Woman reported missing in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Police are searching for a missing 52-year-old woman last seen earlier this week in the city’s northeast section. Latonia Johnson was last seen at approximately 10 p.m. on Feb. 17 at her home on the 4800 block of Roosevelt Boulevard, according to the Philadelphia Police Department’s Northeast...
Winter Storm Hernado Hits East Coast, Travel Ban in Place as Bomb Cyclone Hits...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Travel bans and near-whiteout conditions are unfolding across parts of the East Coast as Winter Storm Hernado rapidly intensifies into a bomb cyclone, slamming the Mid-Atlantic...
She planned to retire on $220,000, but a viral online “task scam” drained it...
Joshua Sidorowicz opened his CBS Philadelphia consumer report with the kind of warning that feels personal even if you’ve never been scammed: a Berks County grandmother thought she’d found a modest way to earn extra money from home, and instead she watched the savings she planned to retire on disappear in a matter of...
Heavy Snow Hits Philadelphia and Allentown: Pennsylvania Officials Warn of Overnight Dangers
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. PHILADELPHIA — As heavy snow continues to fall across Pennsylvania from Center City Philadelphia to neighborhoods near Pittsburgh’s Point State Park, officials are urging residents to take key safety steps...
Inmate Deaths, Drug Scheme Rock State Prisons
HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections reported two inmate deaths at separate state prisons this week and announced criminal charges against two Philadelphia residents accused of smuggling drug-saturated paper into multiple correctional institutions. At the State Correctional Institution at Camp...
Remembering the blizzard of ’96
Here's a look back at the record-breaking blizzard of 1996.
Meet Tandy Cake: The Philadelphia-Famous Treat That Dates Back to the 1930s
As a new resident of Philadelphia, I'm slowly but surely catching onto the waves of culture, from sports to food—and believe me, Philadelphians take both very seriously. Eagles stats and titular cheesesteaks aside, there are seemingly infinite subcultures of regional foods—from roast pork sandwiches, soft pretzels,...
Eastward Shift Cuts Central Pennsylvania Snow Totals, but Delaware to Southern New England Still...
UNITED STATES — An 11 a.m. forecast update confirms a significant eastward shift in the developing Nor’easter, dramatically changing snowfall expectations for parts of Pennsylvania while leaving the coastal corridor from Delaware to southern New England firmly in the zone for heavy snow and blizzard conditions....
Philly Cop Shot As Police Swarm Scene In Still-Murky Daytime Attack
A Philadelphia police officer was shot Sunday in an incident that is still unfolding, triggering a large law-enforcement response and a lot of unanswered questions. The officer was hurt and receiving medical care, according to early accounts, but officials have not yet laid out a full timeline or said whether anyone...
School closings for Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
A nor'easter taking aim at Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware has prompted schools to announce closings and virtual learning days for Monday, Feb. 23.
