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HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania on Monday awarded four construction contracts totaling $79.73 million for a multiyear overhaul of The State Museum of Pennsylvania, advancing the largest comprehensive upgrade to the Harrisburg complex since it opened in 1964. The museum closed to the public Sunday as the Pennsylvania Hist

York County will conduct mosquito control operations Wednesday evening in parts of Springettsbury Township, Manchester Township and York City in response to elevated populations of mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile virus. The York County Mosquito and Tick-Borne Disease Control Program will spray affected are

CONOY TOWNSHIP, PA — Human remains discovered along the Susquehanna River in 2021 have been positively identified as a man who went missing in 2017. The skeletal remains were found July 25, 2021, on a small outcropping of land just north of Ely Island in the Susquehanna River in Conoy Township, Lancaster County.

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — First responders conducted active shooter drills with the Millersburg Area School District on Wednesday. Troopers could be seen rushing through the door of the elementary school as part of the training exercise. Firefighters, EMS, and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter were all on scene

An apparent stabbing inside a Pennsylvania motel room left a man dead and another man charged with homicide, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Officers responded to the Days Inn at 334 Arsenal Road in Manchester Township  at 1:01 p.m. after receiving a report of a deceased person, accordin…

A man who was paid $33,100 last year to renovate two Lancaster County homes and abandoned them in the middle of demolition was accused of similar crimes in at least three other counties, court records show. Lancaster Township police charged Merrill “Bud” Miller, 64, of Hummelstown, on Monday with home...

LANCASTER TWP., Pa. (WHP) — A Dauphin County contractor is facing new charges, accused of taking money from customers and never completing the work. Merrill "Bud" Miller is now being charged in Lancaster County. He was previously the subject of a CBS 21 Investigates report, after he was accused of similar crimes in Dau

State police said Samantha was found in Harrisburg and is OK. She is currently in the custody of the Harrisburg Police Department.

EAST PENNSBORO TWP., Pa. (WHTM) — A man allegedly pointed a handgun at the head of another man after a fight outside an East Pennsboro Township child care center. Per a criminal affidavit, David Anthony Quarles was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, recklessly endangering another pers

An autistic girl reported missing from Westmoreland County has been found in Harrisburg, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Samantha Miscik, 17, left her home around 4:40 a.m. on July 24 with a male driving a Subaru Outback and was taken to Lancaster later that same day. Miscik was considered endangered...