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Battle Rages Over Proposed Gettysburg Casino
Gettysburg is once again the battleground over efforts to open a casino in the historic Civil War community. KYW’s Tony Romeo reports an investment group failed to win a full-scale, stand-alone casino...
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Recent Survey Shows Despite High Price Of Gasoline, Area Residents Are Up For...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Even though gas prices are on the decline, gas costs about a dollar more per gallon than it did last year. And according to a recent survey, the high prices are affecting summer...
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The Anniversary Of The Battle Of Gettysburg
As we anticipate the fourth of July, we also are noting the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. On July 1, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. More men fought and died there than in any other...
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148th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Gettysburg Marked At Battlefield
GETTSBURG, NJ (CBS) – This is Gettysburg Weekend, which marks the 148th anniversary of the epic Civil War battle often called the high water mark of the Confederacy. Even today, there are things to...
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Oldest Candy Store In America Reopens In Old City
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – After a short closure for renovations, Shane’s Candies reopens just in time for the holidays. Eric Berley, co-owner of Franklin Fountain expands his business from ice cream to...
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Stigall Show Log 3.14.12
5:41 Exit polling shows Rick Santorum performed very well in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries yesterday. 6:10 Burglars tried to hide in a Chester Middle School after robbing a house down the...
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Romney: Santorum Will Maintain Key Role In GOP
By Todd Quinones WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS/AP) — Buoyed by what he called ‘a good day,’ Mitt Romney said he spoke to Rick Santorum Tuesday morning about his decision to quit the race. “It’s been quite a...
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Columnist Takes Different Spin When Recounting Gettysburg
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It was 149 years ago this weekend that a climactic battle of the Civil war was fought in South Central Pennsylvania. It’s been recounted in many books, but one...
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Pa. Parks Brace For Automatic Federal Budget Cuts
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — In Pennsylvania, some of the nation’s most famous national parks are bracing for the automatic budget cuts that could soon put a noticeable crimp in their operations. A National...
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Author Hopes To Lure People Back Into Studying History With Book On Civil War
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - On this Memorial Day weekend, there’s a new look at a transformative time of the Civil War. Hell or Richmond, by Ralph Peters, covers not one battle but several...
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Gettysburg Readies For 150th Anniversary Of Battle
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The commemoration of this year’s milestone anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will include amenities that soldiers would have relished 150 years ago. A groomed path to the...
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As ‘War’ Rages, Gettysburg Vendors Hope To Cash In
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — As re-enacted war raged several miles away, tourists strolled a commercial strip of Gettysburg to survey T-shirts, hats and other trinkets to commemorate the 150th anniversary of...
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Stigall Show Log 7.3.13
6:11 The implementation of Obamacare’s employer mandate has been delayed one year until 2015. 6:41 Chris talks to Don Adams from the Independence Hall Association about their event tomorrow at the...
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Who ‘Dies’ Is Tough Decision At Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — You’re a Civil War re-enactor carrying an authentic musket, out on the field with your history-buff buddies making a charge under withering enemy fire. It’s great fun except for...
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2nd Re-Enactment Of Battle Of Gettysburg Begins
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Battle of Gettysburg is underway for the second time in a week and tourists are converging in droves even if the outcome of the Civil War’s pivotal encounter has been known...
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Portraits Of The Civil War
By Dr. Marciene Mattleman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Making history come alive is important, and in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg battle there were many re-enactments this year. Here...
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KKK Rally In Gettysburg Canned Due To Government Shutdown
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A planned Ku Klux Klan rally at Gettysburg National Military Park is canceled because of the federal government’s shutdown. Park officials said they rescinded all permits for...
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Thousands Expected For Gettysburg Address Event
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of people are heading to a small town in southern Pennsylvania Tuesday to commemorate a speech that for 150 years has been a source of national identity. President...
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At Least 9 People Injured In Central Pa. Truck Fire
ORRTANNA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say at least nine people required hospital treatment after a fire in a truck parked at a food processing facility in central Pennsylvania. A Gettysburg Hospital...
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Remembering Those Who Gave All, At Laurel Hill Cemetery
By Molly Daly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A special ceremony was part of the annual Memorial Day commemoration at Laurel Hill Cemetery in East Falls Sunday: the rededication of the “Silent Sentry,” a bronze...
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Effort Underway To Buy And Preserve Gen. Lee’s Headquarters In Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An effort is underway to purchase, preserve and restore to its Civil War condition the site of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s headquarters during the Battle of Gettysburg. The...
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2 Local Shops Make List Of Nation’s Top Ice Cream Parlors
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – TripAdvisor.com announced their list of the 10 top ice cream parlors in the United States today – and two local shops made it! The ice cream shops were ranked according to the...
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Soldiers National Museum In Gettysburg To Close
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Gettysburg museum featuring a model Confederate encampment and many Civil War artifacts is closing after more than half a century. Officials say the Soldiers National Museum...
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Man Shot By State Trooper After Standoff At Pennsylvania Prison Dies
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot by a state trooper after a standoff at a county prison in central Pennsylvania has died. The York County coroner’s office said Saturday that...
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5-Alarms Fire Rips Through Chemical Plant In Adams County
http://media.philadelphia.cbslocal.com/CBSPHL_20150608171902857AA.mp4 HANOVER, Pa. (AP) — Firefighters are again attacking a blaze at a central Pennsylvania chemical plant after letting it burn for...
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Gettysburg Bookstore Pulls Confederate Flag Merchandise
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (CBS) – The bookstore at Gettysburg National Military Park is the latest to pull items featuring the Confederate flag. Gettysburg says it will no longer sell items that use the battle...
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Jay Lloyd’s 2017 Domestic Getaways
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — With brutal hurricanes and storms disrupting long distance travel plans in the year past, KYW’s Jay Lloyd reports that local getaways offered smooth sailing. This year we became...
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