Dauphin News

Much like the Friday rush hour, there's just no getting around it -- we Americans love our motor vehicles.

For some, "it was a way to get an edge in sports competitions." For others, it was a way to help pay for "the cost of competing in body-building contests." But for most of the 10 people arrested on Tuesday, prosecutors said, selling steroids to others was how they financed their own personal use of the drug.

Staring into the camera, his muscles rippling in bright light, George Koufalis boasts he's been steroid -free for a year.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has announced the arrests of 10 people accused of using, distributing and manufacturing steroids in the Dauphin, Cumberland, Lehigh and Northampton County areas.

Alaina McNaughton is a typical 16 year old at Central Dauphin H.S. She goes to class, studies hard, and dreams of one day becoming a Rockette.

The Department of Health will conduct statewide clinics from Nov. 20-22 to administer free H1N1 vaccine to individuals in the recommended target groups that have not had previous access to the vaccine.

Central Dauphin school bus drivers are convinced Friday's court decision will allow them to keep working, at least through the holidays.

An effort to encourage carpooling in south central Pennsylvania got a warm reception Wednesday from the county transportation planning committee.

People in the recommended target category for swine flu shots can make appointments to receive free shots Friday through Sunday at clinics in Harrisburg and Chambersburg.

Carbon County commissioners may be forced to raise real estate taxes to keep Weatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Home in Weatherly afloat.

The state Department of Health has announced it will conduct statewide clinics to administer the swine flu vaccine.

Former state House Speaker John Perzel and nine Republican co-defendants, sounding a generally defiant tone, appeared for their arraignments today on public corruption charges filed against them yesterday.

Accidents in Dauphin and Lebanon Counties claim the lives of two drivers. The first accident happened along Interstate 78 in Union Township, Lebanon County, around 3:15 a.m. A fully-loaded tractor trailer based from Memphis, Tenn.

A pair of Central Dauphin East High School teachers were injured trying to break up a fight this morning that ended with two teens charged with felony assault, police said.

A quick look at the 10 defendants charged Thursday in the latest phase of the grand jury investigation into alleged corruption in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

A new look at the state charter school law could result in colleges and universities being able to approve charter schools, more accountability for charters and increased ability for such schools to occupy a district's unused buildings.

Lower Paxton Twp. Police are on the lookout for a missing juvenile who may be in danger.

The plan to outsource school bus drivers in the Central Dauphin School District is on hold.

Robert Franklin Jr., formerly a resident of Fayetteville, on Oct. 17 received the 2009 Excellence in Educational Leadership Award from Penn State University Council for Educational Administration.

Firefighters clean up following an accident on Route 30 east of Abbottstown on Monday afternoon.