Lancaster PA

York and Adams counties are part of a cancer cluster in South-Central Pennsylvania where adults over 50 face a significantly higher risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, according to a Penn State-led study published this week . Researchers at the Penn State Cancer Institute analyzed five...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — After the untimely death of his teen son, the father of the late Justin Johnson went to Central Dauphin East High for an annual blood drive to help educate students on sickle cell disease. The Justin Johnson Legacy Foundation, spearheaded by Orville Johnson, was...

The Crest Elm Tree, a residential property in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has recently been sold to an out-of-state corporation. This transition has brought about significant changes, some of which have been met with dissatisfaction by the tenants. Among the changes are a $154 increase in rent and a shift in the water...

We’re generally living in a dog-eat-dog world, and occasionally a dog-shoots-man world because a man in Berks County, Pennsylvania, was rushed to the hospital after his dog shot him in the back.

(WHTM) — Thursday was the annual Red Cup Day at Starbucks, but that meant different things in two different parts of the Midstate. Outside a Starbucks in Gettysburg, dozens of people waited nearly an hour for their coffee, and this year’s coveted reusable cup. But in Lancaster, home to four unionized Starbucks,...

Columbia Borough Council has applied for a $350,000 grant to buy a new street sweeper. On Thursday night, council voted to apply for a Local Share Account (LSA) Grant for the purchase of a new sweeper. The existing sweeper has reached the end of its life after years of use in the borough, according to an executive...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A road will be closed for a while after a vehicle collided with a telephone pole in Lancaster County on Saturday. Intercourse Fire Company announced on Facebook that East Newport Road will be closed between Carriage Drive and Fieldcrest Road after a vehicle crashed into a telephone...

Xavier Eriberto Velazquez, 19, of the 500 block of Manor Street in Lancaster, was sentenced by Judge Dennis Reinaker on Sunday, Oct. 27, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Velazquez had pleaded guilty in June to robbery of a motor vehicle, criminal conspiracy to commit robbery of a motor...

The Calling All Girl Bosses initiative gives girls in grades 6 through 12 a roadmap to identify a problem in their neighborhood and create real, lasting change. The program, which expanded to Reading this year, runs through May 2026 and includes 12 three-hour workshops led by trained volunteers. Girls are...

More Amish Families Moving West as Pennsylvania Population Reaches Record Highs. Pennsylvania’s Amish population has reached a historic milestone, driving quiet but significant migration across the state. As farmland becomes scarce in Lancaster County—the nation’s largest Amish community—many families are seeking new...