Lancaster PA

Andrew Christofur Mark Illingsworth, 32, of Middletown, allegedly contacted the girl on Facebook Messenger on Sunday, Oct. 26 around 3:53 p.m. and began a conversation that quickly turned graphic, according to the criminal complaint filed by Officer Michael Strohecker. Illingsworth told the teen he was 22 years old,...

Thomas Packard didn’t at first tell police he retrieved a firearm when he heard shots being fired a door away from his North Harrisburg Street apartment on Nov. 4, 2023. He never pulled the gun’s trigger, so it didn’t seem relevant, he said. Instead, he called out,...

Police in northern York County have arrested a man in connection with allegedly hindering the apprehension of his brother, who is wanted by authorities in several states , according to court records. Jeff M. Rodriguez Gonzalez, 31, of the 500 block of Chestnut Grove Road in Carroll Township has been charged with...

NORRISTOWN — A Berks County man linked to a multi-county gun trafficking network received a mitigated sentence after admitting to his role and cooperating with authorities by testifying against two others who were more culpable in the organization. Lucas Scott Groff, 29, of the unit block of Red Bud...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A man who was wanted for allegedly stabbing two people in Lancaster County last summer has been arrested. According to the Ephrata Police Department, Jose Robles-Pantoja, 40, 40, allegedly stabbed two people after an argument on July 30. Robles-Pantoja fled the scene after the alleged...

RICHMOND TWP., Pa. - At least one person is dead after a crash involving a tractor trailer and multiple vehicles on Route 222 in Berks County on Monday morning. The crash happened just before 11:00 a.m. in the area of the Kutztown Road overpass on Route 222 in Richmond Township, according to officials.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Tensions were high during a budget meeting nearly a week and a half after a councilmember's controversial remarks about the stray cat problem in Columbia. Previously on Oct. 7 during a regular workshop meeting, a question was raised about the amount of funding to...

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A person was found dead after firefighters put out a storage unit fire in Reading in Berks County on Sunday morning, the Reading Firefighters Local 1803 said in a social media post. The fire was called in at around 3:30 a.m. in the area of Angelica Street and Lancaster Avenue,...

MORGANTOWN, PA — A 62-year-old man has been charged following an alleged assault earlier this month at the Old Village Inn in Caernarvon Township, according to the Caernarvon Township Police Department. Authorities said that on October 6, 2025, at approximately 5:00 p.m., police responded to a report of an...