Harrisburg PA

The incident began around 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the area of Braeburn Lane and Pebble Court in Harrisburg, according to Susquehanna Township Police. An individual fled from officers on foot and, after a short pursuit, entered a residence on Jonagold Drive, police said. Officers first ensured the...

PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A child accused of shooting and killing his father in their Duncannon home about a month ago had his first court hearing on Thursday. Clayton Dietz, 11, was charged as an adult with criminal homicide for the deadly shooting, which happened Jan. 13 on the child’s birthday.

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A woman is accused of striking a 1-year-old while trying to get them to go to sleep at a Carroll Township daycare, according to a citation filed by Carroll Township Police. On Dec. 18, Sydney Ramsey-Bennett, 21, of Mechanicsburg, was reportedly seen in a...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy in identifying the defense attorney who spoke at trial Feb. 17. The attorney's name is Christie Billman . ) Rafael Yambo swiped at his eyes a few times as he went back in time in his memory to when bullets pealed through his work van in the...

A vehicle crashed into a trash truck Thursday morning in Perry County. The call was reported around 8:50 a.m. in the 400 block of Windy Hill Road in Carroll Township, according to county dispatch. The crash trapped someone in the vehicle, Central PA Fire Wire reported. 511PA reported it was...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — While the Empire State Building was going up, and Pluto got its name, Calobe Jackson Jr. arrived. It was the Great Depression, but Jackson, who turns 96 in April, said the kids weren’t so depressed. “Golden ages for the kids because we played everywhere,” he said. “We ran through the streets....

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM)– The Hershey Company is responding to allegations made by H.B. Reese’s grandson that The Hershey Company changed the iconic peanut butter cups recipe. Brad Reese, the grandson of the Reese’s inventor H.B. Reese, took to social media, alleging that The Hershey Company has changed his grandfather’s...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A 15-year-old girl from Shippensburg was killed Sunday following a crash in Cumberland County, troopers said. According to state police, a teen was riding a bike through the intersection of Cleversburg and Baltimore Roads in Southampton Township, and did not stop for a stop sign.

The teen was riding westbound on Cleversburg Road when she entered the intersection with Baltimore Road in Southampton Township around 1:35 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, according to the release. At the same time, Nichole R. Moate, 48, of Biglerville, was driving a 2020 Ford Escape northbound on Baltimore Road...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A woman has been charged with attempted homicide after allegedly stabbing a man in the head in Carlisle on Wednesday afternoon. Shannon Kerns, 37, was taken into police custody by Carlisle police. She was also charged with two counts of aggravated assault, police said.