Ed Mahon reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship and received engagement mentoring and funding. Spotlight PA is an independent, ...

WILLIAMSPORT — A Williamsport police officer admits using a racial slur before taking a Black man into custody prior early last Dec. 31 but denies being enraged when he did so. Officer Brandon Wheeler ...

(WHTM) — A new law making it illegal to use a handheld device while driving goes into effect in Pennsylvania today. Paul Miller’s Law, which goes into effect on June 5, 2025, prohibits the use of ...

Starting in June, drivers in Pennsylvania will be banned from using cellphones and all other handheld electronic devices while behind the wheel. The law expands the state's existing ban on texting ...

The Cannabis Health and Safety Act, which, according to legislators who introduced the bill, planned to be "a bold, thoughtful proposal designed to center public health, repair communities harmed by ...

A new website tracks the how the money Pennsylvania receives from opioid settlements is being spent throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Opioid Settlement Data site shows how much money each county ...

A BAN ON BAGS RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG. A STATE SENATOR IS PUSHING TO OUTLAW SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT RETAIL STORES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS HERE. WITH HOW THIS ...

DOWNLOAD THE NEWS EIGHT APP. WELL, NEWS EIGHT CONTINUES TO LOOK INTO THE USE OF SHOTGUNS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AFTER THE YORK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY REVEALED THAT OFFICER ...