>>Shooting In Harrisburg Kills 16-Year-Old Boy
(Harrisburg, PA) -- Police are investigating a shooting in Harrisburg that killed a 16-year-old boy. The shooting happened yesterday morning in the 22-hundred-block of Berryhill Street. Police say the 16-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. It is the fourth homicide the city has seen so far this year.
Anyone with any information is being asked to contact the Harrisburg Police Department.
>>Suspect Charged With Killing Texas Truck Driver In Harrisburg
(Harrisburg, PA) -- A man is now back behind bars for allegedly killing a Texas truck driver in Harrisburg last month. Authorities announced that 29-year-old Charles Anderson was arrested yesterday. Anderson was in jail since March 15th on an unrelated charge before he posted bail this past Wednesday and was released. He is facing multiple charges including criminal homicide and carrying a gun without a concealed permit for allegedly shooting and killing 26-year-old Christopher Hill on March 6th. Anderson is currently being held in the Dauphin County Prison without bail.
>>Winning Lottery Ticket Worth $223k Sold In York County
(Dover, PA) -- Someone in York County is going to be a lot richer to welcome in the spring season this year. The P-A Lottery announced yesterday that a winning Stampede Fast Play ticket worth over $223,000 was sold at a Weis Market store located along Carlisle Road in Dover. The store is going to receive a 500-dollar bonus for selling the ticket. The lucky winner is being told to sign the back of the ticket and contact their nearest PA Lottery office to claim their prize.
>>York County Prison Warden Accepts New Job
(York, PA) -- The York County Prison is going to be searching for a new warden soon. The prison announced yesterday that current warden Clair Doll is accepting a new role as the executive director of York County's Human Services Department. Doll served as the prison's warden for four years. Deputy Warden Adam Ogle will be temporarily running the prison until it finds Doll's permanent replacement.
>>Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Accused Of Killing Teenager In Reading To Stand Trial
(Reading, PA) -- The 15-year-old boy who is being accused of shooting and killing a teenage girl in Reading earlier this year is going to be standing trial. A Berks County judge ordered Abelle Hector Ruiz to stand trail yesterday at a preliminary hearing. Ruiz is facing first-and-third degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed a 16-year-old girl on Scott Street in the city's Oakbrook neighborhood on February 5th. He is expected to return to court on April 26th for a formal arraignment.
>>Lancaster Man Charged With Manslaughter For Son's Death
(Lancaster, PA) -- A Lancaster man is being charged with manslaughter after the death of his infant son. Authorities announced recently that Rolston Sturkey is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child and two drug charges. Officials say police responded to his home in the 700-block of Wyncroft Lane in Lancaster last September where they found Sturkey's three-month-old son dead from accidental asphyxiation while he was under Sturkey's care. He is currently free after posting a 50-thousand-dollar bail, but his preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place this Wednesday.
>>Ephrata Man Accused Of Raping Child
(Ephrata, PA) -- A man in Lancaster County is being accused of having sexual intercourse with a minor. Officials confirmed yesterday that 24-year-old Jacob Newnam of Ephrata was arrested this past Tuesday by East Earl Township Police. He is being charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child, five counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, three counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a minor from 2012 to 2014. He is currently being held in the Lancaster County Prison on a 250-thousand-dollar bail.
>>Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Vaccine Allotment Increasing
(Harrisburg, PA) -- Pennsylvania's COVID-19 vaccine allotment is increasing as the state moves to expand eligibility to everyone. Officials say the state is getting its largest shipment of vaccines on April 5th with nearly 816-thousand doses from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson. This comes as the state is expected to open vaccine eligibility to the rest of the groups in Phase One-B on Monday, which includes postal workers, manufacturing, clergy and transit workers.
>>Man Arrested In Connection To Deadly North Carolina Road Rage Shooting
(Lumberton, NC) -- A man connected to the deadly road rage incident in North Carolina that left a Lancaster County woman dead is in custody. Last Thursday, Julie Eberly and her husband were traveling to South Carolina when an angry driver pulled up to the couple's car and fired multiple shots after their vehicles almost touched while merging lanes. Eberly died from her injuries, but her husband was unharmed. Police say yesterday, they arrested Dejywan Floyd and charged him with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied property in connection to the shooting. He is currently being held without bond.
>>Pennsylvania Esports Team Wings Global Competition
(Harrisburg, PA) -- A professional esports team from Harrisburg is being crowned as the winners of a global competition in South Korea on Wednesday. The Susquehanna Soniqs beat out 31 other teams in a six-week Player Unknown Battle Ground tournament, winning over a million-dollars. Team officials say the PUBG Global Invitationals was the ninth-biggest esport tournament in history and the biggest first-person shooter tournament with a prize pool over seven-million-dollars.
>>State Health Officials Fear Of Next COVID-19 Crisis
(Harrisburg, PA) -- State health officials are afraid that the lack of people who want the COVID-19 vaccine could become the next "COVID crisis." Officials say actually convincing folks to get vaccinated is the entire other challenge that we need to be focusing now. They added that the percentage of people who are vaccinated varies by region, and data shows that substantially fewer people in some rural areas are being vaccinated. Officials hope to combat this issue by educating these communities and providing access by pivoting their strategy away from large-scale vaccine clinics.