Lancaster PA

A pig unexpectedly escaped from a moving vehicle on Route 23 and Route 30 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, prompting good Samaritans to intervene and keep it safe until police arrived. "I'm sort of like, daydreaming, saying, you know, why are we sitting here like this? You know, was there an...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Charges have been filed against a York County woman who police say stole more than $60,000 from an elderly man with dementia in her care. Sheila Thoms, 69, of North Codorus Township, faces charges of forgery, financial exploitation of an older adult, and theft. Police allege that she fraudulently...

Police in Dauphin and Lancaster counties are searching for two missing juveniles, according to police reports issued Friday. Lower Paxton Township Police said 12-year-old Lance Wilson Jr. ran away from his home on Friday. He was last seen wearing a black Under Armour jacket, black sweatpants and silver/black New...

A violent Wednesday night disagreement ended with one man shooting, then stabbing another in Lancaster County, police said. On Thursday, Columbia police charged Matthew A. Rowley, 35, of Lancaster, with attempted homicide in connection with a shooting that happened the night before on the first block of South Sixth...

PENNSYLVANIA — A student was found in possession of a weapon on Manheim Township school grounds on Friday, according to a notice sent to parents and staff by the school district. The Manheim Township School District said the incident occurred on the district’s shared campus, but officials did not specify which school...

Lancaster Township manager Mary Hess submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday after more than two years in the role, citing an increasingly challenging work environment as the primary reason. “It has become progressively harder to do the job because of misinformation that has spread among certain members of...

WOMELSDORF, PA — Police in Berks County have recovered a school district van that was reported stolen last month, but the individual allegedly responsible for taking the vehicle remains at large, authorities said. According to the South Heidelberg Township Police Department, officers located the white Conrad Weiser...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A UPMC general surgeon marked a massive career milestone on Thursday after performing his 2000th robotic surgery. According to UPMC, Dr. David Vaughn, a surgeon at UPMC Lititz, recently performed his 2000th robotic surgery there. The hospital’s robotic surgery program, launched in 2012,...

One person was killed after a structure fire in Lancaster County on Thursday afternoon, according to a local news report. Firefighters around 1 p.m. were dispatched to the 200 block of Redwood Drive in Manor Township for a structure fire, according to Lancaster Online. About 40 minutes later, the fire was mostly...

A grocery store chain with locations in central Pennsylvania has implemented facial recognition technology at some of its stores. Wegmans confirmed in a statement it has deployed cameras to collect data in “a small fraction of stores that exhibit elevated risk.”. The Rochester, N.Y.-based chain didn’t say whether...