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Dauphin County will open cooling centers to help the community beat the heat

Dauphin County is opening six cooling stations throughout the county ahead of the heat wave expected to arrive Tuesday. The Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging is urging everyone, especially seniors and those without air conditioners, to find cool places to stay safe in the extreme heat. The centers are...
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Restaurant with ‘Greatest Sandwich in America’ arrives at Hersheypark

A popular sandwich chain has joined the concessions at Hersheypark. Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop opened in the Founder’s Way section of the Derry Township amusement park on Memorial Day weekend. Local franchise partner Corey Wolff opened the first Capriotti’s to the Harrisburg region. He opened a location in March...
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Heat wave to push central Pa. temperatures near all-time record high

Will the Harrisburg region reach a new record for an all-time high temperature this week?. A coming heat wave will send temperatures into the triple digits across much of Pennsylvania, forecasters say. It’s driven by a “heat dome” that will trap hot air, offering very little respite, even at night.
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Black Cap Brewing to halt happy hour specials due to Pennsylvania liquor code update

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Black Cap Brewing Company in Red Lion is no longer serving happy hour or daily drink specials due to a new interpretation by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The restaurant took to Facebook to state that, despite not being happy about the new interpretation...
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This York County bridge is closing for nearly 3 months: What drivers need to...

A bridge replacement project will close Old Forge Road in Chanceford Township, York County, starting Monday, July 27, creating a detour expected to last 78 days. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced the closure of the bridge on Old Forge Road, designated as Route 2048, near Laurel Road. During the cl
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1.7 pounds of fentanyl discovered after Lebanon police search truck, 2 charged

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Two men are in Lebanon County Prison, with their bail set at a combined $1.6 million after more than a pound and a half of fentanyl was discovered last week, according to court documents. Lebanon City Police discovered the drugs after an officer met with Wesley Quesada-Rivera, 34, of Florid
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Central Pennsylvania nail salon employee charged after inappropriately touching boy, police say

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — An employee at a central Pennsylvania nail salon was charged after police said he inappropriately touched a boy inside the business last week. Duc Nguyen, 20, allegedly “grabbed and pinched,” and also “smacked and grabbed” the four-year-old boy inappropriately at the Happy Nails salon along Wi
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Dad learns jail sentence for murder after his 1-year-old ate his blue fentanyl pills

Selling drugs on the street isn’t just a dangerous occupation for the dealer. It puts everyone around the dealer in harm’s way, too, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office. Nobody is a living crash course in that lesson as much as 27-year-old Fritz Volcy, of...
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Organizers light up Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge piers to close out Riverfest

WRIGHTSVILLE, Pa. — For the first time in 13 years, twenty-six bridge piers from the old Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge have lit up the night sky. Hundreds of people gathered along the Susquehanna River on Sunday night to watch the lighting of the old Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge piers to close out Riverfest 2026. The ev
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Increasing warmth today, prolonged heat wave through next weekend

Today's high temperatures likely fall just short of 90°. However, with the higher humidity it will feel like 90° and higher. A few storms may develop this afternoon along a weakening warm front, but there is certainly no guarantee.

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