California’s first sea turtle eggs could hatch any day now. Biologists prepare for the...
Federal biologists made a last-minute decision to relocate the eggs after forecasters predicted high tides would swamp their nests on Orange County beaches.
Neshaminy Mall is dead. Long live its historical dioramas
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Halloween will be the death of Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. This is no ghost story: the 56-year-old mall shutters on Oct. 31. Some of its anchor tenants...
The Local Cost of Pennsylvania’s Skill Games Shutdown
At Spanky’s Tobacco World on Liberty Street in Franklin, customers would settle in with coffee and play the skill machines. Some were elderly people looking for something to do, employee Jody Matthews recalled. While they were there, they bought pop, candy and cigarettes. When they won, some left a tip for the cashiers.
Pennsylvania Treasury Urges Residents to Search for Unclaimed Property
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is encouraging residents to search for unclaimed property this Halloween. Individuals, businesses and organizations with names containing Halloween-related words are connected to more than $90 million held by Treasury. Those words include Pumpkin, Monster, Bat, Spider, Costume, Scare, Cat, Candy, Treat, Trick, Haunted, Broom, Ghost and...
Grand jury to hear City Hall arson case; bond modified for suspect
A woman accused of setting fire to City Hall because she was upset about data centers will now have her case heard by a Mahoning County grand jury.
Man sentenced to prison in Liberty chainsaw chase
A Youngstown man charged with inducing panic at a local Walmart, where witnesses said he waved a chainsaw around and then led police on a chase, was sentenced to prison.
2 Utica firefighters suing city after suspension for marijuana use
Two firefighters are suing the city of Utica after both were suspended for marijuana usage, though both claim to have had a medical license for it. At the same time, a New York State trooper is suing the state after he was terminated for using marijuana recreationally and terminated even after a disciplinary board found only reason for a 90-day suspension. The two firefighters are suing the city after both were suspended after a random drug test found cannabis metabolites in their system. Accord
They Billed Medicaid for Rides to Appointments That Never Happened. Husband Gets Up to...
Two New York medical transportation companies billed Medicaid for rides to appointments that never happened and claimed separate trips when multiple patients actually traveled together. The fraudulent billing generated $3,434,730 in payments the businesses were not entitled to receive. Rohail Raja, 45, of New Windsor, was sentenced to six to...
Stafford man charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A 51-year-old Stafford man who was already in jail on other charges is now accused of trying to arrange the killing of a victim from an earlier case, according to the sheriff's office. Christopher L. Tinnermon was charged Oct. 28 with criminal solicitation to...
Henrico sewer breaks send 1.4M gallons of sewage into creek
Remediation efforts are underway in Henrico after three recent sewer main breaks dumped 1.4 million gallons of sewage into Gillies Creek, which flows into the James. Why it matters: For once, it wasn't Richmond . State of play: The trio of leaks happened Oct. 23 and 26 near Kemp Avenue in eastern Henrico, where crews found two holes in a sewer pipe — one the size of a golf ball — per the county's report . Henrico said impacts were minimal and repairs are complete, but the county is urging people

















