Dave Warfel, a Dauphin County volunteer fire chief, who worked as a supervisor at a Pennsylvania state forest, died Thursday at a Cumberland County fire academy, according to a press release. Warfel, ...

Whitney Downard/Pennsylvania Capital-Star The House committees for education and health held a joint hearing to consider cellphones in schools on Nov. 17, but ultimately didn’t come to any conclusion.

The commonwealth’s school districts might soon need to consider policies related to silent alarms and cell phone use in their buildings. The state House committees for education and health held a ...

The House committees for education and health held a joint hearing to consider cellphones in schools on Nov. 17, 2025, but ultimately didn't come to any conclusion. (Whitney Downard/Pennsylvania ...

A house fire went to two alarms Friday afternoon in Allentown. Firefighters were called about 1 p.m. to the 800 block of North Jasper Street for an initial report of downed wires, according to city ...

Firefighters have contained a four-alarm blaze at the Gold Bond Building Products facility in East Baltimore, city fire officials said Wednesday afternoon. Crews were called out to the 2300 block of ...

An adult victim was found deceased inside a Hagerstown-area house after a fire on Tuesday night, Nov. 11, 2025. The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

The January Los Angeles firestorms, which leveled communities on a scale few thought was possible, have left pointed questions and a clamoring for answers that has only grown louder with time.

A volunteer fire company in Berks County was called on Sunday for a one-of-a-kind mission: to rescue a 385-pound black bear from a tree. The Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Co. said its firefighters have ...

Indiana County, PA (November 10, 2025) – A tragic early morning house fire in Indiana County claimed two lives and left one woman hospitalized on Sunday. The blaze broke out just before 3:15 a.m. in ...