U.S. Marshals have announced the arrest of a man for his role in a triple shooting that occurred in Harrisburg in September 2023. 47-year-old Shawn Jason was arrested at a hotel on 4600 Island Avenue after Marshals received information that Jason recently checked into a hotel room and was inside. He is being charged with […]

(WJET/WFXP) — A Pennsylvania federal judge has sentenced another former healthcare worker to a decade in prison after he and another worker were convicted of hate crimes where they targeted disabled residents of an assisted living facility. Tyler Smith, 34, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania and Zachary Dinell, 29, pleaded guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard […]

(WHTM) — The Pennsylvania healthcare giant UPMC has announced a 1% layoff of staff members in the company’s 100,000+ person workforce. The layoff will impact about 1,000 staff members of UPMC’s 100,000+ person workforce systemwide, according to Paul Wood, Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at UPMC. In a statement about the action, Wood attributed […]

(WJET/WJET) — Hanover Foods has been hit with another round of penalties from the United States Department of Labor (DOL) after investigators said the company repeatedly exposed employees to hazardous chemicals. Investigators from the DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) first began looking into Hanover’s Centre Hall plant in October 2023 after complaints were […]

(WSYR-TV) — National Pretzel Day is this Friday, April 26, and to celebrate, one of the most popular shops known for its pretzels is hosting a special deal. Auntie Anne’s, the popular pretzel shop chain, is offering its customers a free original or cinnamon sugar pretzel, but there’s just one small catch. To get the […]

(WJET/WFXP)– The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday they’re celebrating Earth Day 2024 by funding more than 700 new clean energy projects to help farmers and small businesses across the nation. USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small made the announcement during her visit to Erie saying the new projects will expand access to […]

YORK, Pa. (WHTM) – Half of all power used by 16 Pennsylvania state agencies will soon be solar-generated, Governor Josh Shapiro announced Monday. Through the Pennsylvania Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PA Pulse) initiative, the state has committed to purchase half of its electricity from 10 solar arrays statewide. Shapiro was in the […]

NORTHERN TIER, Pa. (WETM) — The Pennsylvania Presidential Primary Elections are hours away as election stations prepare in Tioga and Bradford Counties. If you’re looking to vote in person tomorrow, April 23, polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If you’re unsure where your nearest polling place is, you can go […]

TOWANDA, Pa. (WETM) – The Bradford County Department of Public Safety, along with the Bradford/Sullivan Drug and Alcohol Office, Endless Mountain Behavioral Health and the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office, will be hosting a drug takeback and Narcan distribution event next weekend in Towanda. The take-back event will be on Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. […]

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Construction season is underway, which means you’ll see more signs for road work or reduced speed limits for a work zone. National Work Zone Awareness Week was recognized from April 15-19. The theme for this year was “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever.” “We are seeing […]