Overcast 67°
News
Former Art Teacher Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Central PA School: Report Former Art Teacher Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Central PA School: Report
Former Art Teacher Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Central PA School: Report An elementary school art teacher has filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer, according to PennLive. Sarah Steinhauer, a designer who was previously employed by East Pennsboro Elementary School, has filed the lawsuit with the U.S. Middle District Court against the school district and one of the principals over discriminatory practices and allegedly false claims that she vandalized the school, PennLive reports citing a complaint by Steinhauer. Steinhauer has publicly posted on social media that she wanted to remain as a teacher at the school but had joined social movements abou…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Baltimore Man Takes Trip To Harrisburg Only To Be Shot Dead: Authorities Baltimore Man Takes Trip To Harrisburg Only To Be Shot Dead: Authorities
Baltimore Man Takes Trip To Harrisburg Only To Be Shot Dead: Authorities A Baltimore man taking a trip to Harrisburg was shot the day he got there by a man he was apparently hanging out with before the incident, according to a PennLive report citing police and an affidavit of probable cause. Officers were called to the scene of a shooting at Evergreen and Swatara streets in Harrisburg on Nov. 16 around 11:40 p.m., where Jeramiah Beamon, 37, was found having suffered gunshot wounds, police said. Beamon was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries caused by apparent gunshot wounds, according to police. Jerome Kasey, 41, of Baltimore, is wanted for Bea…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash Near Funeral Procession Along US 22: PennDOT Fatal Crash Near Funeral Procession Along US 22: PennDOT
Fatal Crash Near Funeral Procession Along US 22: PennDOT A fatal multi-vehicle crash has brought traffic to a stand-still along one stretch of US 22 in Harrisburg on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash happened in the westbound between Exit: PA 39 - LINGLESTOWN/ROCKVILLE and Exit: PA 443 - FISHING CREEK at approximately 1:42 p.m., according to PennDOT. All lanes on US 22 westbound were closed and drivers are asked to look for alternative routes for four hours following the crash, according to PennDOT. The accident appears to have happened right near the exit to Linglestown Road causing traffic to ha…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping
Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping New information and a timeline has been released regarding Robert Vicosa and the events that led up to a multi-state manhunt and search for his daughters after he abducted them in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Vicosa and Tia Bynum are allegedly on the run with Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7, after purportedly abducting them from their York County home. Vicosa invited his estranged wife to a birthday celebration he arranged for her at his Windsor Township home on the 1500 block of Pleader Lane on Friday, according to police. When she went to leave, Vicosa grabbed her arms, p…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center The pedestrian who died in a crash on Harrisburg Pike on Monday has been identified. Richard Bakaric, 63, of Harrisburg, has been identified as the pedestrian fatally struck in Lower Swatara Township, reports PennLive citing the Dauphin County spokesman Brett Hambright. Bakaric's death has been ruled accidental as a result of multiple traumatic injuries, the county spokesman told the outlet. He was hit by an eastbound passenger vehicle traveling along Route 230 West Harrisburg Pike at the intersection of Rosedale Avenue in Lower Swatara Township near a medical center and an airport around …

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
2 Dead In Route 30 Crash, Report Says 2 Dead In Route 30 Crash, Report Says
2 Dead In Route 30 Crash, Report Says A crash on US Route 30 on Wednesday morning is reportedly fatal, PennLive reports. The multi-vehicle crash occurred in Mountville, Lancaster County between the Columbia/Marietta exit and the Prospect Road exit around 9 a.m., according to PennDOT. This is one of two crashes along Rt. 30 on Wednesday, the other crash is in York, and there is no word if a coroner has been dispatched to that crash, as Daily Voice previously reported. Click here to read more from PennLive.

