CRIME & SAFETY
Crash blocking an intersection reported in Dillsburg Borough
DILLSBURG, Pa. — A two-vehicle crash was reported at an intersection in York County. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Crews were called to the intersection of West Church and North Second streets in Dillsburg Borough shortly after 12:30 p.m. According to York County dispatchers, the crash...
York County police looking for missing 16-year-old girl
Police in Hanover, York County are looking for a 16-year-old girl they said ran away earlier this week. Hailey Chavez was last seen on the 300 block of Fox Knoll Court on Wednesday, May 1, according to a police report. She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue sweatpants and white Nike shoes.
Intruder 'acting crazy' led to chaos, shooting at York County nursing home: witnesses
Residents and staff members described a chaotic scene at a nursing home in York County Thursday afternoon when a man entered the facility and began chasing people through the halls. Bea Jackson, an employee in the laundry at Rest Haven York nursing home in Spring Garden Township, said she was...
Man shot to death in Harrisburg corner store, officials say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — Police responded to a shooting that happened inside a corner store in Harrisburg Friday afternoon, where one person died. Officials say it was a man who was shot and killed. Those officials confirm it happened on the 2200 block of North Sixth Street around 2:30...
Missing woman now presumed dead came to Harrisburg area to live with boyfriend
A missing woman now thought to be a homicide victim came to the Harrisburg area in February to live with a boyfriend, police in her hometown near Pittsburgh said Friday. Tracy Scanlon, 54, who also goes by the last name Zalenski, was last seen in late February leaving a wine and liquor store in Dauphin County, according to Susquehanna Township police, who are investigating the case.
Racist and antisemitic graffiti found at vacant city building in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg police are investigating after a swastika and racist words were spray-painted on a vacant city building. According to a city spokesperson, the vandalism happened inside the former traffic engineering building at South 19th and Caledonia streets after someone broke in. The spokesperson said it's not...
Motorcyclist killed in crash with tractor-trailer ID’d
A 67-year-old motorcyclist was killed earlier this week when he slid under a tractor-trailer at a York County intersection, the coroner’s office said. Christopher Day, of Nocona, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Tuesday crash, which was reported around 3:30 p.m. at West Philadelphia Street and Belvidere Avenue in the city of York, according to Coroner Pamela Gay.
Police: One person shot and killed in Dauphin County
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police say one person was killed in a shooting in Dauphin County. According to Dauphin County dispatch, it happened on the 2200 block of North Sixth Street in Harrisburg just before 2:30 p.m. Harrisburg police say one person was shot and killed. The victim was an...
Vehicle crash on Davidsburg Road in Dover Township
WEIGELSTOWN, Pa. — A vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Davidsburg and Carlisle roads in Dover Township around 6:22 p.m. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. According to the York dispatcher, it is unknown if there are injuries at the scene. For live traffic updates, click...
Police: Cumberland County woman dragged body of overdose victim out of her apartment
ENOLA, Pa. — Police have charged a Cumberland County woman with abuse of a corpse and other offenses after she allegedly dragged the body of a man who died of a drug overdose in her apartment into the hallway and left it there. Jaqueline Tirado, 57, of Enola, was...
Suit claims failures by SCI Camp Hill staff resulted in inmate’s beating death
Failures by staff at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill resulted in the 2022 beating death of an inmate, his estate claims. The allegations are contained in a suit filed Thursday in U.S. Middle District Court by the estate of Joel Vanderpool against five named and numerous other staff members identified only by titles.
Court documents reveal new details about arrests of two farmers in Lancaster and York Counties
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — It's been three weeks since two central Pennsylvania men were arrested and taken to prison. Ethan Wentworth of Airville, York County and Rusty Herr of Christiana, Lancaster County have sat in their respective county prisons since April 10 and 11. Herr and Wentworth run NoBull Solutions,...
Investigators believe tired box truck drivers likely caused two York County wrecks that killed five
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — More than two weeks after two accidents within less than 24 hours — one along I-83 and one on U.S. 30 — left five people dead, investigators haven’t released their findings. But abc27 News has learned in both cases, they are focusing on the actions of box trucks involved in […]
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