Lancaster PA

A historic covered bridge in Lancaster County has reopened months after a box truck crash that caused significant structural damage. The Neff’s Mill Covered Bridge connecting West Lampeter and Strasburg townships reopened on Dec. 17, according to Michael Fitzpatrick, spokesman for Lancaster County. The bridge is open...

YORK – The state Dept. of Transportation, Dept. of Aging, State Police, Insurance Department and the American Automobile Association recently shared safe driving advice and resources available for older Pennsylvanians with residents at the White Rose Senior Center in York. “Mobility is essential to quality of life at...

Now in its 35th year, Operation Holiday is back again to ensure families going through tough times have something for their children during the holidays. Since its inception in 1991, the program has served thousands of families throughout Berks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties. The program began as an outreach...

DALLASTOWN, Pa. — A York County teen is facing charges for his alleged involvement in a 2021 shooting in Dallastown, according to a police report. Zephania Wilson, 19, faces nine total charges for the incident, police said. On March 16, 2021, at about 9:18 p.m., York Area Regional Police...

Four residents were displaced and two animals killed after Lebanon fire crews were dispatched to the scene of a three-alarm fire in the 200 block of South 5th Street. Fire crews were dispatched to 229 South 5th St. at 3:09 p.m. for a reported structure fire. Fire Chief Aaron "A.J." Sweitzer said that first units...

One Dauphin County community certainly knows how to get into the Christmas spirit. The neighborhood along Gale Drive in Lower Paxton Township held an event Wednesday night, featuring a host of Christmas displays, at least one of which was over 80 feet tall. Santa Claus himself even paid a visit...

In October and November, developers in the midstate proposed plans for housing developments, agricultural operations, a childcare center, a school and a pool hall. The list below includes numerous projects in Perry, Adams, Cumberland and Dauphin counties. Note that not all proposed plans will come to fruition, and...

Police on Tuesday announced that a man found dead hours after a December shooting in Lancaster County is believed to have died from a drug overdose. Columbia police said they were dispatched around 10:15 a.m. Dec. 9 to the home of Christopher Colon-Martinez, 31, on the 200 block of Walnut Street for reports of a man...

HERSHEY, Pa. — A former nurse in the Central Dauphin School District and her husband have been accused of injuring a two-month-old baby in their care, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed by Swatara Township Police on Monday. Taylor Peifer, 29, is no longer employed at the school...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Game Commission on Tuesday announced that the propagation area of Haldeman Island in Dauphin County (State Game Lands 290) will be closed to all hunting this year. Traditionally, the propagation area of the Susquehanna River island, which is located in northern Dauphin County near...