Harrisburg PA

HARRISBURG, Pa (WHTM) — On Earth Day, local and state officials joined business leaders to unveil Harrisburg’s newest outdoor space. “We’re very excited here to welcome you all for the first time in public Coronet Park,” said Brad Jones of Harristown Enterprises. The “pocket park,” as local leaders call it, is located along 2nd street […]

A historic diner, once a mainstay along Cameron Street in Harrisburg, is about to reopen with a sweet menu and new focus and name. In late 2022, owners Bill and Dorothy Katsifis had the East Shore Diner hauled 12 miles by flatbed truck, across the Susquehanna River, to its new home as the Silver Side Cafe & Creamery in Silver Spring Township.

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CAMP HILL, PA — A man was arrested early Sunday on a terroristic threats charge following a domestic dispute. The Camp Hill Police Department was dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of North 26th Street at approximately 12:54 a.m. for an active domestic dispute. Police were told...

Saia opened a 74-door terminal on Tuesday in York, Pennsylvania, part of an effort to grow its Northeast presence and bolster its national network of over 200 terminals, according to a news release. While the carrier previously serviced the area through its Harrisburg site, the addition marks the carrier’s first...

New owners have stepped up at Snappers Bar & Grill in Mechanicsburg. On Monday, Miro Gojmerac and Son Nguyen, owners of The Wharf Bar & Grill in Swatara Township, took over the restaurant and bar at 120 E. Allen St. from Tom and Athena Balafoutas. The Balafoutases are retiring after...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will conduct inspections of Interstate 81 bridges over Route 11 in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, on Tuesday, April 28. The inspections will affect both northbound and southbound bridges from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting. Inspectors will use a crane from the roadway to evaluate the bridge structures.

Dauphin County commissioners are considering numerous reforms to the county’s gaming grant program, which doles out millions of dollars from casino revenue each year, including how they could claw back money for projects that never happened. The move follows an in-depth PennLive investigation that showed over the life of...

PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Massachusetts man was taken into custody Tuesday at a campsite after allegedly robbing a Perry County bank, according to Pennsylvania State Police. State Police at Newport said before robbing the Pennian Bank, located at Red Hill Road in Howe Township, on Monday afternoon, 38-year-old Christopher Grannis used the bank’s […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new pocket park is now open in downtown Harrisburg, with city leaders marking the occasion on Earth Day. Coronet Park officially opened Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community event hosted by Harristown Enterprises INC, the company behind the project. Organizers say the space will...