You’ve had a year to break the habit and drive empty-handed. Since last June, law enforcement could have issued you a written warning for using a hand-held device while driving. Beginning June 5, you ...

Those caught using a handheld device while driving in Pennsylvania could be cited and fined beginning Friday. Paul Miller’s Law, which made it illegal to use the devices while driving, went into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pennsylvania lawmakers are getting behind a universal bell-to-bell ban on cell phone use in the commonwealth’s schools. The House ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are getting behind a universal bell-to-bell ban on cell phone use in the commonwealth's schools. The House of Representatives on June 1 passed legislation that would require all ...

A bill that passed the state House on Monday would require Pennsylvania schools to ban students’ use of cellphones from the first bell of the school day to the last. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by ...

A Pennsylvania man is accused of using fake movie money to buy items at a gas station store in Bucks County. The investigation began on April 30, 2026, when police responded to the Sparta Gas Station ...

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Field of Screams, the popular haunted house in central Pennsylvania, did not allow minors to volunteer for the company at a recent event due to new state safety requirements, according to a company ...

A photo of the entrance to Field of Screams in Mountville, Lancaster County, from the 2020 season. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and ...

Legislation before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives would expand the use of deer baiting to private property beyond the Southeast Special Regulations Area. State Rep. Thomas Mehaffie III, ...

Starting June 6, drivers in Pennsylvania will face $50 fines if they're stopped for using a cellphone or other handheld device while behind the wheel. A warning period in which there are no penalties ...