Columbia Borough to tighten snow removal enforcement after recent “chaos”
At the January 27 Columbia Borough Council meeting, residents voiced frustration over what one speaker characterized as “chaos” when independent contractors plowed snow on public streets after Sunday’s snowfall. “It is illegal to push snow on a borough street without a contract with Columbia Borough,” Mayor Leo...
Beloved country music legend, central Pa. native, dies at 98: ‘Genuinely a sweet man’
On Jan. 22, central Pennsylvania lost one of the area’s most beloved country singers and songwriters. Al Shade, a legendary country/western music star from Gratz, died last week at 98. Shade was best known for hits like “I’m A Star On WLBR,” and “Forever and a Day,” which he wrote with his wife and musical partner,...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday Meets with Older Residents with Warning that Pennsylvanians Lost...
(File Photo of a Scam Alert Logo) (Harrisburg, PA0 Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday met with older Pennsylvanians in Dauphin and Luzerne counties during Identity Theft Awareness Week this week to discuss scams that are trending, how targets of scams can protect themselves and how scammers were successful in...
Cedar Crest graduate lands sweet deals on ABC’s reality TV show ‘Shark Tank’
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Lancaster County man accused of having illegally modified shotgun after apartment shooting
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A New Holland man was charged with repeatedly shooting a gun in his apartment in January and having an illegally modified weapon. During the early hours of Jan. 9, Seth Davies, 33, of New Holland, reportedly fired 10 shots throughout the apartment on the 100 block of East Main Street.
Palmyra Borough Council hears resident complaints about snow plowing
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Man admits to making explosives in his Lancaster County home: troopers
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A man from Caernarvon Township has been charged with making weapons of mass destruction after troopers said they found explosives in his home. Scott Boley, 56, of Narvon, Pennsylvania, allegedly admitted to troopers on Jan. 20 that he possessed explosive devices, according to charging...
Suspect identified in fatal Lebanon County search warrant incident
JONESTOWN, Pa. – The suspect involved in the fatal attempt to serve a search warrant in a Lebanon County child sexual abuse material investigation has been identified. The suspect was identified as John W. McDowell, 47, according to a press release from the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). Police say...
Lebanon police charge 32-year-old man with repeated rape of a minor
The Lebanon City Police reported that a 32-year-old man is facing charges for the alleged repeated sexual assault of a minor, causing the victim to give birth to a child in 2021. On March 28, 2025, police met with a resident in regards to a sexual assault that occurred in the 400 block of Freeman Street. The victim...
PHOTOS | Tractor trailer flips on its side in accident, lane closed in Lancaster...
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — One person's injuries were treated on the scene of an accident between two tractor trailers that left one trailer flipped on its side, according to Lancaster County Dispatch. Dispatch reports that the injuries are likely minor, as only one EMS crew was on scene...

















