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A half dozen people, including a Catholic priest, were arrested at today's protests against the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in Lancaster County, say protestors.

A man who gave a man a ride as "a good Samaritan" ended up assaulted and stuffed in his own trunk Friday, state police say.

State police in Lancaster are looking for the person who injured the groin and mouth of a dog.

The driver of a tractor-trailer died this morning in a one-vehicle crash on I-80 in Luzerne County, state police say.

Penn State claims the student's intention in filing the contempt action is "kicking the can down the road" until he and/or the woman in the case graduate, when the matter will be moot.

Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley Saturday said Charles H. Bechtel, 56, of Millerstown, died from a self-inflicted shotgun shot to the head.

Area drivers got a bit of good news Saturday morning when crews finished work on a new bridge over Union Deposit Road in Lower Paxton Township.

Thousands of survivors, volunteers, caretakers and community members went to City Island for Harrisburg's 20th Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk Saturday morning.

Carrie South was participating in a program called Petal It Forward, in which florists give away two bouquets, one for the person to keep and the other to give away.

The National Weather Service in State College is calling for pleasant conditions across Central Pennsylvania ahead of Saturday's 7:30 p.m. kickoff and into the evening.