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Harrisburg City Controller Dan Miller told his supporters that he was overwhelmed by the number of people that showed up at his campaign reception Tuesday night. Miller mingled with the volunteers after the polls had closed at the Heinz-Menaker Senior Center in the uptown section of Harrisburg. More>>
Democratic voters in Harrisburg have said no to a second term for Mayor Linda Thompson, and have picked Eric Papenfuse to be their mayoral nominee in the November election. More>>
Harrisburg will have two new city council members next year. More>>
Republican Bill Tully and Democrat Anne Gingrich Cornick will race against each other in November to become judge in Dauphin County's Court of Common Pleas. More>>
The polls are closed in Pennsylvania's primary election and now the counting begins. More>>
Mayor Robert Reid was born and raised in Middletown and still proudly calls the borough home. But now he's looking forward to life away from politics. More>>
Perhaps the most watched race in Tuesday's election is the Democratic primary for Harrisburg mayor. Incumbent Linda Thompson is trying to fight off strong challenges from Dan Miller and Eric Papenfuse. Lewis Butts is also on the ballot. More>>
A new construction project that will close the ramp from northbound Front Street to Interstate 81 South in Harrisburg kicked off early Tuesday morning.
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Harrisburg police said they are investigating a report that three robbers held a city man at gunpoint during a robbery early Saturday. More>>
Harrisburg police said charges are pending against a city man for the robbery and beating of a 62-year-old Steelton resident over the weekend. More>>
Ron Castille is the chief justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court. He will face voters in November in a retention election, which are typically a slam-dunk for judges. Voters will simply vote 'yes' or 'no' on whether to retain Castille for another 10-year term. More>>
Harrisburg mayoral candidate Lewis Butts Jr. has admitted to defacing his opponent's campaign signs. More>>
A Harrisburg family say a animal clinic refused to treat their puppy after it was hit by a car last week. More>>
The clock is ticking. The June 30 budget deadline is a month and ten days away. But state lawmakers aren't in Harrisburg this week. They won't be next week, either.
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Dauphin County officials said they will reopen Wildwood Park in Harrisburg on Tuesday, more than a week after a fuel spill was caused by a tanker crash along Interstate 81. More>>
Harrisburg police have announced charges against a city man who allegedly shot and wounded another man during a heated argument early Saturday. More>>
U.S. Senator Bob Casey is calling for a federal investigation into a fiery fuel tanker crash that damaged two bridges in the Interstate 81 interchange with Route 22/322 near Harrisburg. More>>
abc27 (WHTM-TV) is the proud winner of 7 first-place and 5 second- and third-place awards at Saturday night's the Associated Press awards show. More>>
Two Waynesboro women died in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday on Interstate 81 in Dauphin County, according to state police in Harrisburg. More>>
According to a spokesperson for US Airways, the flight crew involved in Saturday's emergency plane landing in Newark—sans gear—has ties to the Midstate. More>>
This weekend is the final push before primary election day on Tuesday. Democratic Harrisburg mayoral candidates were campaigning door to door in the city.
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The Humane Society of Harrisburg held its annual 5K Run/Walk to help our four-legged friends. More>>
Midstaters gave blood and saved lives in honor of the victims killed or injured in last month's Boston Marathon bombings. More>>
The Harrisburg School Board unanimously approved the state-appointed recovery officer's plan, which includes a tax increase and a cut to employee costs and benefits. More>>
Cameron Street has reopened after being shut down for almost three hours because of downed wires.
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The Vineyard at Hershey is taking on a new look, and the owners say they have their customers to thank for the idea. More>>
Dauphin County Republicans will have a Solomon-like decision to make come Tuesday's election. More>>
A former teacher at Williams Valley High School has been charged with corruption of minors. More>>
Two men were rescued from the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg after their raft capsized at the Dock Street Dam. More>>
Mark French will not return as head coach of the Hershey Bears for the 2013-2014 season. More>>
Like most young boys, nine-year-old Deven Jackson of Shermans Dale, Perry County was getting pretty dirty while playing in his backyard the night we visited him. More>>
If you go to the movies, look for a local soldier in a preview. A PA National Guard member, who works at Fort Indiantown Gap, is featured in a trailer for the new Superman movie, "Man of Steel." Specialist More>>
With just days until the May Primary Election, even those without a Harrisburg vote are watching the city's mayoral race closely. More>>
Middletown Borough officials received a letter from signed by several downtown Middletown business owners pledging their support for the borough to pursue a revitalization plan. Right now the project More>>
Police in suburban Harrisburg said they arrested three young men for breaking into several vehicles early Thursday. More>>
A funeral service was held in Hershey this morning for former Pennsylvania Governor George Leader. More>>
A federal jury has convicted two Harrisburg men for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday. More>>
Police are working to identify two people suspected of stealing more than $500 worth of cosmetics from the Giant food store in Hershey. More>>
Bankruptcy or receivership? That is a choice Harrisburg voters will have to make when they punch their ballot next Tuesday. More>>
Police in Fairview Township, York County said they arrested a Harrisburg man who was in possession of nearly $2,000 worth of heroin. More>>
Demolition work is expected to begin within the next several days on the Interstate 81 ramp damaged by a fiery tanker crash last week, PennDOT announced Wednesday. More>>
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area will be taking over the old Troeg's Brewery facility in Harrisburg. They've secured a lease on the building at 800 Paxton Street to use it as a re-store. More>>
A body pulled from the Susquehanna River at the Safe Harbor Dam in Lancaster County earlier this month has been identified as that of a suburban Harrisburg man who went missing in February. More>>
Ambulance companies across the nation and in our region are feeling the pinch of a shortage of life saving medications. More>>
A Middletown man wanted in connection with a 2012 assault was found and arrested in Harrisburg on Tuesday. More>>
FedEx plans to build a new distribution center that will bring more than 100 jobs to the Harrisburg area once the facility is completed in August 2014. More>>
Wildwood Park will remain closed through the weekend because of a fuel spill caused by last week's tanker crash along Interstate 81 in Harrisburg. More>>
One of two teenagers charged in the shooting death of a Harrisburg man is headed to trial. More>>
Three of the four Democratic candidates for Harrisburg mayor filed campaign reports with the Dauphin County Board of Elections this week. More>>
Several years after a fire destroyed their synagogue, Chisuk Emuna Congregation now has a place to call their own. A dedication ceremony was held Tuesday night at the brand new synagogue at Green and Vaughn streets in Harrisburg. More>>
The Commonwealth Foundation is a Conservative group, but that isn't why they object to the IRS and their targeting of conservative groups with extra scrutiny. More>>
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