Harrisburg PA

Officers with the Pennsylvania Game Commission are always ready to step in when a vulnerable animal faces danger. That commitment proved true once again when Sergeant Ritter was dispatched after receiving a call about a small creature struggling to stay alive in Children’s Lake in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. As...

A cat in Lebanon County had to be euthanized after its owner’s neighbor shot the animal twice with a BB gun over the summer, police said. “You are next,” Thomas Dennis, 63, told the cat’s owner after the June 26 shooting on the 1000 block of Meily Street in Lebanon, according to an affidavit of probable cause that...

Carolyn Marie alleges that her 12-year-old daughter threatened to take her own life due to bullying in her high school. Her daughter’s two friends, who didn’t want to stand up to the bully, thankfully reached out to her. High school has become a place of stress and fear...

Sometimes, you have to leave home to find yourself. That was definitely true for acclaimed international artist Alteronce Gumby, and it’s true for too many Harrisburg natives who feel they can’t fulfill their dreams in central Pennsylvania. We heard it loud and clear from Harrisburg University students who...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Two vehicles had to be towed away after a crash in Mechanicsburg Monday, according to police. The Mechanicsburg Police Department said officers responded to the wreck around 11:53 p.m. in the 400 block of West Main Street. Officers found that a vehicle was driving...

For a full listing of this week’s Dauphin County restaurant inspections, click here. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. Hoageez, 1152 Mae St. Hummelstown, November 14. Pass. No violations. Panera Bread #833,...

Leechburg Area is among four districts that have filed a lawsuit against the state’s largest cyber charter school asking that tuition be dropped for local students. The suit claims that Commonwealth Charter Academy, as well as the state Department of Education through lack of sufficient oversight, fails to provide...

The Silver Spring Township Police Department arrested 13 men who attempted to pay for sexual activity at a hotel, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office. The arrests were made as part of Operation Impact Demand, an investigation conducted by the district attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force....

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...