Lancaster County restaurant inspections, Dec. 12, 2025
For a full listing of this week’s Lancaster County restaurant inspections, click here. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. Bravo Supermarket, 225 W. King St. Lancaster, Complaint, December 5. Pass....
Hunter charged after firing into Lancaster County neighbor’s property: police
An East Donegal Township woman nearly shot her neighbor while hunting a doe on her property, according to police. Karen Lynn Gaus, 42, is charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after Susquehanna Regional police say she fired a rifle in the direction of her neighbor’s property while hunting,...
Jakeem Towles Resentenced For Killing Rapper Young E-Z
Jakeem Lydell Towles, 36, formerly of the 800 block of North Lime Street in Lancaster, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to Third-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder, and a Felony Firearms offense, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Judge Jeffrey Conrad accepted...
Will the Farm Show have to hold the horses? What to know about herpes...
A deadly outbreak of equine herpes virus has left several horses dead and sickened others in eight states. The outbreak was reported in November in horses competing at the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Finals and Elite Barrel Race in Waco, Texas. At least two horses died and...
Mystery Driver Sparks Search After Parking Lot Crash in West Reading
WEST READING, PA — The West Reading Police Department is asking the public for assistance in identifying a woman sought in connection with an alleged hit-and-run incident that occurred Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the Third & Spruce Drafthaus. According to police, the unidentified woman — captured...
Central Pa. man says he broke babies’ bones because he was tired: police
A Lancaster man told police he was overtired from work when he broke the bones of two 6-week-old infants in September, according to charging documents. On Wednesday, Manheim police charged Dillon M. McCarraher, 23, with four counts of aggravated assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of children and two...
County commissioner condemns criminalization of homelessness after deadly tent fire
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas explained that one of the biggest issues with the homeless population would be criminalizing homelessness, which Douglas claims would cost taxpayers more than if the county utilized all the resources it has allocated for the homeless population....
‘Come get me:’ Man accused of stealing from vehicle in York County taunts police
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A man accused of stealing from a vehicle in a York County church parking lot learned that you can run, but you can’t hide from law enforcement. “Come get me,” is what Virgel Pauling, 63, of Stewartstown, allegedly told Southern Regional Police when he was contacted in November and told […]
Pennsylvania grocery store executive’s homicide remains under investigation
READING, Pa. (WHTM) — Answers are still being sought in a Pennsylvania homicide case where a grocery store executive was found beaten to death in 2008. Pennsylvania State Police at Reading continue to investigate the homicide of Gary Redner, who they said was found severely beaten to death on a neighbor’s property in...
Lower Providence man jailed for domestic assault, strangulation
NORRISTOWN — A Lower Providence Township man was jailed on charges that he strangled a romantic partner during an argument about money in his residence. Frank J. Watson Jr., 38, of the unit block of Catfish Lane, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty...

















