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YORK, Pa. — America has often been called a melting pot of cultures, and that idea was on full display Saturday at the Multicultural Festival at St. Mary’s Church in York. The community came together for the two-day event that highlights the diverse cultural make-up of the city, with the tasty dishes from each...

(WHTM) — The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life continued Saturday at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park in Mechanicsburg. The fundraising event brings together communities across central Pennsylvania to take action against cancer. So far, the American Cancer Society’s website shows that over $40,000 has been...

(WHTM) — Lower Paxton Township is celebrating 40 years of helping seniors. This week is the 40th anniversary of its van service, which provides free transportation to registered riders to any location within the township and to medical appointments on the east or west shores. Seniors and elected officials came out to...

Simple Plan was anything but “simple” as it rocked on during the Avril Lavigne “Greatest Hits Tour” Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. The second opening act of the night, following We The Kings, helped continue transporting concert goers to memories of telling their parents this “isn’t just a phase” as they jumped...

(WHTM) — The abc27 Spring Fest was held Saturday on the West Shore. Plenty of our own reporters, anchors, and meteorologists were there at the Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association. There was a steam engine wagon ride a hay ride, and plenty of animals. “I think its wonderful,” Cheryl Green, of...

Riders of the Harrisburg region’s mass transit system may have been shocked to learn that the state’s chronic underfunding of transit isn’t just a Pittsburgh or Philadelphia problem. See the story “Harrisburg public transit nearing fiscal cliff as Gov. Shapiro pushes for budget deal.”. Rabbittransit says...

Wawa and Sheetz both lost out on efforts to open stores in Cumberland and Dauphin counties. Wawa and Sheetz both lost territory in central Pennsylvania when a Wawa store was turned down in Cumberland County and a Sheetz store rejected by a judge in Dauphin County, writes Seth Kaplan for WHTM, as reported in yahoo!...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Seven months after a Dauphin County hit-and-run-- a flagger is still recovering. April Hoyrup is now out of the hospital, and her road to recovery is long but there's progress. As for justice, she says that’s a different story. “My leg is fractured...

A crash involving two overturned vehicles and a tractor-trailer that went off the road is causing delays along Interstate 81 north in Penn Township, Cumberland County Saturday. Around 4:40 p.m., 911 dispatchers reported two passenger vehicles overturned near the off-ramp for a rest stop in the area of exit 37...

Central Pennsylvania residents can expect an unsettled weekend with scattered showers and thunderstorms, particularly in the southern and eastern regions. A cold front moving through the area will bring intermittent precipitation and slightly cooler temperatures. In the Harrisburg area, the National Weather Service...