Harrisburg PA

Severe storms ripped the roof off of a barn and uprooted trees in York County amid a wave of severe weather in the region that led to school dismissals on Monday, March 16, 2026. Photographs taken by the York Daily Record showed winds had ripped the roof off of a barn on the 2100 block of Seven Valleys Road in North...

A Dauphin County bakery is expanding to a second location in Lebanon County. Desserts Etc. in Derry Township is opening Mount Gretna Coffee Cottage at the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Building at Carnegie Avenue and Chautauqua Drive in Mount Gretna. The seasonal shop will serve coffee and Desserts...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Community members are coming together to support a family who lost everything, including their 3-year-old daughter's birthday gifts, during a house fire in Mechanicsburg. The blaze broke out Friday in the 1600 block of Cressman Circle, emergency dispatchers had said. A man named Chris...

After a brief hiatus, the ovens are back on at the Philly Pretzel Factory in Hampden Township, twisting soft pretzels, including shamrock-shaped ones for St. Patrick’s Day. The shop at 4401 Carlisle Pike reopened on March 13 after being closed for a few weeks to facilitate a store remodel.

A frozen custard stand in Lower Paxton Township is changing gears as the owners pivot to a new format. After 15 years, Meadows Original Frozen Custard at 4628 Jonestown Road is converting into The Clubhouse. Custard will no longer be served, but the seasonal outdoor venue will continue to offer...

Veronica Anntonette Oliva, 36, of Columbia, South Carolina, was charged with Dealing in Proceeds of Unlawful Activities, Theft by Deception, Criminal Conspiracy (Theft by Deception), and Receiving Stolen Property, according to Manheim Township Police. The investigation began on Jan. 30 when a Lancaster County...

The Monster Truck Thunder tour visited the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, featuring freestyle, time trial racing, donut competition, and bracket racing. The trucks that competed in the show were Overkill Evolution, Black Stallion, Higher Education, Iron Warrior, and Metal Monster. SamsonMTfan filmed...

Click on photos to see larger, sharper images. The Rawlinsville Fire Company did water rescue training at Columbia River Park Saturday morning. A new store is about to open(?) at 5th & Cherry. It’s located where Lively’s store used to be. There were some colorful skies Thursday evening.

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Last year, our country destroyed food — surplus promised to tens of thousands of starving people — and many of them died. Then we sent bombs to totally destroy a tiny country killing more than a third of the children there. This year we have attacked multiple countries,...