House guards will no longer carry guns after controversial repeal
Security guards for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are no longer allowed to carry weapons while on the job. The State Capitol complex is protected by Capitol Police and the state Senate...
View ArticleHousing and Urban Development provides funding from flooding
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Tuesday announced in a press release the approval of the three disaster recovery plans totaling more than $49 million in emergency aid to help...
View ArticleCentral Penn Business Journal announces 50 fastest growing businesses
Information provided by Central Penn Business Journal:Monday morning, at an breakfast held at the Hilton Harrisburg, 50 central Pennsylvania-based companies found out where they ranked in the Central...
View ArticleFormer Lancaster County Bank COO imprisoned for fraud scheme
Joseph M. Braas, 46 of Lititz, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison, for his role in a fraud conspiracy that caused the Bank of Lancaster County (“BLC”), which was chartered in 1863 and is one...
View ArticleRutter’s robbed by man with gun; he apologizes as he runs out door
On Tuesday just before 2 a.m., a man entered the Rutter’s Farm Store on Delta Road in Windsor Township with a black revolver and demanded all the money. A female accomplice jumped the counter and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Son of State Senator Mike Brubaker found dead inside his home
UPDATE:The following statement was issued by Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi on the death of Ryan Brubaker:On behalf of our entire Senate family,...
View ArticleElectrician fired after reporting safety issues at elementary school
Last week a carbon monoxide leak caused dozens of kids and the nurse at Friendship Elementary in Southern York to become sick. But something occurred after that incident, that caused one of the...
View ArticleWoman adds to charges after leaving parole facility and not returning
State Police in Reading are searching for a woman who escaped from a parole facility known as ADAPPT. Around 9 a.m., Tuesday, Patricia Meeker signed out of the facility in Reading to go to Career Link...
View ArticleHarrisburg police chase ends in crash, several damaged vehicles
In Harrisburg, a police chase that ended in a crash. We first brought you the story as breaking news on CBS 21 News at 5.Now, an investigation is underway.A look at the aftermath shows a silver car...
View ArticlePerry County pair facing child sex assault charges, one runs a day care
A Perry County man is facing numerous child molestation charges. A relative of his also faces child endangerment charges.Neighbors say one of the pair operated a daycare out of their Perry County...
View ArticleFire appears electrical
It appears a 2-alarm fire in Lancaster city was electrical.It happened just before 6:00 yesterday evening in the 400 block of College Avenue near Franklin and Marshall College.Officials say the home...
View Article2-alarm house fire
City officials are trying to figure out what sparked a 2-alarm house fire in Lebanon. Flames broke out just after 10:30 last night in the 100 block of North 14th Street.It appears the fire started on...
View ArticleAttempted child luring
State Police in Lancaster County are investigating an attempted child luring at a bus stop.It happened just before 7:00 yesterday morning in the 600 block of Lancaster Pike in Providence...
View ArticleRoute 15 open in York County after late night crash
Part of Route 15 in York County is back open this morning after a late night crash. It happened around 10:30 last night on Route 15 near Baltimore Street in Carroll Township.That stretch of road in...
View ArticleMan convicted in York County motel murder
A man has been found guilty of first-degree murder, robbery and other offenses in a York County motel murder. 48-year-old Tracey Bradley has been convicted of murdering 72-year-old Lee Choppin of...
View ArticleEx-coach gets up to 23 months in player sex case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former squash coach at a Philadelphia-area private school who pleaded guilty to corrupting the minors of a student could spend nearly two years in prison.Fifty-one-year-old...
View ArticleMan admits assaulting young Amish, Mennonite children
HUNTINGDON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to rape and related charges to avoid a trial on allegations he sexually abused eight Amish and Mennonite boys he befriended and took on...
View ArticleNYC bans big, sugary drinks at restaurants
By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City cracked down on the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks Thursday in what was celebrated by some as a...
View ArticleUh-Oh, This Winter Might Be Nasty
Courtesy Newser.com: By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff Get your winter coats ready. Thanks to melting Arctic ice, this year's hot summer could be matched by a harsh winter, reports Business Insider,...
View ArticleAnti-obesity messages: stigma or support?
Courtesy Futurity.org:With more than two thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, public health campaigns have emerged across the country to promote behavior that can help reduce America’s...
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