Harrisburg PA

Two hundred acres of Lancaster farmland are set to be preserved thanks to taxpayer funds and a partnership with Lancaster Farmland Trust. A farmer in nearby Cumberland County has turned down a multi-million dollar bid to use his farmland for a data center thanks to a partnership with the Lancaster Farmland Trust,...

Lower Paxton Township-based D&H Distributing, a distributor of IT and electronics products, is the sixth-largest private company in Pennsylvania, bringing in $6.1 billion in revenue, according to Forbes. And one man has been part of the company’s success for the last 68 years — Izzy Schwab. He died...

I am privileged to write about a special group—leaders of color, all at the top of their chosen fields. From business professionals to poets to community builders and artists, all are working independently and together for positive change in Harrisburg. The Communicators. Dr. Kimeka Campbell’s name is synonymous...

We don’t often think of mushrooms as a symbol of winter, but I recently learned that fungi have a strong underground system that produces its own antifreeze to keep the organism alive in the cold. In other words, even though the fruiting bodies, or what we tend to think...

On Jan. 22, central Pennsylvania lost one of the area’s most beloved country singers and songwriters. Al Shade, a legendary country/western music star from Gratz, died last week at 98. Shade was best known for hits like “I’m A Star On WLBR,” and “Forever and a Day,” which he wrote with his wife and musical partner,...

(File Photo of a Scam Alert Logo) (Harrisburg, PA0 Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday met with older Pennsylvanians in Dauphin and Luzerne counties during Identity Theft Awareness Week this week to discuss scams that are trending, how targets of scams can protect themselves and how scammers were successful in...

CARLISLE, Pa. — An autopsy performed on an inmate found dead in her cell at Cumberland County Prison earlier this month determined she died of natural causes, county officials announced Friday. Melissa Trayer, 53, was found unresponsive in her cell by prison staff at about 2:50 p.m. on Friday,...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A woman from New Cumberland was arrested Wednesday for allegedly mishandling tax documents and defrauding a client in 2023. Tiffany Ann Mixell, 32, was charged three years ago by Manheim Township police for deceptive or fraudulent business practices. She had been wanted by police since...

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JONESTOWN, Pa. – The suspect involved in the fatal attempt to serve a search warrant in a Lebanon County child sexual abuse material investigation has been identified. The suspect was identified as John W. McDowell, 47, according to a press release from the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). Police say...