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No one injured in shots fired incident in Harrisburg
Police were called to the area of South 15th and Zarker Streets in Harrisburg around 3 p.m. for a report of shots fired. Once arriving, police found some spent casings located behind the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. No one was hit by the bullets, but some buildings or vehicles were struck. Witnesses reported hearing eight shots fired. More
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Tour bus carrying local middle schoolers involved in crash near Washington D.C.
Information provided by WUSA : GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) - Prince George's County Fire Department Spokesperson Mark Brady says three tour buses, including one with middle school students from Dallastown, Pa. headed to D.C. for sightseeing, were involved in collisions on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway in Greenbelt on Wednesday morning. Brady says that the Beltway traffic slowed down
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<b> UPDATE</b>:Lancaster City Police investigating apparent homicide of 83-year-old woman
UPDATE: An elderly woman was found dead in her apartment Wednesday morning in Lancaster. Police originally believed she had suffered a heart attack, but later ruled the death a homicide. Neighbors say the 83-year-old woman was a nice lady who kept to herself, but Wednesday when a neighbor checked in on her, they found her dead in her kitchen. What
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50 Shades of Grey being banned in some locations, but not in Central PA
Some are calling a recent New York Times bestseller "Mommy Porn". 50 Shades of Grey is gaining a lot of attention, and not all good. It is reported libraries in three states have banned the popular book. We checked around and it seems where there is a demand, libraries are supplying 50 Shades of Grey. Some Public Libraries in several
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To tip or not to tip? How to deal with bad restaurant service
If you eat out often, it's bound to happen that you get poor service while out at a restaurant. The question them becomes how you deal with it. It's happened to all of us. We go out to try a new restaurant and the food is delicious, but the service is anything but stellar. Controversy has erupted online about how
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New guidelines in place as to who should evacuate in case of a nuclear emergency
A new regulation from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would reduce to two miles the radius of an initial evacuation in the event of a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. When the accident occurred at TMI in 1979, state, county and local officials had little experience with nuclear generating facilities. The federal government wasn't much better off. When then-Governor
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<b> UPDATE: </b> Two armed robberies in six minutes early Wednesday
UPDATE: Two armed robberies within minutes hit stores in Harrisburg early Wednesday night. At 1205 a.m., police were called to Kings Food Market at the Shell Station on North Seventh Street for a robbery. The clerk said he was behind the counter when an armed robber approached. The robber pointed a gun at the clerk and ran behind the counter.
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Sandusky's attorney again asks for charges to be dropped
In the latest Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse news, Defense Attorney Joe Amendola slaps another motion to have charges against the former coach dropped. This is just three weeks before Sandusky is set to stand trial. Sandusky is arguing through his attorney that charges related to at least three of the alleged victims should be dropped. Once again, Amendola says
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JUST IN: Elderly woman comes home to find two people robbing her house
An elderly woman came home Wednesday afternoon and caught two burglars red handed! Then they knocked her over to get away. That woman is really shaken up. Her family was comforting her and say they may take her to get checked out at the hospital. The incident happened in the 200 block of Briggs Street in Harrisburg. Police say that
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Fight over paid and volunteer firefighters putting local community at risk
Chambersburg's Borough Council slapped the paid firefighter’s union with a lawsuit in an ongoing battle over who should be allowed to protect the people of the Borough of Chambersburg Paid firefighters say they are protecting their jobs, while the union is telling volunteers they don’t want their help. Borough officials say the union is putting lives in danger. The Borough