Residents of Speedwell Forge Lake Dam to evacuate area immediately
Information provided by PA Fish and Boat commission. The PA Fish and Boat Commission is advising all residents living downstream of Speedwell Forge Lake Dam in Elizabeth Township to evacuate the area...
View ArticlePennsylvania closing Philadelphia-area highways due to high winds
Information provided by PennDOT.With tropical-force winds creating dangerous traveling conditions in the Philadelphia area, Governor Tom Corbett is closing the full length of Interstates 95 and 676;...
View ArticleGovernor Corbett announces important contact information, resources for...
Governor Tom Corbett today announced the following list of important phone numbers, texting resources and websites for Pennsylvanians who have lost power, require shelter or are experiencing emotional...
View Article$100.00 stolen from man after he was assaulted and knocked unconcious
A 21-year old man was assaulted October 9th while walking along the 500 Block of Avenue "H" before 6th street in Columbia Borough. Two men assaulted the man and knocked him unconscious. During the...
View ArticleAbsentee ballot application deadline extended on county by county basis
Gov. Tom Corbett today ordered the deadline for county election offices to receive applications for absentee ballots to be extended, on a county-by-county basis, depending on whether the county...
View ArticleWeather Update: Sandy continues to bring wind as it moves through area
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View ArticleFamilies along Chickies Creek evacuated
Rising water in Manheim Borough forced the evacuation of nearly a half dozen families who live near Chickies Creek, which is above flood stage. When the rain began to fall yesterday, no one was really...
View ArticleSandy plunges NYC into darkness
By JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYSAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) -- Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial...
View ArticleWhat would it cost to make your house truly storm proof? A starter shopping...
Forbes: Dan Bigman, Forbes StaffStorm ShuttersAbout $15,000/$600 per window, installed.Expensive? Yeah. But heavy-duty aluminum storm shutters are certified to withstand 9-lb object hitting them at...
View ArticleSandy may delay paper deliveries
Deliveries of the Tuesday, Oct. 30, edition of The Patriot-News will begin early today due to Tropical Storm Sandy. However, local conditions may cause the Tuesday paper to be delivered with...
View ArticleYork County police investigating robbery
Last Friday at about 9:00 p.m. the Northern York County Regional Police Department responded to the Dollar General located at 1500 North George Street in Manchester Township for a report of a...
View ArticleA look at key storm developments in Pennsylvania
— INJURIES/DEATHS: Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old Susquehanna County boy who died when a tree limb fell on him in Franklin Township, just north of Montrose. In Berks County, a...
View ArticleYork County experiencing flooding, road closures
It’s hard to see in the dark, but under the water flooding the Springettsbury Township Wastewater Treatment Facility is a submeRged car. Emergency crews had to rescue a man stuck on the roof of that...
View ArticleSusquehanna Township traffic update
Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township is closed both directions between Crooked Hill Rd and Progress Ave.
View ArticlePeople Can Help By Calling 1-800-FIX-ROAD
As daylight reveals the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, people can help PennDOT repair some of this damage by reporting locations where there are missing highway signs, shoulder drop-offs, wash...
View ArticleRoute 372 Norman Wood Bridge over the Susquehanna River tp reopen at 8:00AM
At 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will reopen the Route 372 Norman Wood Bridge at the Holtwood Dam over the Susquehanna River between York and Lancaster...
View ArticleShowdown set on bid to give UN control of Internet
PhysOrg.com:It is expected to be the mother of all cyber diplomatic battles. When delegates gather in Dubai in December for an obscure UN agency meeting, fighting is expected to be intense over...
View ArticlePastor beaten to death with electric guitar at his church
DallasNews.com:By ANDREW PANTAZI and SELWYN CRAWFORDFOREST HILL, Texas — Police worked into the night Monday trying to determine what caused a 33-year-old man to crash his car into a church here and...
View Article4 Altoona buildings partially collapse in storm
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Police say high winds fueled by Sandy caused the partial collapse of four brick buildings in the central Pennsylvania city of Altoona.Nobody was hurt in the incidents Monday night....
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