York County police find missing 16-year-old
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — UPDATE: Police said they found the missing 16-year-old. Police in York County are searching for a missing 16-year-old girl. Officials said Sapphire Smith was last seen on March 9 around 11 p.m., and was possibly picked up by a male friend named "Shawn." Smith...
The flight of the snow geese returns to Midstate with awe
(WHTM) — One of the greatest spectacles has returned to the Midstate for a limited time. Each year, more than 100,000 snow geese and tundra swans swing by Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area along their migration journey. The land straddles the Lancaster-Lebanon county line. It’s a pit stop for the birds as they...
18-year-old Adams County man ID’d as soldier killed at Letterkenny
The U.S. Army soldier who died this week following a training incident at Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County has been identified as Pfc. Krystofer Lopez, 18, of Biglerville, according to a news release. “The entire Letterkenny family is heartbroken by the loss of Pfc. Krystofer Lopez. Our thoughts and deepest...
PIAA sued for excluding religious school students from public school teams
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association is once more being sued over claims it is illegally preventing a student athlete from a private religious school from participating on a local public school team. The parents of A.T., a student athlete at York Catholic High School, are suing the PIAA saying the...
Shooter at large after firing into central Pa. home, feet from sleeping toddler
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for the person who shot into an Adams County home last weekend while three people were inside, including a 3-year-old girl. Multiple rounds were fired at about 3:39 a.m. Saturday at a house on Kuhn Drive in East Berlin. One of the bullets went through a window and hit a wall...
Judge orders J&K Salvage to ‘immediately cease operations’ in preliminary injunction
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A judge ordered J&K Salvage to "immediately cease any and all operations" until it receives a new Clean Water Act permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. In an order filed Friday, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick wrote that J&K's pollutant discharge...
Body found in Pennsylvania, investigation underway
PENNSYLVANIA — Authorities are investigating after a body was discovered Friday afternoon in York County. According to the York County Office of Emergency Management, the body was found around 1:17 p.m. in the 3300 block of Village Court Drive in Dover Township. Police were still on scene as of early Friday evening....
Man charged after police find missing drugs from Hershey Medical Center in home: officials
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A 44-year-old man who worked at Hershey Medical Center was arrested Thursday after police reportedly found missing medication and firearm suppressors in his Conoy Township home. According to police, officers initially searched the home of James Hamilton, in the 100 Rissler Road, in...
After hot days and tornado fears, central Pa. can expect to see a bit...
After enjoying temperatures in the 70s, central Pennsylvanians are back to a cold, overcast weather. The rapid shift in temperatures may have helped to trigger warnings of tornadoes across much of Pennsylvania yesterday. But thankfully, as temperatures drop, it will “really tamper down the severe [weather] threat...
Coroner, state police respond to incident in Dauphin County neighborhood
UPDATE: Skeletal remains found in woods next to Dauphin County townhomes. The Dauphin County Coroner’s Office and about a dozen state police vehicles responded to a West Hanover Township neighborhood Thursday night. The incident, the nature of which was unclear Thursday night, was first reported at 7:53 p.m. in...
