Harrisburg News

A Rochester, New York woman is robbed at gunpoint at a suburban Harrisburg hotel.

A Dauphin County judge this afternoon sentenced Issiah Brabham-Lawrence, 19, of Steelton, to more than 8 years in state prison for shooting a Harrisburg man who had conned him in an illegal gun sale.

Etwan Elonzo Bruce, 26 Bruce is 5'8", 210 lbs. and has lived in the 400 block of Kelker St.

A former Pennsylvania legislative aide has been sentenced to 6 to 12 years in state prison for trying to arrange a sexual tryst with a teenage boy.

The Conodoguinet Creek is not expected to spill over its banks tonight as it did during last September's floods.

Effective June 18, 2012, the Most Reverend Joseph P. McFadden has made the following appointments: Reverend Chester P. Snyder from Pastor, Saint Joseph Parish, Mechanicsburg to retirement.

A rainstorm roared through central Pennsylvania late Tuesday afternoon causing some minor flash flooding, including on City Island where brothers Mitchell and Donovan Ward, of Harrisburg, wait for the start of the City Islander game.

A 43-year-old man died at a hospital after he was shot in York Monday night, according to investigators.

Thirteen people were killed and 311 others were injured in the 817 vehicle crashes in Pennsylvania, investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

From left, Kristin Bauer, Alexander Skarsgard,and Patrick Gallagher portray vampires in a scene from the second season of the HBO series "True Blood." The fourth season is being released today on DVD.

Courtesy Mike Hays: A national election year is upon us, and Republicans are once again saying they want "to take America back." Judging by the actions of Republicans in Harrisburg, they want to take women back to a time when they had less choice in their personal health decisions.

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation today announced $125,000 in grants and in-kind contributions to help the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and Channels Food Rescue fight hunger in central Pennsylvania.

Some compare last year's flood from Tropical Storm Lee to Agnes' devastation. A few neighborhoods, especially in Harrisburg and Steelton, never recovered after Agnes; the long-term effects from Lee remain to be seen.

Tom King said he couldn't help but notice the familiar face that walked through the doors of his auto sales business March 3. King said he remembered the man from a few days earlier, when he came into the business on Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township .

It's almost impossible to say exactly how much money the elected and appointed officials of Harrisburg have borrowed.

On this Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who fought and died for our freedom.

A River Rescue boat crew took retired Marine Lt. Col. Tom Stumpf of Mechanicsburg out into the Susquehanna River, where he dropped a wreath of red and yellow carnations into the river in memory of Marines who died in the nation's wars.

Homer Floyd, who retired from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission after 41 years, responds to being named to the Avenue of Honorees at William Howard Day Cemetery, Swatara Township.

The Amber Alert has been cancelled at 5:35 p.m. Monday for a mother who was suspected of taking her 3 children from Chagrin Falls.

A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers" is being unveiled in France.