A man is dead after a driver ran a stop sign in York County Thursday. The Coroner’s Office says it was around 4:30p at the intersection of Route-74 Delta Road and Snyder Corner Road in Chanceford Township when a car blew through the stop sign and slammed into a pick up truck killing that driver.…… MORE
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Woman Sentenced For Selling Fatal Drug Dose In Lancaster Co.
A Lancaster woman has been sentenced from 4-to-9 years in state prison for selling fentanyl that killed a woman last year. Lancaster Online reports that East Lampeter Township police were called to the Budget Host Inn in January of 2021 to find a woman dead in a bathroom. The Coroner’s Office listed the cause of…… MORE
Lancaster Co. Student Charged In Bomb Threat
For the second time in less than a month, a student in Lancaster County’s Warwick School District has been arrested after allegedly making a bomb threat. Lititz Police say a 14-year old student was charged Thursday with threatening to use weapons of mass destruction and terroristic threats at Warwick Middle School. The student was released…… MORE
Inmate Death Ruled Homicide: Cumberland Co.
The death of an inmate at the State Correctional Institution in Camp Hill has been ruled a homicide. The Cumberland County Coroner’s office reports 39-year old Joel Vanderpool died as a result of multiple traumatic injuries. He was found unresponsive in his cell early Wednesday morning. Vanderpool was in prison serving time for a drug…… MORE
Lancaster Co. Tourism Rebounds
Lancaster County’s tourism industry is bouncing back after the pandemic. The annual Economic Impacts of Tourism report for 2021 showed over 9.1-million visitors came to the county and 2.3-billion dollars was spent. The tourism trade provides over 14,600 jobs in Lancaster County.… MORE
Yorker Dies In NJ Traffic Accident
A woman from York has died in a single vehicle traffic accident in New Jersey. NJ-dot-com reports that 19-year-old Yanaih Encarnacion was killed early Wednesday after she drove into a ditch along Route 42 near the exit for Interstate 295 in Camden County and overturned. Encarnacion, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced…… MORE
Wolf Comments On Abortion In PA
Governor Tom Wolf hosted a press conference on Wednesday and reaffirmed his stance to protect abortion access in Pennsylvania. Wolf was joined by members of Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Health Caucus from the state legislature. The comments came after the U-S Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion potentially overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision…… MORE
Avian Flu Spreads Beyond Lancaster Co.
The avian flu has spread to another county in Pennsylvania. Two commercial duck farms in Berks County had to destroy their flocks after the highly contagious disease was detected. The seven other farms affected were all in Lancaster County.… MORE
York Drug-Trafficker Sentenced
A York man is sentenced to 22.5-years in prison for drug-trafficking and firearms offenses. Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Eric Banks was convicted last October of multiple crimes. Officials say trial evidence showed that Banks distributed significant quantities of heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine, and powder cocaine in the York area in 2017 and 2018.… MORE
York Co’s Mifflin House Saved
There’s an important piece of history sitting just off the Wrightsville exit of Route 30 in York County. The Mifflin House in Hellam Township, a former stop on the Underground Railroad, has been purchased for 5.5-million dollars by the Conservation Fund. The early-1800’s farmhouse has been in danger of being demolished for years because it…… MORE
