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Police are investigating a robbery early this morning at a convenience store in Lower Paxton Township. Full story »

Eleven new officers were inducted into Harrisburg’s police force Friday and more could be on the way, said Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed. Full story »

    A 19-year-old Jonestown man told Lebanon city police he was robbed by four men while walking on the first block of Quince Street at 10 p.m. Thursday.     The man told police he was looking for a friend’s apartment when he was approached by four men wearing hooded sweatshirts with the hoods up. He said one of the men... Full story »

Dustin Lauver never denied he shot the bear, but argued he did it to defend himself and his dog Full story »

Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick identified the victim of Thursday night's shooting at North Fifth and Radnor streets as  Chad Shirey, 35. Shirey, of Hershey, died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Hetrick ruled the death a homicide. At an autopsy conducted Friday morning, Hetrick said he recovered a large-caliber bullet from Shirey's body. It was turned over to... Full story »

A man, who has not been identified, was shot to death as he sat in a car near the intersection of North Fifth and Radnor streets. Full story »

Police said the burglary occurred around 11:50 p.m. in the Food Court area of the mall Full story »

State police say guards became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor.  Full story »

The charges result from a probe that has been conducted over the past year, District Attorney David Freed said. Full story »

A Susquehanna Township man was found guilty of homicide Thursday by a Dauphin County jury after a four-day trial, Deputy District Attorney Johnny Baer said. James Sinkovitz, of the 3500 block of Green Street, was convicted of shooting Davis S. Wertz, 40, of Harrisburg, to death with five shots from an AR-15 assault rifle Jan. 26, Baer said. Sinkovitz... Full story »

The motive for the shooting is unknown, police Chief Charles G. Kellar said. The homicide was the city’s 16th this year. Full story »

The owners of a Schuylkill County road construction business were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg, accused of what prosecutors called one of the largest fraud cases in U.S. Department of Transportation history. The alleged fraud amounted to more than 300 contracts worth $136 million for road work in Pennsylvania being improperly awarded from 1993 to... Full story »

A Susquehanna Township man was found guilty of homicide Thursday by a Dauphin County jury after a four-day trial, Deputy District Attorney Johnny Baer said. James Sinkovitz, of the 3500 block of Green Street, was convicted of shooting Davis S. Wertz, 40, of Harrisburg, to death with five shots from an AR-15 assault rifle Jan. 26, Baer said. Sinkovitz... Full story »

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail. Chester County Judge Anthony Sarcione says the plea deal for Robert Tracey Jr. is a surprise. The 37-year-old Coatesville man got a sentence of the 242... Full story »

A Perry County man was sentenced to a life in prison Wednesday for his involvement in the July 2007 slaying of a former Harrisburg detective's son. A Dauphin County jury found Todd Yohe, of Marysville, guilty of second degree murder, robbery and criminal conspiracy, said Dauphin County Deputy District Attorney Kristen Weisenberger. Michael Lyter, of West Milton, was found guilty... Full story »