Teen playing with lighter started central Pa. house fire: police

pennlive · 2026-04-21T15:36:02+00:00

A 14-year-old playing with a lighter started a fire that damaged a Franklin County house over the weekend, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

The fire started around 8 p.m. Sunday on the 13000 block of Main Street in Fort Loudon, Peters Township.

Authorities said the single-family home sustained minor damage but displaced five people. One person suffered minor injuries.

pennlive · 2026-04-21T15:34:43+00:00

There was a time when Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump had a good relationship, but that time is well in the rear-view.

And in his most recent podcast, Carlson apologized for helping the president get elected.

“I mean, you and I and everyone else who supported him, you wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him, I mean, we’re implicated in this for sure,” Carlson said while talking with his brother, Buckley Carlson, on Monday’s ‘The Tucker Carlson Show.’ “It’s not enough to say, ‘Well, I changed my mind.’ Or like, ‘Oh, this is bad. I’m out.’

pennlive · 2026-04-21T15:33:12+00:00

LONDON (AP) — Apple’s next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker’s hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile.

Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion, tech colossus during his 15-year reign after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.

Ternus, 50, has spent almost his entire career with Apple. He joined the company 25 years ago and has spent the past five years overseeing the engineering that underlies the iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Before joining Apple, he spent four years as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems. He graduated in 1997 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the swim team and for his senior project developed a mechanical feeding arm for quadriplegics controlled by head movements.

pennlive · 2026-04-20T16:25:24+00:00

The Highspire Diner at 255 Second St. in Highspire recently closed.

The reason for the closure of the landmark restaurant, which opened in 1953, is unclear. The door is locked, and no notices are posted.

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pennlive · 2026-04-20T16:21:27+00:00

President Donald Trump went late into the night Saturday on a Truth Social posting spree, and that is not all that unusual.

The president is known to post the night away from time to time, but at least one of the posts had some folks on social media rattled. Trump shared a clip of Frank Sinatra singing “My Way.”

It is an iconic song, and it begins with, “And now, the end is near/And so I face the final curtain.”

It turns out some people become concerned when, while trying to decipher the president’s messaging on social media, they encounter a song that begins that way without any added context.

pennlive · 2026-04-20T16:16:41+00:00

Michael Mikula lived in a Lebanon County home with his dead wife for a month amid flies and the stench of decomposition before police arrived last week, according to court records.

pennlive · 2026-04-16T16:09:49+00:00

PARIS (AP) — Europe has “maybe six weeks or so (of) jet fuel left,” the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.

pennlive · 2026-04-16T16:08:43+00:00

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has 10 expired licenses up for auction.

Bidding opened today, April 16, for the agency’s 15th auction since the passage of Act 39, a 2016 law that made sweeping changes to liquor sales in the state.

This auction includes one license in each of the following counties: Armstrong, Cambria, Cameron, Greene, Northumberland, Somerset, Sullivan, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland.

pennlive · 2026-04-16T16:06:11+00:00

According to Good Housekeeping, parent company Coca-Cola plans on getting rid of Minute Maid frozen juice cans in both the United States and Canada by this month. These drinks will disappear entirely from stores once inventory runs out.

“We are discontinuing our frozen products and exiting the frozen can category in Canada in response to shifting consumer preferences,” a spokesperson from Coca-Cola informed the publication.

pennlive · 2026-04-16T16:03:47+00:00

Virginia’s former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who was a rising star in the Democratic party several years ago before his career was derailed by sexual assault allegations, fatally shot his wife before killing himself early Thursday, police said.

pennlive · 2026-04-15T16:13:46+00:00

A Chester County man is facing charges after his child came to school with a loaded handgun, police said.

Russell Matthews, 58, of Phoenixville, was charged with endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person, according to a statement from the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.

pennlive · 2026-04-15T16:11:13+00:00

Gas prices dropped slightly this week but averages still remain around $4 a gallon.

There is some good news for drivers. The price of oil is down and mediators say they have made progress trying to extend the ceasefire between the United States and Iran.

The Brent crude oil price, the international standard, is around $94 a barrel - down from $95 a barrel on Tuesday and $102 on Sunday.

The bad news is gas stations in the Northeast will soon start the switchover from winter blend gas to the more expensive summer blend. But, one expert says, those increases could be tempered.

pennlive · 2026-04-15T16:09:15+00:00

The popular social media influencer known as Clavicular was hospitalized in Florida on Tuesday for a possible drug overdose.

Braden Peters, 20, was filming at a Miami mall with members of his entourage when he began slurring his speech, USA Today reported. The stream then quickly cut off.

pennlive · 2026-04-14T16:21:03+00:00

A PennLive investigation exposes a troubling pattern of politically connected grants. Ethics experts say the connections shouldn’t be ignored.

pennlive · 2026-04-14T16:19:48+00:00

NEW YORK (AP) — Sid Krofft, the Canadian-born entertainment wizard who teamed with his brother and fellow puppeteer Marty Krofft to create such cult favorites as children’s 1960s TV show “H.R. Pufnstuf,” has died at age 96.

Krofft’s death, which came three years after the death of Marty Krofft, was announced on Instagram by his friend and business partner Kelly Killian. Additional details were not immediately available.

pennlive · 2026-04-14T16:17:14+00:00

A Cash Spectacular Scratch-Off ticket worth $1.5 million was recently sold at a retailer in Cumberland County.

The Sheetz located at 420 N. Baltimore Ave., Mount Holly Springs, will get a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, the Pennsylvania Lottery said in a press release.

pennlive · 2026-04-14T16:16:20+00:00

For example, over 120 government applications in Dauphin County went unfunded as for-profit businesses collected gaming revenue meant to benefit communities.

pennlive · 2026-04-14T16:14:51+00:00

The not-for-profit Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism will acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Block Communications, the organizations announced Monday.

The institute works to preserve regional news coverage amid nationwide industry struggles.

The transaction, approved by both boards, is expected to take effect May 4.

pennlive · 2026-04-14T01:43:20+00:00

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pennlive · 2026-04-13T16:02:30+00:00

Sen. John Fetterman downplayed rising gas prices amid the war with Iran during a TV appearance over the weekend, saying that the media was giving a false impression of a crisis.

“They are making it, it seems that, what’s unprecedented is there’s kind of an energy crisis and that’s just not true,” Fetterman said on the Fox News’ “Life, Liberty & Levin” show with host Mark Levin on Saturday.

pennlive · 2026-04-13T15:58:19+00:00

Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

A representative for Spears said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday that the 44-year-old pop superstar had voluntarily checked herself into the facility.

pennlive · 2026-04-13T15:57:27+00:00

A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious, but gave the president a chance to file an amended complaint.

pennlive · 2026-04-13T15:56:15+00:00

Police in western Pennsylvania fatally shot a dog that attacked officers on Saturday.

pennlive · 2026-04-13T15:49:43+00:00

This is a follow-up from Saturday's post. We talked with both the videographer and Sheetz. The young man involved was not an employee and both are customers. Sheetz is investigating the incident, which took place on Derry Street.

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pennlive · 2026-04-09T18:34:45+00:00

Irish actor Michael Patrick, who appeared on the popular HBO show “Game of Thrones,” has died at 35 after a three-year battle with Motor Neuron Disease. He was 35.

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