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental 19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental
19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental Months after an inmate’s death, the Dauphin County district attorney’s office has ruled an inmate’s death accidental. KeJuan Cooke was found unresponsive by his cellmate on March 31, as Daily Voice reported. Cooke's cellmate called for help and prison staff performed CPR, authorities said. The inmate was transported to UPMC Harrisburg where he was declared dead shortly afterwards, as Daily Voice reported. An autopsy performed by Dr. Wayne K. Ross found that Cookie died of complications of bowel inflammation -- colitis and short bowel syndrome, according to Chardo. The manner of death wa…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
State Rep. Takes Up Challenge Of Banning Native American Mascots In PA Schools State Rep. Takes Up Challenge Of Banning Native American Mascots In PA Schools
State Rep. Takes Up Challenge Of Banning Native American Mascots In PA Schools The United States recently honored Native Americans with the first federally recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but Pennsylvania still has over 60 schools with racial imagery or names— which is an issue one Pennsylvania state representative is about to challenge. In recent years sport organizations like the Little League International— which oversees more than 2 million young baseball and softball players, the NCAA, and the NFL's Washington Redskins all have made moves to avoid racially insensitive team names, mascots, nicknames, and imaginary. “And yet, more than 60 schools in Pennsylv…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Central PA Woman Killed In Jeep Accident 'Changed The World' Central PA Woman Killed In Jeep Accident 'Changed The World'
Central PA Woman Killed In Jeep Accident 'Changed The World' She changed the world.  She was an exemplary public servant. She was the best motivator. These are just a few of the ways that Kathy Teopfer Possinger was being remembered. The 44-year-old Harrisburg resident was identified by PennLive as the woman killed after being pinned between her own Jeep and her house. She and two men were using her Jeep Wrangler to remove a large shrub from the front of her home on the 300 block of Hamilton Street in Harrisburg Friday, PennLive previously reported citing Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo. Chardo said the incident was "clearly accidenta…

SHARE

by Nicole Acosta
News
Domestic Assault Brings Tactical Response Team To Central PA Home, Authorities Say Domestic Assault Brings Tactical Response Team To Central PA Home, Authorities Say
Domestic Assault Brings Tactical Response Team To Central PA Home, Authorities Say A tactical team was called to a reported domestic assault at a home in central Pennsylvania on Friday, according to authorities. Crews were called to a reported domestic incident in the 500 block of Sandra Avenue shortly after 9 a.m., dispatch said. The Dauphin County’s Crisis Response Team was called to the scene around 11:30 a.m., according to police radio transmissions. The situation ended at approximately 12:15 p.m., as reported by PennLive. No streets were shut down due to the incident, but police are in the area, according to dispatchers. The incident was confirmed by dispatchers…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
‘Horrifically Abusive’ PA Adoptive Parents Who Nearly Killed 1 Of Their 5 Children Enter Pleas ‘Horrifically Abusive’ PA Adoptive Parents Who Nearly Killed 1 Of Their 5 Children Enter Pleas
‘Horrifically Abusive’ PA Adoptive Parents Who Nearly Killed 1 Of Their 5 Children Enter Pleas Adoptive parents of five children have both entered their pleas for abusing their children as of Wednesday afternoon. Robert John Duncan, 44, and Stephanie Angelette Duncan, 43, of Lebanon, were apprehended in Feb. 2021 for “years of abuse in their home” located on the 2700 block of Cedar Run Road, according to District Attorney Pier Hess Graf. “It was one of the most horrific scenes I’ve been to and knowing that it was suffered by children makes it that much worse,” Graf told PennLive Wednesday. The abuse only came to an end for their five adoptive children on Jan. 13, when their 11-year…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
News
PA Man On Trial For Murder Asks Judge To Officiate Wedding, He Said 'Yes!' PA Man On Trial For Murder Asks Judge To Officiate Wedding, He Said 'Yes!'
PA Man On Trial For Murder Asks Judge To Officiate Wedding, He Said 'Yes!' If you were standing trial for murder what would you ask your judge? A Pennsylvania man who is accused of commiting a gang related homicide asked the judge presiding over the trial to preside over his wedding, as reported by PennLive Kashawn Divine Flowers, 25, of York, is ready to let his love blossom despite being on trial for murder. Flower's attorney Brian Perry asked York County Judge Harry Ness whether he’d consider marrying Flowers and his girlfriend, during a hearing on Tuesday. The judge and the prosecutors had no objections to the request. The wedding will take place after the m…

SHARE

by Daily Voice