No chickens, or other live poultry, will be at the 2024 Pennsylvania Farm Show
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)-- This year will be the 108th Pennsylvania Farm Show, and one thing will remain the same as last year -- no live poultry. The decision to ban live poultry, fowl, and eggs comes...
View ArticleGeminids meteor shower peaks this week under dark skies
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The year’s best meteor shower, the Geminids, peaks this week. Skygazers may see as many as one or even two a minute streaking across dark skies. The meteors will reach...
View ArticlePennsylvania lawmakers push to provide safe school drinking water
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)-- Lawmakers are trying to do their part to make sure that Pennsylvania schools have safe drinking water. Six State House members introduced legislation Tuesday that would...
View ArticlePennsylvania lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize marijuana
HARRISBURG Pa. (WHTM) - Two Pennsylvania lawmakers announced that they will be reintroducing legislation to decriminalize marijuana. The change proposed is in regards to changing the grading of...
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This defunct Pennsylvania roller coaster was briefly the largest of its kind
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) -- Did you know that one of the largest wooden roller coasters in the world called Pennsylvania home for some time? This coaster was called Hercules and was located at Dorney...
View ArticleFire Marshal investigating Pennsylvania house explosion in Sewickley Heights
ALLEGHENY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Allegheny County Fire Marshal (ACFM) is investigating a house explosion that happened Tuesday in Sewickley Heights. According to the press report, around 5:19 p.m. on...
View ArticleStalled schools legislation advances in Pennsylvania as lawmakers try to move...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate moved past a longstanding budget feud Wednesday and approved school-funding legislation that would send millions more to subsidize private school...
View ArticleAdvocates in Pennsylvania react to SCOTUS abortion pill case
(WHTM) -- The Supreme Court agreed to take up a case that could widely restrict access to the abortion pill Wednesday. It concerns the drug "Mifepristone" that -- combined with another drug -- is one...
View ArticlePennsylvania's municipal election results officially certified
(WHTM) - Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has certified the 2023 municipal election results. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW In...
View ArticlePennsylvania Teacher of the Year gave 'the speech I'm never going to give'
LEWISTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) -- Ashlie Crosson, Pennsylvania's Teacher of the Year, doesn't just remember her mentor teachers. She co-teaches with one of them. As in, together in the same AP English...
View ArticleWoman accused of hiring man to kill estranged wife's family in Pennsylvania
BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- A Pennsylvania woman is accused of hiring a man to burn down a house where her estranged wife was staying with family. Heather Ann Dibert, 43, of Duncansville, is facing...
View ArticleThis Pennsylvania county is known as the 'Christmas Tree Capital of the World'
(WHTM) - During the holiday season, most people are searching for the perfect Christmas tree, and no better place to get one than in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It all started in 1918 and in 1956,...
View ArticleGov. Shapiro signs remainder of budget
(WHTM) -- Progress has been made at the State Capitol as Governor Josh Shapiro signed several major bipartisan bills, tying up the final loose ends for the delayed 2023-2024 budget. Shapiro worked...
View ArticlePennsylvania is in its Taylor Swift era, her home state decides
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — She’s Time magazine's person of the year. She’s the most-played artist globally on Spotify. She’s helmed the first tour to gross more than $1 billion and then the...
View Article'You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania:' Call this number for a pep talk from a...
(WHTM) -- If you're ever looking for a pep talk, you could phone a friend. But now students in Pennsylvania are giving you a new option. The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced the launch...
View ArticleUPMC brings back mask policy for all facilities
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) -- UPMC is reinstating its mandatory face mask policy across all of its facilities. "UPMC is seeing an increase in cases of respiratory viruses, including Covid, influenza and...
View ArticleFishing cheater sentenced in separate Pennsylvania forgery case
MERCER, Pa. (WKBN) - A man convicted in a fishing scandal during a competition in Cuyahoga County was sentenced Thursday in a separate forgery case in Mercer County. Chase Cominsky was sentenced to...
View ArticlePennsylvania House Democrat John Galloway resigns seat
(WHTM) - Democrat State House Representative John Galloway has announced his resignation from the State House after winning a district court judge seat in Bucks County. Galloway, who served as...
View ArticlePennsylvania credit unions among group defrauded; 6 plead guilty
PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM)-- Multiple credit unions, including some in Pennsylvania, were the targets in a fraud scheme where millions of dollars were stolen from accounts, the United States Attorney's...
View ArticlePennsylvania gets over 30 new laws dealing with medical marijuana, police...
PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM)-- Pennsylvania just got a multitude of new laws after they were signed by Governor Shapiro Thursday. In total, Gov. Shapiro signed 31 bills that deal with topics such as police...
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