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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — Several communities across south-central Pennsylvania have rescheduled trick-or-treating, hoping to avoid potential rain Thursday evening. The following boroughs and townships have announced date changes:. York County. Trick-or-treating in Carroll Township, Dillsburg Borough, Monaghan Township...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — It won’t just be ghouls and goblins out in Dauphin County for Halloween. The 27-foot-long iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, driven by a “Hotdogger,” will be making stops around the Harrisburg area, Kraft Heinz announced. “We will be hauling buns all around the area,” organizers say. The...

Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams announced recipients of nearly $8 million in affordable housing funds earlier this month to 13 projects across the city after a hurried process. Recipients were expected to return their signed grant agreements—legal contracts guaranteeing their funding — to the city by Sept. 30. But...

Shaquille Tyrin Gibson, 31, of York, entered a nolo contendere plea to Criminal Homicide – Murder of the First Degree immediately before jury selection on Monday, Oct. 27, before the Honorable Christylee L. Peck, according to prosecutors. Gibson was sentenced to life in prison for the July 1, 2024,...

If you had the chance to step into Lil’s Dress Shop, you were stepping into a community built by my mother, Lil Gottlieb. From the early 1960s to the 2000s, she ran one of the only women-owned businesses in the male-dominated Broad Street Market area of Harrisburg. This November, she would have turned 100.

Just when you think things are getting better in Dauphin County, another whammy hits. This one is likely to rile hard-working taxpayers who have a right to demand county commissioners be good stewards of their money. Dauphin County Commissioners have spent $670,000 on a 3.47-acre lot to create a “tent...

(The Center Square) - Community in the Cumberland County borough of Mechanicsburg came out in force Wednesday evening to rally against hate groups following the distribution of Ku Klux Klan material at the town’s annual Halloween parade. Following the rally, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission hosted a town...

Lebanon County resident Caitlyn Stuber received her latest check from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Oct. 9. Stuber, a 30-year-old leukemia survivor, used that $300 to buy frozen produce, breakfast sandwiches, and bags of microwavable popcorn. By the end of the month, she spent all but $70 under the...

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — The ongoing federal government shutdown and state budget stalemate aren’t good for anyone, but one generation says it’s suffering more than most. That’s on top of ongoing affordability issues for what’s known as “Generation Z.” “Day of Action” events took place Wednesday at six different...

HARRISBURG- Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced that 24 additional organizations that provide services to Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable populations have received funding through the Budget Bridge Loan Program, which helps bridge the funding gap created by the nearly four-month long budget stalemate....