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A dump truck erupted in flames this morning after colliding with a tractor-trailer in Earl Township, according to emergency responders.The accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. at the intersection of North Railroad Avenue and Linden Grove and Grist Mill roads, which is just south of Route 322, th... Full Story »

A Willow Street woman was charged Wednesday by city police with indecent assault. Sarah Elizabeth Germain, 24, of 66 Willow Valley Drive, was charged following an incident in the 100 block of South Queen Street involving police conducting an undercover detail targeting prostitution.... Full Story »

United Way officials Friday wanted to surprise the lucky guy who won the grand prize in this year's raffle drawing, held annually for its donors.So they did their own version of the Publishers Clearing House's Prize Patrol.They showed up at the guy's workplace, Johnson & Johnson/McNeil i... Full Story »

Last summer, when Lancaster city officials wanted to know what changes should be made to Sixth Ward Park, they asked the people who would be using it.About 40 children who attend the Lancaster Recreation Commission's Summer in the City program at the northeast park were bused across town to a ne... Full Story »

SouthEast Lancaster Health Services got a third bite of the federal economic stimulus apple, officials announced Wednesday, and the latest grant was the largest yet.The medical and dental clinic at 625 S. Duke St. will receive $3.25 million under grant funding announced by President Barack Obama.The. Full Story »

The biggest rate hike in PPL Electric Utilities history is three weeks away.When the year ends, so will the cap on PPL's price, causing rates to leap a record 29.7 percent overnight.But the expiring cap will have a second consequence that gives you a way to avoid having your bill jump quite that... Full Story »

Q: What am I choosingA: You're picking the firm that generates or obtains ("supplies") electricity for you.Q: What if I don't make a choiceA: PPL Electric Utilities will obtain power for you, as it's been doing for nearly all of its residential customers since "Electric Choice" began i... Full Story »

The nation's largest producer of ethanol hopes to build an 1,800-mile, $3.5-billion ethanol distribution pipeline that would pass through Lancaster County.The up-to-20-inch buried pipeline, if built, would likely go east-west through Lancaster County in the existing right-of-way of a petroleum p... Full Story »

Police across the county have reported charging the following people with drunken driving:• Melitza Santiago, 35, of Lancaster, Tuesday, at East End Avenue and South Franklin Street.• Kevin Scott Sauder, 41, of Lancaster, Saturday, on Lincoln Highway East at South Oakview Road in East Lamp... Full Story »

Lampeter-Strasburg school board members voted 6-3 Monday night to accept the resignation of an elementary band instructor who says she was unfairly forced to resign because she called off sick to go to a music conference.Jennifer Theilacker of Willow Street, who was in her eighth year of teaching in... Full Story »

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says a hunter used pastries to illegally bait the largest bear killed in the state during the 2009 season.Game commission officials said Tuesday they will charge Charles W. Olsen Jr., of Wilkes-Barre, with illegally killing the 707-pound bear. Officials say he admitt... Full Story »

Lancaster County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved the preservation of two farms in East Drumore Township.Both farms — one is 126 acres and the other 54 acres — are owned by Herbert S. Kreider, Darlene F. Kreider, Scott J. Kreider and Vickie L. Kreider.Matt Knepper, executi... Full Story »

Police have charged a Manheim man with stealing from his own grandfather.Andrew M. Beamsderfer, 23, of South Main Street, Manheim, was living with his grandfather in Manheim Township in early November, police said.He took two of his grandfather's credit cards without permission and used them 12 ... Full Story »

Police are asking for the public's help in determining what happened in a crash between a vehicle and a bicyclist in Millersville.Elfriede Stauss, 57, of Lancaster, was riding a bicycle when she was involved in an accident with a red Cutlass Ciera driven by Carmelita Shoemaker, 75, of Millersville, ... Full Story »

A sleeping motorist caused a wreck that injured a Lancaster man and a toddler in Leacock Township, state police reported today.Jaron M. King, 19, of New Holland, Tuesday night was driving a vehicle along Route 340, west of Orchard Road, when it struck the back of a vehicle driven by Henry J. Tucker,... Full Story »

All of Water Street Ministries's 80 full-time and 30 part-time employees have agreed to accept pay cuts of between 3 and 8 percent for 2010.The alternative was a cut in services, officials said. Leaders of the Lancaster institution felt that "it was not morally right to cut services at a time wh... Full Story »

The 2008 presidential campaign may be long over, but its effects are still being felt in Millersville Borough.A one-time state grant of $500,000 was received to help the borough pay for its $3.29 million municipal building, council learned Monday.Ed Arnold, borough manager, said the money was receiv... Full Story »

Mount Joy Borough council approved the contract with the Lancaster Humane League for the pick-up of stray dogs and cats Monday, just one month after a council member called for a boycott of the organization.The motion carried in a 7-1 vote with Bill Hall, who proposed the boycott, voting against pay... Full Story »

Issues surrounding Martic Township's so-called Hess Mess might soon be winding down.On Monday, the board of supervisors approved a motion to direct the township solicitor to begin the process for a sheriff's sale on property at 1146 Marticville Road, owned by Donald Hess of Lancaster.Through. Full Story »

Concerned that the developer who built their neighborhood wants to make way for a convenience store at the community's edge, dozens of Ephrata Township residents recently asked the board of supervisors to deny a rezoning request along Route 322.About 40 residents of the Lincoln's Meadow deve... Full Story »

Elizabethtown Public Library is struggling to balance its books in the wake of ongoing funding cuts that, officials fear, will get even worse next year."We are already talking about where we are going to cut hours," executive director Deborah Drury Beisell said Tuesday."We're looking at cutting ... Full Story »

Hold on to your hat today — and be glad you don't have to grab a snow shovel, as folks north and west of us likely will have to do.A slushy mix across Lancaster County that was expected to start overnight is expected to end as plain — and cold — rain early today.It will feel li... Full Story »

Four Lancaster County men have been charged in a $400,000 tax-evasion scheme that allegedly was carried out through aliases, offshore bank accounts and bogus paper transactions, officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday.An indictment filed the s... Full Story »

A proposal to build a plant in East Donegal Township that would process up to 75,000 chickens a day into feed and pet food got its official airing before the zoning hearing board Tuesday night.While project backers say the new facility would produce no odors or waste and be a boon to farmers, some r... Full Story »

Lancaster city is facing tough financial times.City Council members Tuesday night began consideration of a 2010 budget that could raise property taxes by 25 percent and cut the positions of 43 city workers.So, what better time to go shoppingIn addition to weighing the annual budget proposal, counci... Full Story »