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1 week ago | 
abc27.com | Hayden Sherry |Kaylee Lindenmuth
(WHTM) — Thousands of Pennsylvania residents remain affected by power outages caused by severe weather overnight. As of 8:30 p.m., nearly 4,000 PPL customers and 510 FirstEnergy-affiliate customers are without power. In PPL’s territory, the majority of the outages are in Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry counties with 1,463, 1,010, and 984 outages respectively. Outages in Dauphin are primarily in suburban Harrisburg and in the Halifax area.
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1 week ago | 
abc27.com | Dennis Owens |Hayden Sherry
(WHTM) — Former President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump don’t agree on much, but they both agreed that they should block the sale of US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel, feeling that a great American company should not have foreign ownership. However Trump has apparently changed his mind. He now supports a potential Japanese deal, and will rally in Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate it.
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1 week ago | 
abc27.com | Dennis Owens |Brady Doran |Hayden Sherry
(WHTM) — A new law making it illegal to use a handheld device while driving goes into effect in Pennsylvania next week. Paul Miller’s Law, which goes into effect on June 5, 2025, prohibits the use of handheld devices while driving or stopped at a stoplight. Pennsylvanians who violate this law will be fined $50. The new law is a bittersweet triumph for a Lackawanna County mother.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc27.com | Dennis Owens |Hayden Sherry
(WHTM) — School boards, city councils, and township supervisor seats were decided in Tuesday’s primary election across the Commonwealth, but there were also interesting results in the state’s two biggest cities, and they almost sent conflicting messages. It almost never happens, but an incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor has now been defeated twice by a Democratic challenger. This time, Mayor Ed Gainey was knocked out by Corey O’Connor in the primary.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc27.com | Hayden Sherry |George Stockburger
LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) – Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf appears to have won her Republican primary election on Tuesday evening. Hess Graf was challenged in the primary by Assistant Lebanon County Public Defender Michael Light. With 100% of precincts reporting, Hess Graf had more than 70% support. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc27.com | Hayden Sherry |Mac Bell |George Stockburger
LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) – Incumbent Lebanon City Mayor Sherry Capello appears to have won the Republican mayoral primary after facing a local business owner in Tuesday’s election. With 100% of precincts reporting around 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, Capello led business owner Damian Vargas with more than 73% of the vote. Democrat Cesar Liriano ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, setting up a November general election rematch against Capello.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc27.com | Dennis Owens |Hayden Sherry
(WHTM) — A bill proposing a two-year lawsuit window for child sex abuse survivors has reached an all-too-familiar impasse in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. A new session meant new bill numbers, new sponsors, and the same old and tragic argument. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc27.com | Hayden Sherry |George Stockburger
ORRTANNA, ADAMS Co. (WHTM) — In March, abc27 previously reported on hundreds of people helping paint a giant mural honoring 50 years of Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium in Orrtanna. After two months, the 28-foot mural was officially hung on the store’s outside wall. The mural honors founders “Mister Ed” and Pat Gowalt and was led by the business’s third-generation owners. “I added the details and the corrections and things like that,” said Michael Allison, the mural’s creator.
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3 weeks ago | 
phl17.com | Hayden Sherry |Dennis Owens
(WHTM) — Democrats in the State House and Republicans in the State Senate continue to pass legislation they know is unacceptable to the other chamber and has no chance of becoming law. The most recent example, an election reform bill full of Democratic priorities that ignores the GOP’s biggest request. The State House passed an election reform bill that would allow pre-canvassing and curing of mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and early voting. The most powerful Democrat sponsored it.
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3 weeks ago | 
wtaj.com | Hayden Sherry |Dennis Owens
(WHTM) — Democrats in the State House and Republicans in the State Senate continue to pass legislation they know is unacceptable to the other chamber and has no chance of becoming law. The most recent example, an election reform bill full of Democratic priorities that ignores the GOP’s biggest request. The State House passed an election reform bill that would allow pre-canvassing and curing of mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and early voting. The most powerful Democrat sponsored it.
