WHAT TO DO: Dog alerts Dauphin County woman to black bear in yard
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Dauphin County woman’s growling dog led her to a black bear in her backyard. There are more than 19,000 black bears in Pennsylvania, according to the Game Commission, and July makes for one of the busiest months for sightings as males search for mates. So what should someone do […]
Woman Born Without Uterus Becomes A Mother At 33 After Another Woman Donates Hers:...
Two Pennsylvania women were brought together this week by a groundbreaking medical procedure and the baby girl whose life it made possible. On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Emma Dolzal, 33, of York County, met Sara Leister, 40, of Lancaster County—the woman who donated her uterus so Dolzal could become a mother through Penn...
Local judge and avid cycler dies after collapsing on bike ride
SWATARA, Pa. — After almost 20 years on the bench, a Dauphin County Judge died last week while riding his bike. Magisterial District Court judge Michael J. Smith, 72, died on July 4, 2025 while cycling in Lebanon. Smith collapsed and was not struck, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo. He later...
The Pennsylvania town where the air smells like chocolate, with street lamps shaped like...
Milton Hershey broke ground for his chocolate factory in Derry Church, Pennsylvania, in 1903. This rural area held just 700 residents when the first shovel hit dirt. The factory transformed everything. Smokestacks rose where farm fields once stretched. Production lines started churning out chocolate bars in 1905. The...
Dauphin County Parks and Rec employee killed while on duty memorialized at Fort Hunter
Dauphin County, PA — A Dauphin County Parks and Rec employee will soon be permanently memorialized at Fort Hunter after he was hit and killed on the job in December 2024. Gary Frampton was cleaning up trash and debris along North Front Street when he was struck and killed around 8 o’clock in the morning, two days...
2 years after Broad Street Market fire, the charred building still stands empty
Two years after a devastating fire, the Broad Street Market’s brick building remains boarded up and surrounded by a chain-link fence. The City of Harrisburg has released limited new information as plans to rehabilitate the building heavily damaged in the early morning fire on July 10, 2023, are slowly in motion.
Luke Bryan’s Hershey concert closing roads, delays possible
HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – Country music star Luke Bryan will take the stage at Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday evening. The concert is expected to draw thousands of people to the area, which may cause traffic delays for locals and concertgoers. The Derry Township Police Department says due to the concert, multiple area...
Dauphin County town considers criminalizing fun, banning games on public streets and sidewalks
Highspire’s Borough Council this week announced an ordinance that would prohibit all people, including children, from playing any kind of games on public streets, alleys or sidewalks. Ordinance 660 of 2025, which will be voted on by the borough’s council during its August meeting, cites a “serious safety problem”...
Game Commission Board Reschedules Meeting to Allow Public Comment on Sunday Hunting Bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. (EYT) – The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners has postponed its meeting, which had been scheduled for July 11 and 12, and will meet instead on Monday, July 28. The postponement will allow more time for gathering public comment following the recent passage of House Bill 1431,...
New jewelry store debuts in Harrisburg in Strawberry Square storefront
A new jewelry retailer has opened a storefront in downtown Harrisburg. Recently, Tower Jewelers debuted in the Shops on 3rd at Strawberry Square, near the 3rd Street entrance to the large office, retail and residential complex, according to owner Harristown Enterprises. “We are thrilled to bring another small...
