Lancaster PA

Former Lancaster City police officer Andrew Selby has been sentenced to 22 and a half to 57 years in prison for sexually assaulting minors in the 1990s. The sentencing took place last week after Selby, 56, was convicted in June of multiple charges, including rape and sexual assault of three girls he met while on duty.

PERRY TOWNSHIP — Pennsylvania’s piecemeal system for animal control left a Berks County family scrambling for answers and assistance when they were attacked by a cat who later tested positive for rabies, a virus that is almost always fatal once symptoms begin. The state divides responsibility among different...

It began on a typical morning in Chester County, Pennsylvania, when drivers spotted a small bulldog weaving frantically through traffic, as if fleeing from danger. Horns blared, brakes screeched, and the little dog looked completely terrified and disoriented. She zigzagged between cars before vanishing into the woods...

COLUMBIA, Pa. — A Lancaster County man was charged after an investigation of a suspected domestic incident by West Hempfield Township Police early Monday morning, according to a criminal complaint affidavit. Police were dispatched to an incident at about 2:17 a.m. on the 1400 block of Manor Street. A...

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YORK, Pa. — Michelle and Steve Clark finalized the adoption of their daughter, Sadie-Jayne, on Nov. 11, 2025. Just weeks later, the couple traveled to bring her home and soon found themselves in the hospital with their four-year-old child in a Bulgarian intensive care unit. "It's hard watching her...

WYOMISSING, PA — Wyomissing police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest connected to an alleged retail theft that occurred earlier this week at a local business. According to the Wyomissing Police Department, officers are investigating a reported theft involving more than...

For a full listing of this week’s Chester 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. Aramark @ Brandywine – Wallace Elementary School, 435 Dilworth Rd. Downingtown,...

Just a few blocks off Lincoln Highway, where Coatesville’s downtown still wears the bones of its steel‑mill past, a new kind of comfort food is drawing locals and road‑trippers to the table. “Nana Pearl’s Amish Kitchen,” imagined at 214 West Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, PA 19320, brings Lancaster‑County style Amish...

A 45-year-old Lancaster County man will spend 20 to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of cutting another man’s throat during an altercation at a bar last year. A jury found Syeen Hill, of Manor Township, guilty of attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and...