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See all homes sold in Cumberland County, July 15 to July 21
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Cumberland County reported from July 15 to July 21. There were 49 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,180-square-foot home on Chatham Drive in Lower Allen Township that sold for $272,000.
World of Outlaws Set for Three Pennsylvania Races, 2024’s Lone New York Stop
YORK HAVEN, PA (July 23, 2024) – The summer stretch continues with another busy week of action for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. First, Sprint Car racing’s fiercest rivalry resumes with three races over four nights in Pennsylvania where the Posse awaits. Then, it’s north to New York for the season’s one visit to the “Empire State.”
Emergency services respond to reports of a crash with injuries in York Township
SPRY, Pa. — A crash with injuries was reported in York Township around 5:10 p.m. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. No road closures have been reported at this time. The crash was reported at South Queen Street and Leader Heights Road intersect. Traffic may be impacted...
Crews on scene of Lititz house fire
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Crews are on scene of a house fire in Lititz, according to police. Firefighters were dispatched for a one-alarm fire on West Orange Street just after 6 a.m., according to Lancaster County dispatchers. Police said the first block of West Orange Street has been...
Central Pa. rock star talks about playing with Skid Row, returning home for York Fair concert
Lzzy Hale has come a long way to return to her home county in Pennsylvania to play at the York State Fair. The rock star is the lead singer of Halestorm, a band she formed with her brother Arejay Hale when they were in their teens. The group hit the mainstream in the 2010s, and took home a Grammy Award in 2013 for the song “Love Bites (So Do I).”
With high school football a month away, the Mid-Penn Conference holds Media Day
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Players, coaches, and fans are ready. The high school football season begins just one month from Wednesday. Teams flocked to Cumberland Valley High School as the Mid-Penn Conference hosted Media Day for players and coaches. Teams from around Pennsylvania have been hard at work this offseason...
Former Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra violinist charged with sexually abusing girl over 11 years
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A former violinist with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra is charged in connection with a series of alleged sexual crimes against a girl over a period of 11 years. Odin Rathnam, 58, was arrested July 11 at his home in Ohio. Lower Paxton Township police...
‘Data, not emotion’: How York fair leaders will rethink July fair dates and more
YORK, Pa. (WHTM) — If everything really is relative, perhaps never has that been more true than it is of this year’s York State Fair. Take the weather. “Absolutely beautiful,” said Sharon Dorsey, one of the very first four people to walk through the fair gates as they opened at 1 p.m. Wednesday — the other three were her husband and twin 13-year-old grandchildren, Makayla and Gavin Herbst.
Two people escape from house fire in Lancaster County
LITITZ, Pa. — Firefighters battled a house fire in Lancaster County early Thursday morning. About six different fire companies responded to the fire in the first block of West Orange Street near Pine Lane in Lititz Borough just after 6 a.m. Two people were inside the home at the...
These cars will turn heads at Mecum's Harrisburg auction
Fans of classic and collector cars will not want to miss this year’s Mecum Auctions at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg. About 1,200 cars are set to be part of the auction which started today and runs through Saturday. Joining the cars will be auction lots of road art, automobile collectibles and other items.
Manheim Township, Lancaster city agree to partner to reimagine Amtrak station neighborhood
The city of Lancaster and Manheim Township have agreed to cooperate in an effort to spur revitalization of the area around Lancaster’s Amtrak train station and promote its evolution into a walkable “transit-oriented” neighborhood. On Monday, the township’s Board of Commissioners approved an intermunicipal agreement with Lancaster...
The Medical Minute: Why experts are watching the H5N1 bird flu so closely
HERSHEY, Pa. — Several people started to develop concerning symptoms after working with dairy cows, adding to headlines that had already become worrisome. For decades, medical scientists have warned of the potentially cataclysmic dangers of variants of so-called avian flu. From antiquity to as recently as 15 years ago, outbreaks of bird flu have wreaked havoc on a global scale. The pandemic of 1918, which killed more than 50 million people and sickened 500 million others worldwide, was caused by a virus that began with infected birds directly sickening humans.
Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich
Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!. For something new: Check out jazz harpist (!) at Mt. Gretna Playhouse on Saturday. Details + tix here. Worth noting: HU Presents 2024 Summer Concert Series continues with Black Pumas (Thurs) and Orville Peck (Sun); SoMa Block party tonight! Pride events! Things on my agenda this weekend: see above.
Morehouse Unveils Small Deadweight Machine
( : York, PA) -- Morehouse Instrument Co., a trusted and accredited provider of force and torque measurement services for more than 100 years, has introduced a new small deadweight machine (SDM). Designed to address the challenges of calibrating small force instruments, the SDM sets a new standard for metrology accuracy, efficiency, and versatility.
Harrisburg cancels Kipona Festival fireworks
HARRISBURG, Pa. — There will be no fireworks show this Labor Day weekend for the Kipona Festival. Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams announced on Wednesday that the fireworks and drone show scheduled for Kipona would not occur, after public safety incidents at two out of the last three Fourth of July events disrupted plans for fireworks shows along the Susquehanna River.
Former Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra concertmaster charged with rape of a child
DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA. (WHP) — A former Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra concertmaster has been arrested on sex crime charges after a police investigation found that he allegedly raped a child for over a decade. Odin Rathnam, 61, was arrested at his residence on July 11 by Ohio Police on a...
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