 28-year-old Leslie Warfel, and 46-year-old Chad H

MIDDLE PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – Firefighters are at the scene of a structure fire in Dauphin County where a death had occurred earlier in the day. Crews were called to the 500 block of Lesentier Lane in Middle Paxton Township late Thursday morning. A fire chief at the scene told an abc27 News photographer […]

In April and May, developers in southcentral Pennsylvania proposed plans that include data centers, a convenience store, a hotel and several housing developments. The following list includes projects in Adams, Cumberland, Perry and Dauphin counties. Not all proposed projects will be built, and some might take years bef

Note: This story may be updated with more recent figures from PPL. Outage numbers in this story are updated as of 9 p.m. Thousands of PPL customers in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties are without power Thursday night after a strong thunderstorm pushed through the region. According to PPL, Cumberland...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — The paddleboarder who drowned in Lake Marburg last weekend was identified Thursday by the York County Coroner's Office. Jack Aaron Murray, 24, of Camp Hill, died after he fell off of his board and drowned during a storm on Saturday. He didn't resurface until 2:58 p.m. Monday, according to the c

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A woman was hospitalized at Harrisburg Hospital after police said she was “ruthlessly” beaten by her husband, who now faces attempted homicide and other charges. Harrisburg Police said in charging documents that Frederick Jackson, 37, of Harrisburg, allegedly beat the woman “from head to toe,”

Four teenagers in a stolen truck unleashed a torrent of gunfire toward their Pennsylvania State Police pursuers during a high-speed chase on Interstate 81 in February 2025, prosecutors said. The Feb. 23 chase ended when the four, from Kingsport, Tennessee, crashed the truck near a Schuylkill County Walmart and fled....

The York County coroner on Thursday identified a paddleboarder who fell off his board in a storm and drowned in Lake Marburg as Jack A. Murray, 24, of Camp Hill. Murray was with another paddleboarder Saturday about 5:30 p.m. when a thunderstorm rolled in over the water near the 2200 block of Smith Station Road in Hanov