Luzerne County, Penn. (WBRE) — A corrections officer and inmate are dead in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in an incident said to have involved them falling five stories down an elevator shaft. During an altercation, the elevator doors opened and the two ...
Feasterville, Penn. (WCAU) — Authorities have found 11 girls and an 18-year-old woman living in a Pennsylvania man’s home, and he’s now been charged with sexual assault. According to a criminal complaint, 51-year-old Lee Kaplan started sexually abusing one of ...
Philadelphia, Penn. (NBC News) — Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to impose an extra tax on sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages. The sugary drink tax will charge one and a half cents per ounce of regular and ...
(NBC News) Two Amtrak workers were killed Sunday morning when a train slammed into the backhoe they were using on the tracks just south of Philadelphia. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board remain on site, working to determine how ...
Wilkinsburg, Pa. (NBC News) — Five people were killed and three others wounded when two gunmen opened fire on a backyard gathering in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Wednesday night. Police said one gunman opened fire on the party, while a second took ...
(NBC News) The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, say the furry rodent has failed to see his shadow, meaning means he’s “predicted” an early spring. Members of the top hat-wearing Inner Circle announced the “forecast” at sunrise, ...
Calif. — (WGAL) Three California men, including a sheriff’s deputy, are under arrest after a major marijuana bust in York County, Pennsylvania. The men, Ryan Falsone, Tyler Long and Christopher Heath, a California sheriff’s deputy, were arrested on Dec. 28, ...
Pa. — A Pennsylvania high school coach is caught on camera allegedly assaulting a referee. It happened Tuesday night during a basketball game between Pennsbury and Neshaminy, and was caught on camera by cityofbasketballlove.com. With less than 30 seconds in ...