Weekly gas price update
Average retail gasoline prices in Harrisburg have fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.59/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.6 cents per...
View ArticleSandy: How to help
How can I help?This will be a large, costly relief response across several states. The best way to help is to make a financial donation. You can do so by visiting www.redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED...
View ArticleVIDEO: Two Dauphin County homes heavily damaged in an overnight fire.
Two homes in Middletown, Dauphin County have been heavily damaged in an overnight fire.According to the Middletown Fire Department, the fire was discovered after 3:30am by a woman living in 554 N....
View ArticlePa. pupils to wear tracking devices in flu study
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — About 450 southwestern Pennsylvania school students will be wearing electronic devices that will track how often they come in contact with one another at school — and on their...
View Article'Asked, but not required' - voters to be asked for ID
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele today reminded voters that polls will be open in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., for the general election. “I encourage all...
View ArticleExpert testifies in challenge to Pa. executions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three days before Pennsylvania's next scheduled execution, an expert witness is raising concerns in federal court in Harrisburg about how the death penalty is carried out.Dr....
View ArticleThree fires in 24 hours - smoke detectors credited with saving lives
Three fires in the past 24 hours have left 18 people homeless in Cumberland and Dauphin Counties. Fire officials credit working smoke alarms with saving lives. Two of the fires - one in a townhouse...
View ArticlePride of the Susquehanna gift certificates proceeds support community service...
Information provided by Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society. The Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society, the 501(c) (3) non-profit community service organization that operates the Pride of the Susquehanna...
View ArticleWorking smoke alarms credited for saving 18 lives in 24 hours
Three fires in the past 24 hours have left 18 people homeless in Cumberland and Dauphin Counties. Fire officials credit working smoke alarms with saving lives. Two of the fires, one ins a townhouse...
View ArticlePA aiding Sandy cleanup efforts, sending Air National Guard to help fuel...
Pennsylvania continues to aid communities hard hit last week by Hurricane Sandy. The latest contribution is an Air National Guard Unit sent to help with fuel distribution. The state has three Air...
View ArticleHome suffers serious damage in fire, but antique car is saved
A late morning fire seriously damages a home in Rapho Township, Lancaster County.The fire started around 11:00 a.m. when heaters caught homemade corn drying racks on fire. The blaze quickly spread and...
View ArticleLocal hotels collecting items to help victims of Hurricane Sandy
Several local hotels are joining together to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.From now until Friday, the hotels in Dauphin County will be accepting donations. The items will be send to people affected...
View ArticleMeeting could decide the fate of the iconic Hershey plant
Monday night, The Hershey Company is presenting their plans to renovate the Hershey chocolate plant.The Derry Township Design Review Board will have their first chance to see the plans to demolish...
View ArticleElection preparations underway day before elections, officials working to get...
Officials in Dauphin County are getting everything ready for Tuesday's Election. On the Monday before Election Day, polling places aren't exactly hopping with activity. But as you can imagine,...
View ArticleSenator Bob Casey makes appearance. rallying voters and encouraging volunteers
Just as the presidential candidates are crisscrossing the nation in the final day of campaigning, so are the candidates for the USA Senate.Senator Bob Casey was in the area Monday afternoon, helping...
View ArticleWoman arrested for stabbing man in fight at gas station
Friday, November 2 around 1:15 am, officers responded to the A-Plus Sunoco at 1300 Mt. Rose Avenue for a report of a male and female fighting. When officers arrived on scene, they discovered Vincent...
View ArticleMan arrested for stealing over $200,000 in parts from Alabama recycling company
On July 23, Northern York County Regional Police Department received a theft report from a company in Dothan, Alabama. The Panhandle Converter and Recycling Company in Dothan reported that it had...
View ArticleDuo hitches a ride, holds the driver and passenger up with knives and robs them
Sunday evening just before 9 p.m., police were called to Tower Drive in Dover Township for a robbery.The 18-year-old victims reported that they picked up two men at the corner of Tower Drive and...
View ArticleLocal woman with fungal meningitis sues tainted steroid maker
Information provided by Hagens Berman Law Firm:A Red Lion, Pennsylvania. woman stricken with fungal meningitis filed a lawsuit last Friday in federal court against New England Compounding Center...
View ArticleMan enters several vehicles, steals items while drunk
On Sunday around 10 p.m., Susquehanna Township Police responded to a report of a man entering parked vehicles.When they arrived to the 500 block of North 30th Street, they found a man inside a car...
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