Lancaster PA

RISING SUN — A Cecil County grand jury has handed up a multi-count murder indictment against a woman accused of killing her 5-week-old baby earlier this month while intoxicated inside a Rising Sun residence, court records indicate. The suspect — Destiny Faith Chiveral, 24, of Charlestown — is facing seven charges,...

Pennsylvania state officials visited Lancaster on Monday to announce a nearly $150 million investment in the Commonwealth's science industry. Gov. Josh Shapiro was joined by Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger for a visit to Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories in Upper Leacock...

HERSHEY, Pa (WHTM) — Jeffrey Schott of York County was a schoolteacher for many years. “So, at age 64, I’m semi-retired,” he said. While teaching, Schott started dressing up as Santa Claus.   “I bought a $20 suit and a fake beard,” he said. “And did Santa for the kids. And that’s where it began.” […]

HARRISBURG, PA — State and local prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against seven people accused of running a sophisticated SNAP trafficking scheme that allegedly funneled $775,677.77 in fraudulent transactions through a Steelton convenience store over three years. The charges stem from a multi-year...

A woman who tried to drown two of her children in a Dauphin County creek during what she believed was the Biblical end of the world was sentenced Monday to at least a decade in prison. Candice McElwee was suffering from schizophrenia and self-medicating with methamphetamine around 3 a.m. on...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Berks County, PA – A man wanted on multiple felony-related warrants was taken into custody Tuesday following a coordinated arrest operation in northern Berks County. According to the Berks County Sheriff’s...

As winter tightens its grip across the United States, millions of rural residents are confronting a harsh new reality: affording heat has become nearly impossible for some households already strained by rising utility costs, according to a report produced by The Daily Yonder and reviewed and distributed by Stacker....

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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A man is facing numerous felonies after a series of robberies and stalking incidents led to a police chase and fiery crash in Clay Township over the weekend. | Police chase ends in fiery crash in Lancaster County: dispatch. Police say Joshua Quinones, 34,...

At Close Range is a 1986 crime drama based on a true story of a Chester County crime family described as “one of the most cunning and sly groups of criminals” by a former defense attorney for one of its members, writes Raghvendra Singh Rana for The Cinemaholic.