April 14 – The Venetoulis Institute, the non-profit owner of The Baltimore Banner, announces it will acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and allow it to keep publishing.[11]
April 19 – A woman and her six children are killed in a gas explosion in Lamar Township.[12]
August 12 – A man donning a "Chucky-style horror mask" chases and harasses several people in Philadelphia. A 22-year-old suspect is later arrested in Las Vegas.[19][20]
August 17 – 14 people, including 13 Pennsylvania State University students, are arrested and accused of running a drug ring that packaged cocaine at off-campus fraternity houses and sold drugs to Penn State students.[21]
August 23 – An Upper Pottsgrove Township Police officer fatally shoots unarmed college student Glen Pysher while responding to an attempted break-in call. Pysher had been drinking with friends and had mistaken the home for his friend's. The officer is later charged with manslaughter.[24]
September 15 – Federal judge Paul S. Diamond disqualifies Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and ADA Matthew Stiegler from participating in the case of Dennis Johnson, who is seeking to have his murder conviction overturned. Diamond also recommends that the United States Department of Justice investigate if Krasner committed any crimes in relation to the case.[26]
September 16 – The Philadelphia Police Department announce that seven women reported missing over the previous decade are believed to be connected to a house owned by photographer R. C. Hörsch, who died in 2025. The investigation began in June after Hörsch's son Eugene was found with one of the women, who had been missing since 2023. Of the remaining six, which includes R. C. Hörsch's ex-wife, police believe five are deceased, though no bodies have been found. In the home, police report finding over a million images, including some that show women who appear to be unconscious or dead.[27]
September 21 – Flights are grounded at Philadelphia International Airport after an Amtrak construction crew accidentally cuts a fiber line in New Jersey, causing a telecom outage.[28]
October
October 1 – A shooting leaves three teenagers injured near a stadium in Pittsburgh.[29]
October 9 – Eight people, including two children, are killed in a mass shooting at a home in Erie. The shooter kills themselves in the home after a police stand-off.[30]
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