Janet Pickel

As planned, Pennsylvania Turnpike toll charges will go up 4% starting Sunday, Jan. 4. The money from the hikes, scheduled every year, are used to repay Act 44 debt, money that the state Legislature required the Turnpike Commission to pay toward state tran... See more

A National Weather Service wind advisory that covered central Pennsylvania expired overnight, but utility crews are still working Saturday morning to restore power to thousands. After high winds downed trees and lines Friday, PPL reported about 29,000 pow... See more

Police in Reading on Wednesday announced charges in a 32-year-old cold case involving the death of a 2-year-old boy. Police said the boy died the afternoon of Jan. 8, 1993, at St. Joseph’s Hospital after being taken there from his Franklin Street, Reading... See more

The body of a 7-year-old Columbia County boy was found in the Susquehanna River over the weekend after he’d wandered from home. Reports say the child, Aiden Ha, was autistic and nonverbal. WVIA News reported that the boy went missing about 9:20 a.m. Satur... See more

Mark Eugene Warfel, named in court as the prime suspect in the 1989 disappearance and presumed death of Tracy Kroh , died in prison this month. Mark Warfel Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas announced at Wednesday’s Dauphin County Prison Board mee... See more