Lancaster PA

Brandon E. Shearer, 33, is accused of hitting John Randall Zimmerman, 72, in the 2200 block of Lincoln Highway East in East Lampeter Township just before 4:10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, according to East Lampeter Township police. Zimmerman, originally from Lititz and most recently of Lancaster, was not...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A Central Pennsylvania-based movie theatre just announced it will be unveiling major changes following a $1.5 million renovation. The local Penn Cinema, located at 541 Airport Road in Lititz, Lancaster County, just announced that it will be unveiling its newly renovated lobby and full-service...

READING, Pa. - A quiet neighborhood turned into the scene of a deadly shooting early Sunday morning. Now, investigators say someone at a nearby party knows what happened, and they want that person to come forward. Police say they found the victim on Oak Lane in Reading, lying between two...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Lancaster County police chief who is on administrative leave following an off-duty incident is being terminated, according to officials. Manheim Township Police Chief Duane Fisher was given a 30-day written notice by the Manheim Township Board of Commissioners about his contract being...

Some mornings you wake up with an undeniable craving that only a stack of perfect pancakes can satisfy – not the sad, flat discs from a chain restaurant, but the kind of cloud-like, butter-soaked wonders that make you close your eyes on the first bite. Route 30 Diner in...

The body was discovered along the 300 block of Pleasant View Road in Fairview Township on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, according to a release by the township police. Since the discovery, detectives have worked with a forensic artist affiliated with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) to create...

Aria, of Berks County, died earlier in June after a rare and severe meningitis infection despite being fully vaccinated, according to her family. Just days later, another child — Ruby Lutz of Morrisville (Bucks County) — was diagnosed with viral meningitis and encephalitis. Ruby survived, but the illness robbed her...

A Lancaster County man admitted to raping a woman in her home in a text message, telling her he felt “disgusting” afterward, police said in court documents. “I don’t want it to feel like it’s your fault,” Elliot Nguyen texted the woman on June 10, the day after he assaulted the woman in her East Earl Township home,...

Police in Lancaster County are searching for a 17-year-old girl who has not been seen since leaving her foster care program one evening earlier this month. Jamiyah McCalvin left her foster care program on Livingston Lane in Lancaster Township around 5:54 p.m. June 17 with a backpack and two bags of belongings, police...

READING, Pa. - Authorities say what began as a reported shooting in Reading's Hampden Park neighborhood has now become a homicide investigation. Berks County District Attorney John Adams confirmed one person is dead following a weekend shooting in the 1200 block of Oak Lane. Police were called out just before...