Lancaster PA

Pennsylvania is full of places you’ve probably driven past a hundred times without giving them a second thought. One of them has been serving food, stories, and daily life since before the United States was even a country. It’s not behind glass or roped off for tours. People...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A volunteer lacrosse coach and school board member is expected to resign from his position on the board after he was cited for allegedly hitting a student in the helmet with a lacrosse stick. West Earl Township Police cited Bryan Naranjo, 45, with harassment...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Dauphin County lawmaker is pushing a newly passed bill that would strengthen the penalties for violating protection from abuse orders. House Bill 1909, which passed on Feb. 2, would increase the penalties for crimes like stalking, harassment and battery for people who repeatedly violate PFA orders...

READING, Pa. - A man has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend in Reading. Samuel Lopez-Ordones will spend 20-40 years in prison for the crime. Lopez-Ordones was charged with killing 27-year-old Daniela Allende in January 2025 at a home in the 1200 block of...

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Lancaster man has been charged with dealing crack cocaine following an investigating by the Lancaster County Drug Task Force, prosecutors said Tuesday. Michael Anthony Gray III, 35, is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine – a felony offense – as well as...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A popular Whiskey distillery with several locations across Pennsylvania will soon be reopening its newest space at the Lancaster Tanger Outlets. abc27 news reported back in December 2025, when the Chicken Hill Distillery at the Lancaster Tanger Outlets announced it would be closing its doors...

Listen to the podcast to hear the full conversation. For Black History Month, The Spark is spotlighting voices who have spent decades uncovering the stories often left out of Central Pennsylvania’s historical record. One of those voices is Dr. Leroy Hopkins, a historian whose work has focused on Lancaster’s African...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Police in Lancaster Township are investigating reports of shots fired Tuesday afternoon, according to emergency dispatchers. A dispatch supervisor confirmed they received a call just before 4 p.m. reporting shots fired along Dickens Drive. Dispatch was unable to provide any additional...

LANCASTER, Pa. — The Lancaster County Coroner's Office released the cause of the death of an inmate at Lancaster County Prison earlier this month. According to coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, 61-year-old inmate Erik Guenther was found unresponsive in his cell at about 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 30. By the...

The rest area facility on northbound Interstate 81 is closed this morning while sewer repairs are made. Drivers can still park at the rest area at Grantville just west of exit 80 (Route 743/Grantville/Hershey) in Dauphin County. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said work is being performed on the...