Harrisburg News

The sight of the obnoxious spray paint is bad enough, but the recent rash of specific graffiti symbols appearing on the walls of businesses and homes in downtown Harrisburg has property owners fearing the worst.

Stauffer s of Kissel Hill will open a garden center at 1800 Cornwall Road, North Cornwall Township, on March 12.

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal for the biggest reduction in the prison population in Pennsylvania history is getting a cool reception from state prison guards.

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Smith, of Harrisburg, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Smith, to Steven Delany of Baltimore, MD.

Hazleton native Joe Farley teamed up with fellow Harrisburg area resident Joe Farrell to write "Keystone Tombstones: Volume One" , a travelog detailing the grave sites of some of the state's most well-known people.

The conviction of state Rep. Bill DeWeese on corruption charges last week in Harrisburg raises questions about the April primary, in which he has emphatically said he will run for re-election. DeWeese has promised to resign when sentenced but said he'll seek to have his sentencing, now scheduled for April 24, the date of the primary, postponed ... (more)

One gratifying element of the sordid unraveling of Harrisburg's culture of systematic corruption has been seeing some of its most arrogant players come up against opponents they couldn't buy or bully and situations they couldn't fix.

Hiwiller, an Erie businessman who owns an insurance brokerage company, is joining a growing field of candidates on the Democratic side for the Pennsylvania Senate seat now held by Sen.

Nugent appeared at the Outdoor Channel booth before signing autographs for fans.

Dick Bennar was a young firefighter and U.S. Navy veteran when some Susquehanna Twp.

Employer orientation meetings will be held at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday at North Star High School in Boswell, and at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday at the Somerset County Technology Center in Somerset.

JEERS to Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Greene County, who is making a mockery of state government and our justice system.

A York City woman was driving drunk in a snowstorm with her two young daughters in her car when she caused a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 83 northbound Wednesday in Cumberland County, police allege.

A bail bondsman who posted the money for a McConnellsburg man to get out of jail the day before he committed murder-suicide will no longer have to forfeit $100,000 to Fulton County.

Donnell Price, 40, waived his preliminary hearing before a district judge Friday and was returned to the Dauphin County Prison, where he been held without bail since his arrest last month.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's "Evening Daily Number" game were: In a study conducted by The York Dispatch that involved 16 high schools in York County and one in Adams County, there were a total of 9,807 student-athletes in grades 9 through 12 in the 2010-11 school year.

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As a little girl in Taiwan, Chen-Yu Tsuei loved beautifully decorated costumes. She learned traditional Chinese embroidery, expanding her repertoire of techniques as she matured.

Gov. Tom Cobett's proposed 2012 budget predicts Pennsylvania's prison population dropping by more than 2,500 inmates, a decline corrections officials say will happen because of increased efficiency in the parole process.

POLE FIRE: Palmyra Citizens Fire Co. was dispatched to the rear of 831 Londonderry Boulevard at 10:06 p.m. Wednesday.