Lancaster PA

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – The Tyson Foods facility in Lancaster County was evacuated on Friday due to a hazmat incident. According to Garden Spot Fire Rescue, crews were called to the facility around 1 p.m. for a reported gas leak. Contractors repairing a sinkhole beneath the building inadvertently ignited a small blue flame, prompting […]

A 35-year-old Lancaster County man will spend five years on probation, in addition to serving house arrest and community service, after his 2-year-old daughter was killed by a piece of farming equipment in 2024. On March 31, Anthony L. Nolt pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of...

The Hershey History Center will host its annual Artfest on Saturday, marking the 21st year of the free community event. This year’s festival will feature an Americana theme honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Englewood Hershey...

YORK, Pa. — PA Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Friday that Elijah Penn was sentenced to life in prison plus 21 to 42 years in connection to a 2021 murder. Penn, 21, was convicted in December 2025 of killing 20-year-old Justin Griffith. Penn was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person.

LANCASTER CITY, Pa. (WHTM)– A Lancaster City road will be closed on Friday due to construction. The Lancaster City Bureau of Police announced that Dauphin Street will be closed to vehicular traffic from South Plum Street to South Ann Street on Friday for construction. The public is being asked to avoid the area. There are […]

If your travels Saturday take you to Route 283 in Lancaster and Dauphin counties, you will be joined by about 400 trucks. The 37th annual Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, sponsored by Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware & Susquehanna Valley, will leave Manheim PA Auto Auction at 1190 Lancaster Road, Manheim, at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. (Last year the event...

A couple is facing more than 100 charges in connection with the rescue of 93 animals from their Lancaster County home, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA. On Friday, May 8, the PSCPA's Animal Law Enforcement team announced criminal charges against Andrew Culp, 42, and Jessica Drexler, 44, after authorities went to the couple's home and found 76 dogs, 15 cats and kittens, and two...

The Lititz Police Department this week dealt with a suspect who didn’t have proper identification and was causing a disturbance in a neighborhood. Furthermore, it tried several times to fly the coop. The Lancaster County department posted on Facebook that it took a chicken into “custody” Thursday after it...

A Lancaster County fire department’s boat got stuck late Thursday night while trying to rescue three people stranded on rocks in the Susquehanna River. Londonderry Fire Company said their department, Middletown’s and Bainbridge’s were dispatched to the water rescue at about 10:50 p.m. At first, firefighters searched...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A Lititz woman has been charged with ethnic intimidation after she allegedly rear-ended someone at a bank and yelled racial slurs at them, according to police. The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department filed charges Wednesday against Leanne Stoltzfus, 38, in connection to the...