by Greg Barton | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation will be forthcoming from state Senators Gene Yaw and Lisa Boscola intended to again set the first day of PA’s firearms deer season as the first Monday after Thanksgiving. For over 50 years, the first Monday after Thanksgiving marked the start...
by Greg Barton | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – A PA lawmaker wants to offer a discount for two year vehicle registrations in PA. Philadelphia County Rep. Ed Neilson says the registration fee for the two-year option is double the amount of the registration fee for one-year. In 2026, a one-year...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – To reign in overreach by the PA Turnpike Commission, Somerset County Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar plans to introduce a bill eliminating the Commission’s ability to exercise the power of eminent domain, citing concerns over expansion plans that threaten...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – A Lancaster man charged with attempted criminal homicide and firearms offenses during a fight in Columbia Borough will have his case proceed to county court. 35-year-old Matthew Rowley waived a preliminary hearing. He is accused of stabbing a...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – The National Transportation Safety Board released a final report on a March 9, 2025 plane crash in Lancaster County. The plane crashed into some parked vehicles at Brethren Village. The pilot reported that during takeoff, he heard a loud “pop.”. He...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed legislation into law requiring PennDOT to establish an online verification system for car insurance coverage. House Bill 710, now Act 3 of 2026, was sponsored by Rep. Kerry Benninghoff of Centre & Mifflin Counties. When a...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Sen. Chris Gebhard of Berks, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties to allow Fort Indiantown Gap police officers to be Act 120 certified has been signed into law by the governor. Currently, police officers at Fort Indiantown Gap...
by Greg Barton | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
LEBANON – A Lebanon woman was taken into custody upon the conclusion of a Lebanon Police Department investigation into a report of a found child. The child was reported to be found standing in a roadway in the 900 block of Chestnut Street around 5:40 pm on February 7....
by Greg Barton | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – Two juveniles face charges after a shots-fired incident in Lancaster Township. On Tuesday, February 10 around 3:50 p.m., officers responded to the Hawthorne Apartment Complex on Dickens Drive. The investigation determined that numerous rounds were...
by Greg Barton | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
DAUPHIN COUNTY – Dauphin County’s Swatara Township Police say a missing teen has been located. 13-year-old Zaion Tolbert had left his residence at the Super 8 Hotel on Executive Park Drive on January 30. Police report that Tolbert has been found and returned to...
