In 1962, the town council of Centralia, Pennsylvania decided to burn trash in a landfill built inside an abandoned strip mine ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Abandoned places are usually off-limits to the general public. But in the state of Pennsylvania, there are places you can visit that are abandoned and completely legal to explore ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– More than 100 abandoned wells in Pennsylvania have been capped and plugged within the year. The Shapiro Administration has capped and plugged a total of 132 wells, which is ...

PITTSBURGH — Lawmakers in Harrisburg are on a mission to clean up Pennsylvania rivers and lakes in preparation of some big events on the horizon. House Bill 103 creates clear definitions for any ...

An abandoned oil well in Cornplanter State Forest. Federal money helped Pennsylvania plug 139 abandoned oil and gas wells last year. That’s more than in the eight years before that. Despite the state ...

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...

Pennsylvania has a problem with abandoned boats, but help is on the way. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission knows there are several hundred abandoned boats hanging around rivers and marinas ...

Nearly a year ago, residents of New Freeport, Pennsylvania, a little town about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, learned about one of the many dangers of abandoned oil and gas wells the hard way. Tom ...

A dog left abandoned in a sealed box outside a Pennsylvania animal shelter has found a new loving home. Last week, the ...