Just as Harrisburg’s annual Fourth of July fireworks were to begin Monday night, two juveniles began fighting, according to city police. Whether it was the pop of a firecracker or fireworks or nothing at all, someone reportedly yelled “gun!” Hundreds of

With a new omicron subvariant on the scene the present and future of COVID-19 may look a little different. According to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, BA.5 now comprises most of U.S. COVID-19 cases; but as of Jun

Almost 51 million students attend public schools in the U.S. Another 5.7 million are educated at private schools. However, traditional academic curriculums that the great majority of these schools offer are not for everyone. There are other non-traditio

[box]Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to "Play WITF Radio."[/box] Sweeny Murti grew up in Middletown in Dauphin County. Like million

Have you gotten your monthly electric bill yet? Electricity prices increased for most Pennsylvania utilities from 6% to 45% in June and those bills should just be arriving. Prices are up because of the rising cost of natural gas which generates about hal

Imagine a time when only a few hundred whitetail deer roamed the woods and fields of Pennsylvania. That was the reality in the early part of the 1900s in Pennsylvania. Then, compare that with today when there are hundreds of thousands of deer in the state

The spotted lanternfly has made its return to Pennsylvania. The invasive species seems to be everywhere in some places. For several years, there was no known natural predator to the invasive spotted lanternfly. But, as more studies have cropped up, rese

Three-quarters of Pennsylvanians believe there is solid evidence that temperatures on Earth have risen over the past four decades. However, they’re split on one of Pennsylvania’s biggest industries – the extraction of natural gas from shale deposits in t

Almost all Americans should be able to able to dial 9-8-8 on their phones in the future if they are someone close to them is in a crisis. The 988 hotline is scheduled to go live in mid-July and for many mobile phone users, it’s live already and calls are

Other than the nation’s independence, the Fourth of July holiday may be known most for fireworks and not just the ones that are scheduled for public viewing. The fireworks business is booming. Sales of fireworks more than doubled between 2019 and 2021 fr