Harrisburg PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– A school in the Harrisburg School District is closed on Wednesday due to a power outage. According to the Harrisburg School District, there will be no school at Camp Curtain Academy on Wednesday, November 19, due to an early morning power outage. The school district said the power at Steele...

LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — A locally owned BBQ restaurant in Dauphin County just announced its closure. Shakedown BBQ, which is located at 1708 Fairmont Drive in Harrisburg, is owned and operated by Central Pennsylvania natives Chris and Sarah Heilig. Earlier today, the owners announced on Facebook that...

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A Pennsylvania woman, Annette Allen, is suing McDonald’s, alleging she suffered third-degree burns after a tray holding multiple cups of “excessively hot” coffee collapsed and spilled on her. The lawsuit, filed on November 10th in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas by Florida-based firm Morgan &...

A man was taken to the hospital and placed on a ventilator last weekend after he was knocked out in an attack against him and his wife by a man outside a downtown Harrisburg bar, according to an affidavit of probable cause. It was the second apparently unprovoked attack reported...

Authorities discovered a human trafficking victim in a York County home earlier this month. On November 4, Maryland State Police, in collaboration with the U.S. Marshals Service, located the victim in Hanover, Pennsylvania, alongside Deion Taurence Philip, a 32-year-old New York resident. Philip was taken into...

The public can comment on PPL Electric Utilities’ request for up to 7% higher rates during December hearings, state regulators announced Tuesday. In Northeast Pennsylvania, hearings will take place in Lackawanna and Lehigh counties. The hearings are:. Dec. 8, 6 p.m., University of Scranton, Brennan Hall, Rose Room,...

(WHTM) — In Dauphin County, there’s a group of volunteers giving children a voice in the foster system. Dauphin County CASA recruits and trains volunteers for court-appointed special advocates who advocate for abused and neglected children. They compile reports that judges use in trials, and they act as a constant in...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Tuesday the launch of the new Elder Exploitation Section within the Attorney General’s Office, a dedicated team that will focus on investigating and prosecuting people who abuse or take advantage of older Pennsylvanians. Pa. has the...

Dauphin County, P.A. — Locals in downtown Harrisburg are calling for a stronger police presence after a man was hospitalized following an assault outside of a restaurant on Second Street. Police said Isaiah Hill, 26, punched a woman in the back of her head, and then her husband, knocking...