Port Royal
A 1918 Montgomery Ward department store now holds more than 100 vendors across four floors. Yes, the same company that once sold America everything by catalog. The building got a second life, and it’s packed with treasures. The ground floor ceilings rise 18 feet high. Restored maple floors run...
CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — Hunting is a huge deal in Pennsylvania, mainly because of the state’s deer and elk populations. One Midstate teacher had the hunt of a lifetime and didn’t want to leave his students out. Joshua Knisely is an 11th- and 12th-grade emotional support teacher at Carlisle High School. He’s also a hunter, […]
Montoursville, Pa. — Route 104 in Perry Township, Snyder County, is open again, PennDOT District 3 said in an update this morning. The road had been closed between Route 35 in Mount Pleasant Mills and Martin Brothers Road (Route 2006) in Perry Township because of fire department activity, according to the district. Detours had been in place for southbound traffic via Route 35 and Routes 11 and 15, for northbound cars via Martin Brothers Road and for large commercial trucks south of Mount Pleasant Mills via Route 104 south and Routes 11 and 15. The update did not say when the road first closed or how long the fire department activity lasted. Travelers can check conditions on major roads at 511PA.com .
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A fire destroyed a Cumberland County home early Tuesday morning. According to the Silver Springs Community Fire Company, crews responded to the 100 block of Birch Street in Silver Spring Township for a reported house fire early Tuesday morning. Officials said that firefighters arrived to find fire showing from the building. […]
PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Cumberland and Perry counties are a real microcosm of the differences between school districts. Controversial school boundary plans related to population growth have been a hot topic in Cumberland Valley. It’s a very different story in West Perry. Arguments made by its school board members in favor of closing Blain […]
SPRING MILLS — State Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn on Tuesday, Nov. 10 unveiled a new Climate Action Plan at the Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center in Spring Mills. The Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Conservation Center began as a small forest nursery in...
(WHTM)– A central Pennsylvania county reported the highest voter turnout in the state in the November 2026 General Election. November’s general election made history as the Democratic Party recorded its first trifecta since 1993. The Democrats secured the Senate, the House, and the governorship in the election. The party elected Senate Majority leaders for the […]
In the past decade or so Greek life has been in the news cycle consistently for the not so glamorous side of college partying culture. Greek life again faces a wave of retribution calling for a disposal of frats and sororities across the nation. This disapproval of a staple of...
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to mean spending hours in the kitchen. If you’d rather leave the cooking to someone else this year, you’re in luck. There are restaurants across central Pennsylvania ready to serve a holiday meal. From traditional turkey and mashed potatoes to all-you-can-eat buffets, WITF has rounded up restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in the region.
Buffalo Township is moving forward with a data center ordinance that’s designed so that the public won’t “hear, smell or see” any data center that would be built. During Wednesday evening’s meeting, township Solicitor Brian Farrington provided an overview of the 22-page draft data center ordinance.
CENTRE HALL — All four organizations affiliated with the Centre Hall American Legion Post 779 — the post, Sons of the American Legion, Legion Auxiliary, and Legion Riders — participated in the annual Trunk or Treat event hosted by The Meadows Psychiatric Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in Centre Hall.