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Nearly 15K customers without power in Lancaster County

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Thousands of people are without power due to the impacts of high winds passing through the area on the heels of a strong cold front. A PPL power outage map shows that, as of 5:30 p.m., nearly 15,000 people in Lancaster County are without power.
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York man suspected of kidnapping 6-month-old arrested in Ohio: police

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — York Police Captain Daniel Lentz confirmed that 31-year-old Pedro Luis Vega-Rivera, who allegedly kidnapped a 6-month-old girl in November, has been arrested in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities safely located the missing 6-month-old girl a day after she was taken. The child was listed to be...
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Elderly couple defrauded of $1.3 million in gold; suspect claimed to work for Social...

A man claiming to work for the Social Security Administration is accused of scamming and stealing over $1.3 million in gold from an elderly couple in Pennsylvania.
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Bar bump ends with throat slash and 45-year prison sentence

Bar bump leads to throat-slashing and 45-year sentence for Manor Township man Lancaster, PA — A minor barroom bump turned into a violent ambush outside a Lancaster city bar, ending…
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Brown Bat found in Lancaster EMS building taken to wildlife center in ambulance

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — The Raven Ridge Wildlife Center (RRWC) experienced a first, welcoming a patient who arrived in an ambulance. The wildlife center said it received a call about a bat that was found in the bay at the EMS building in Lancaster City. The bat, a young female Brown Bat, was said to be lost and...
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Top Dauphin County jail leader steps down to take new job

Dauphin County’s top prison official is stepping down just shy of three years in the job. In a Friday email, John Bey, the county’s director of criminal justice, announced he accepted the role with the county as director of juvenile probation. Bey was hired as the director of...
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Search for Pennsylvania man involved in missing child case ends

The above footage is previous coverage of Pedro Luis Vega-Rivera (WTAJ) — The multi-state search for a man who stole a child and fled after police saw him in Duncansville is over. The US Marshal Service for the Middle District of Pennsylvania confirmed that Pedro Luis Vega-Rivera was arrested in Ohio. Members of the...
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7 charged in Pennsylvania SNAP trafficking operation

Seven people are facing charges after Pennsylvania authorities said they busted a "major" SNAP trafficking operation.
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School improperly reported autistic child restrained by teacher in Lancaster: report

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A report from the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development said a local school improperly reported the restraining of an autistic child by his teacher. It's been ten months since a a 5-year-old non-verbal autistic boy was allegedly abused at his preschool. The incident, which...
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Mom arrested after baby dies in couch while she was allegedly drunk on Snapchat

RISING SUN, Md. (WKRC) — A mother was arrested after her baby died in the cushions of a couch while she was allegedly drunk and recording videos on Snapchat. According to the Maryland State Police, 24-year-old Destiny Faith Chiveral of Charlestown, Maryland, was taken into custody and charged with the murder of her...

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