WITF News Stories

Tens of thousands of Pennsylvania residents lost power for days after severe thunderstorms swept through the region over the holiday weekend, toppling trees, downing power lines and causing widespread outages.  WITF's Haley O'Brien reports on the ongoing effort to restore power. 

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster has won a national manufacturing competition, bringing home a 100,000 dollar grand prize.

WITF’s Katie Knol reports the victory showcases the skills students are taking into the workforce. 

As Central Pennsylvania endures another stretch of dangerous heat, social service agencies and local governments are expanding outreach and opening cooling centers to help unhoused residents stay safe.

A cell phone ban in schools could be the most popular policy Pennsylvania legislators pass in years.  

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports on where politicians are doing what the public wants.  

As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence this week, several communities in central Pennsylvania are hosting festivals, parades and more. WITF’s Haley O’Brien has details on where to see fireworks in Central Pennsylvania this Fourth of July.

An ICE detainee says he was put in solitary confinement and transferred out of state in retaliation for speaking out about conditions. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the alleged retaliation came after a protest at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center, ICE’s largest immigrant detention facility in the northeast United States. 

Every election day, with millions of votes cast and thousands of volunteers running polling places across Pennsylvania, some mistakes — usually small — are bound to happen. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie talks with Carter Walker, Votebeat’s Pennsylvania elections reporter, about what happens when problems do occur. 

Democrats are trying to find a candidate who can beat incumbent Republican Scott Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional race. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports on the race between centrist Janelle Stelson and progressive Justin Douglas.

A federal judge is siding with Pennsylvania over an out-of-state advocacy group in a lawsuit about voter data. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the judge upheld Pennsylvania’s ban on publishing voter rolls online.

Leaders in the Bhutanese refugee community in Pennsylvania say two fellow refugees are detained and facing deportation. It’s the latest in a series of cases where President Donald Trump’s administration is deporting the refugees back to a country that simply kicks them out again.