2026 in Pennsylvania
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The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Pennsylvania.
Incumbents
State government
Events
January
- January 7 – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh's largest newspaper, announces it will wind down operations in May after the newspaper's parent company Block Communications failed to reach a deal with the journalists' union.[1]
- January 20 – Lehigh County evicts Immigration and Customs Enforcement from an office space in Allentown, citing unpaid rent.[2]
- January 22 – The National Park Service removes exhibits at the President's House Site in Philadelphia that made reference to slavery.[3]
March
- March 2 – Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian national is found dead in Pittsburgh, days after she was detained and released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.[4] Her death is later ruled a homicide.[5]
- March 23 – ICE agents are deployed to 14 airports nationwide, including Philadelphia International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport.[6]
- March 27 – A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport.[7]
- March 31 – A federal judge orders the University of Pennsylvania to turn over a list containing the names of its Jewish employees and students as part of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission probe of alleged antisemitism at Penn.[8]
April
- April 5 – The Gannon Golden Knights beat the Lander Bearcats 84–61 to win the 2026 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. It is their first title.[9]
- April 9 – The Women's National Basketball Association announces an expansion team in Philadelphia, set to begin play in 2030.[10]
- 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]
- April 23–25 – The 2026 NFL Draft is held in Pittsburgh. The Las Vegas Raiders choose Fernando Mendoza from Indiana as the first overall draft pick.[13]
May
- May 14–17 – The 2026 PGA Championship is held at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square. Aaron Rai wins the tournament, his first major championship victory.[14]
June
- June 11–July 19 – The United States hosts the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with a number of matches being held in Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.[15]
- June 18 – The minor-league York Revolution forfeit a game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs after the majority of Revolution players refuse to wear rainbow sleeves for Pride Night.[16]
July
- July 14 – The 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is held at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.[17]
- July 29 – The University of Valley Forge in Phoenixville announces it will be closing at the end of the Summer 2026 semester.[18]
August
- 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 19 – A Cessna 150 strikes a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter while landing at Carlisle Airport in Carlisle. The Cessna pilot is killed and two state troopers are injured.[22]
- August 19–30 – The 2026 Little League World Series is held in South Williamsport.[23]
- 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]
- August 25 – The state reports two people died of measles in Lancaster County.[25]