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(TNS) — If you’re standing at the South Hanover Township municipal building, you can see the roller coasters at nearby Hersheypark. But the longest line in the area on Wednesday night may not have been at the amusement park in nearby Derry Township. The line of people waiting to sign in at a special meeting for the Sou

The arts will have a new home base in Harrisburg. 717 Arts Inc. and Harristown announced on Thursday the opening of a community arts center at 25 S. 3rd St. in downtown’s SoMa neighborhood. The new center will open for the Harrisburg Fringe Festival on July 16 through 19,...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — The communications director for the City of Harrisburg has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation, according to multiple sources close to the matter. Mischelle Moyer was placed on leave after an email surfaced that was critical of Mayor Wanda Williams, sources said

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A burn ban has been put in effect for Newberry Township due to ongoing dry weather and the increased fire risk it presents; the fire department announced on Wednesday. The ban was put in place as a joint determination with the township manager and...

A 10-year-old boy stands accused of stabbing a worker during an attempted robbery of a Pennsylvania Dollar Tree store, police said. The juvenile walked into a branch of the discount chain brandishing a fixed-blade knife, threatened an employee, and told her to hand over money, according to a statement from the local po

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Approximately 15 acres of land were affected by a brush fire in Conewago Township on Thursday. The fire was reported around 11:07 a.m. at 1660 Bowers Bridge Road, according to Ted Czech, the public information officer for the York County Office of Emergency Management.

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — As hot, dry weather continues across central Pennsylvania, more communities in our area are banning open burning and, in some cases, fireworks as Independence Day is just days away. Middletown Borough in Dauphin County enacted a ban on outdoor burning and fireworks effective July 2 “until suffi

HIGHSPIRE, Pa. (WHTM) – The cause and manner of death remain unclear for the woman found dead in a Dauphin County creek last week. Vincent Paese, Deputy Chief Clerk for the Dauphin County Commissioners, told abc27 on Thursday afternoon that a final cause and manner of death for 65-year-old Grace Lampley has not yet bee

“It’s getting hot in here.” No, seriously — and in at least two cases, it’s even too hot for ice cream. Many events have been planned to help celebrate the Fourth of July and America’s 250th birthday, but an unexpected visitor, a heat wave, has started to put a damper on celebrations across the Northeast.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — A Code Orange Air Quality alert has been issued for tomorrow in multiple Central PA counties. According to he Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the alert applies to Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster, York, Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties. The hea