A Republican mega-donor with ties to Trump and TikTok, a candy bar and pet food heiress, the owner of 84 Lumber, and the primary owners of two Philly sports teams are among the Pennsylvania billionaires on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s richest people.
From an eclipse, to an earthquake, to Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in the 2024 election, we’re taking a look back at the stories that dominated the headlines this year in the Keystone State.
As we prepare to say goodbye to an election year where divisiveness seemed to dominate the news cycle, we’re here to remind you that the news wasn’t all bad in 2024, especially here in Pennsylvania.
Beck Lawrence went viral last fall after being warned by Hanover’s police chief that they could face charges over an arcane law from 1861 outlawing fortune telling for profit in Pennsylvania.
The state Supreme Court decided Simon and Toby Galapo were exercising their rights under the Pennsylvania Constitution when they erected protest signs on their property and pointed them squarely at the neighbor's house in the Philadelphia suburbs with messages such as "Hitler Eichmann Racists," "No Place 4 Racism" and "Woe to the Racists. Woe to the Neighbors."
Kamden Cunningham’s business on top, party in the back hairstyle earned the Luzerne County six-year-old top honors in the kid’s division of the USA Mullet Championship.
After tiring of waiting for a flight to Florida that had been repeatedly delayed, 75-year-old Donna Osborne went home. But not before stopping at a local Speedway where she purchased a winning $5 million Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket.
WallyGator, the emotional support alligator who went viral after public appearances around Philadelphia, has been stolen, according to the gator’s owner.
From a fiery 50-car train derailment to Taylor Swift being named TIME Magazine’s person of the year, a look back at the headlines that shaped 2023.
