Harrisburg PA

CARLISLE — A Carlisle father of five learned he will serve in state prison until at least 2034 for his role in a March 2024 drug overdose death here. Barry Monismith Jr., 35, was convicted at an October jury trial of selling fentanyl to a 44-year-old woman who wound up overdosing later that night.

Right before Christmas in 2023, a Harrisburg police detective showed up at Marilyn McFadden’s door with the news her 18-year-old son had been killed in a city alley. Amari McFadden-Sowers was lured to the 1500 block of Ella Alley under pretenses late at night on Dec. 19, 2023. He was ambushed and shot nine times, his...

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Police announced charges against a Lebanon woman accused of bringing her child to fight another group of kids. The fight happened around 4 p.m. Sept. 29 in the 700 block of Hanover Street, the Lebanon City Police Department wrote in a press release Tuesday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Harrisburg’s Group Violence Intervention program, or GVI, is working to combat gang and gun violence in the capital city. “I think it’s important we show the community that we care,” Derrick James, a Harrisburg-area pastor who participates in the initiative, said. The group goes around...

George Chochos has never liked the term “at-risk youth.” He prefers “youth with potential.”. That’s a phrase that could have defined the Albany, N.Y., native’s younger years, though he likely didn’t think so at the time. In many ways, Chochos, the new executive director...

Shannon Eric Steckbeck, 59, of Harrisburg, walked into the First National Bank at 55 Arsenal Road on Friday, Nov. 21, at 10:06 a.m., according to the release. Bank employees told officers the man first asked for something to write on, but became flustered when another customer entered. He left the bank, returned...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — After a woman was stabbed to death in Harrisburg, a local community activist stepped in to help the victim's family as the investigation continues. The suspect involved in the stabbing on South 17 and Vernon Streets was in a relationship with the victim, according...

If you want a peek at Harrisburg’s past, look at the bottles that were sold there. That’s what local historian Richard K. Hartman does in a new book, “Antique Bottles of Harrisburg, PA: A Window on the Past.”. The book, available at the Historical Society of Dauphin...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A Mechanicsburg resident reported to police that they were scammed through TikTok. The victim told police they attempted to purchase tickets for sale by the user by sending money via Apple Pay. Authorities say after the payment went through, they received a document appearing to be...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Earlier today, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) directed PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll to allocate an additional $219.9 million in capital funding to support the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). “PennDOT is using every tool available to support transit systems across the...