Harrisburg News

State lawmakers entertained the usual cavalcade of special-interest pleaders recently when they conducted hearings on the faltering effort to introduce the free market to alcoholic beverage sales in the commonwealth.

The Issue: In the primary election, three men are vying for nominations to the Pennsylvania Superior Court.

One of four democratic candidates running for Harrisburg mayor has been charged in connection with defacing campaign signs of an opponent.

An Italian restaurant in Gregg Township has wanted to serve alcohol with their pizza and pasta dishes for years.

They played only nine cities that summer, so Pittsburgh was lucky - but Keith Richards was still a year away from dreaming about "Satisfaction" when the Stones played to a crowd of 400 or so on Wed., June 17, at Danceland in the old West View Amusement Park.

A combination of events is focusing attention on whether Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers can perform the political hat trick of passing major legislation dealing with transportation spending, liquor store privatization and curbing public pension costs while passing the next state budget on time for the third year in a row.

The Grammy Awards have come and gone this year, but you may not know that a rock band from right here in Pennsylvania took home some hardware.

This combination of three photos shows, from left, Auditor General Jack Wagner, Pittsburgh city Councilman Bill Peduto and outgoing Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.

Magisterial District Judge Hugh A. Jones, Mount Carmel, was again certified for service as a member of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System after successful completion of continuing legal education work, conducted by the Minor Judiciary Education Board and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the educational program for magisterial ... (more)

Increasing clouds throughout the day kept high temperatures locked in the upper 60s and low 70s.

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls.

Saturday night's Powerball jackpot brought a lot of you to area gas stations to pick up your tickets, including the Gulf station on Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township.

A special session was held Friday evening for the matter. The board passed the plan within a 30-day window that now makes the district eligible for an $6.4 interest-free state loan.

Midstaters gave blood and saved lives in honor of the victims killed or injured in last month's Boston Marathon bombings.

Fort Indiantown Gap National Ceremony hosted 28 buglers playing Taps at a special performance in honor of service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Reunited: Kalli Atteya and her son, Niko Atteya, are living at an undisclosed location, fearful that his Egyptian father may engineer another abduction.

As she runs in a tough primary on Tuesday, first-term Mayor Linda Thompson confronts numerous hurdles: increased killings and other street crime, finances that threaten bankruptcy and caused city income taxes to double, unsightly trash filling city lots and skeptical suburbanites shunning city businesses.

State lawmakers entertained the usual cavalcade of special-interest pleaders recently when they conducted hearings on the faltering effort to introduce the free market to alcoholic beverage sales in the commonwealth.

Dec. 10, 2007: In this file photo, Philadelphia police officer Richard DeCoatsworth, who was shot in the face on duty while making a traffic stop, listens to Gov.

Primary voting at our Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Harrisburg, April 24, 2012.