Pennsylvania: Reading City Council Adopts Municipal Decriminalization Ordinance

Members of the Reading (population: 95,000) city council have approved a municipal ordinance decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession offenses. The ordinance, which passed by a 5-2 vote on Monday, imposes civil fines rather than criminal penalties …

Cause of death revealed for child after incident at Pennsylvania's Hersheypark

(WHTM) – The Dauphin County Coroner’s office cited “fresh water drowning” as the cause of death for the child who died after an incident at Hersheypark last week. The coroner’s office says the manner of death for 9-year-old Sophia Subedi was ruled “ …

Pennsylvania AG among coalition urging Congress to pass cannabis banking bill

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is among a coalition of 32 attorneys general that are urging Congress to pass the SAFER Banking Act of 2025. © Shutterstock In a letter to congressional leaders, Sunday and the coalition say the passage of the …

Pennsylvania Sen. Fetterman, Colleagues’ Bill Takes Aim At Art Market’s Vulnerability To Illicit Finance

Senators Introduce “Art Market Integrity Act” to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in $25 Billion Industry .A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced landmark legislation Tuesday aimed at closing a significant loophole in the nation’s …

Guatemalan national accused of strangling woman during violent Pennsylvania home invasion

PHILADELPHIA - A Guatemalan national who police say entered the United States in Texas is accused of choking a woman during a violent home invasion in Pennsylvania. What we know: Officers from the Lansdale Police Department were called to a home on the 300 …

Woman arrested in Pennsylvania after selling critically ill donkey, officials say

A donkey in York County had scarring on her lungs, foul-smelling mucus and loose teeth, among other ailments, when her owner sold her in May, court documents said. Jennifer Swanner sold “Sophie” the donkey on May 26, according to an affidavit of probable …

Collier’s Weekly: Two Relaxing Nights in Kane, Pennsylvania

PHOTO BY SEAN COLLIER If you’re like me, you have experienced a handful of exhausting weekend trips. You plan such travel with the hopes of coming back refreshed and reinvigorated. Then the planning begins — tickets to this, reservations over there. Lists …

Six western Pennsylvania hospitals make Best Hospitals list

Tragic Justice: Pennsylvania (17754) Mom Sentenced for Torturing 6-Year-Old Son to Death – LIVE UPDATES

Montoursville Township, PA (17754) – Echo Butler, a Pennsylvania mother, was sentenced to 20–40 years in prison after pleading guilty to brutally abusing her 6-year-old son, Maxwell Nowry, who later died by drowning in a bathtub. Prosecutors said the child …

Pennsylvania Game Commission OKs 13 days for hunting

The Pennsylvania Game Commission voted unanimously Monday to allow Sunday hunting on 13 dates this year. The move comes weeks after Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Act 36 into law, repealing the state’s 343-year-old Sunday hunting ban. The move to roll out …