Dauphin News

In the wake of "Bonusgate" a group state legislators gathered at the capitol urging Governor Rendell to call a special session to address governmental and ethical reform.

A week after 289 criminal charges were filed in a wide-ranging government corruption probe, a group of lawmakers yesterday called for a special legislative session devoted solely to restoring the public's faith ...

A woman who left her cellular phone on a slot machine at Hollywood Casino at Penn National had it stolen, police said.

A state senator from Harrisburg will ask Gov. Ed Rendell today to call a special session of the Legislature for September-October to revise General Assembly ethics and try to restore public confidence in the ...

With the rising cost of living, some pet owners in the country are finding it increasingly difficult to afford to keep the family pet, but in Franklin County, shelters have seen very little economic ...

Gov. Rendell has ordered all Pennsylvania flags at state facilities in Dauphin and Northumberland Counties, and in the Capitol, to be flown at half-staff today in honor of Army Pfc.

It's difficult to imagine how Ben Hoover has managed to fit several lifetimes worth of leadership and work into his 70 years of life.

The conviction of Joseph Clark brought closure, but not only for the family of murder victim Holly Notestine.

A former mortgage broker sentenced to federal prison Wednesday blamed his poor business acumen for causing hundreds of Pennsylvania homeowners and investors to lose more than $29 million in what prosecutors ...

The Star Barn off Route 283 near Middletown is a familiar sight to many southcentral Pennsylvanians.

A jury selected in Dauphin County has resumed deliberations in the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and murdering a Bedford County woman in April 2000.

Here we are on the last day of June in the sixth year of Gov. Ed Rendell's administration and the third, and dissipating, year of reform.

June 25 - Local Republican and Democrat state representatives and senators joined together today to show their support for tens of thousands of state employees who could be laid off by Gov.

All 96 emergency notification sirens in the 10-mile radius around Three Mile Island Generating Station will be sounded for three minutes on Thursday at 12:15 p.m. AmerGen Energy Co.

Ronald Weaner, a Biglerville resident and Dover Area High School teacher, is the newest member of the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners.

Lebanon County Emergency Management Agency plans to spend a state grant to acquire radios for Lebanon and four other counties in the region that would assist in the event of a large hazardous-materials ...

With the economy sputtering and energy prices continuing to rise, downtown developer Bill Kolovani acknowledged this week that times are tough.

A state Senate panel unanimously approved a plan Tuesday that would bar lawmakers from receiving gifts and other perks from lobbyists.

Convicted serial burglar Hersey Brown is behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing more than 50 midstate families during a yearlong crime spree.

Thousands of state workers were notified yesterday that they could be furloughed immediately if there is no budget deal by the June 30 deadline, ratcheting up pressure on Gov.