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Another rate cut is coming for UGI Utilities customers.
UGI said Thursday that it will propose a 3.4 percent decrease in its residential rates, effective Dec. 1.
The company credited lower wholesale natural gas prices, stemming from increased supplies.
The change, worth about $3 a month, is subje...
A retired state prison superintendent has been hired as interim warden of Lancaster County Prison.
The county Prison Board on Thursday named Paul K. Smeal of Mount Union to head the prison while the county searches for a replacement for Vince Guarini, who retired as warden last month after 31 years...
A local lawyer convicted last year of embezzling nearly $100,000 from clients isn't going down without a legal fight.
Kenneth Reidenbach, 60, of Lititz, has filed a series of appeals and motions that has delayed his sentencing to Aug. 24, according to court records.
However, the state Supreme Cour...
Jose Manuel Garcia suffered a 10-inch gash to his abdomen that required life-saving surgery after he was slashed at a Lancaster city party in 2006.
But a local jury decided Tuesday that the man charged, 34-year-old Raul Rojas, wasn't the one responsible.
Rojas was acquitted of all charges, includi...
A Lancaster city man might lose his appetite for crab legs after a jury convicted him of assault for beating a patron at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
The jury convicted 21-year-old Omar Shabazz Thomas of simple assault and disorderly conduct — both third-degree misdemeanors — for the Aug....
Researchers preparing a report on the operations and finances of the Lancaster County Convention Center spent four months interviewing people in Lancaster and visiting tourism facilities here.
Yet, the report released Wednesday focuses more on facilities elsewhere than it does on ones in Lancaster....
Police are investigating an organized group of burglars that may have stolen tens of thousands of dollars worth of perfume from stores here and in Delaware.
The Perfumania Outlet at Rockvale Outlets was targeted overnight May 4, East Lampeter Township police Lt. Robin Weaver reported.
Burglars for...
No one was injured in a shooting in Lancaster city Thursday morning, police said.
Officers on a bar check at The Village, 205 N. Christian St., at 2 a.m. heard multiple gunshots fired in the area of the 200 block of North Duke Street, city police Lt. Todd Umstead said. Officers found a building and...
It fit the situation perfectly.
John Halama fired a complete game eight-hitter Thursday morning, leading the Lancaster Barnstormers to a 5-2 win over the Camden Riversharks.
The victory was the 1,500th in Butch Hobson's managerial career.
Twenty-three of those games have been won by the 40-year o...
Pequea Valley's Danny Stoltzfus reached base four times and was the winning pitcher in leading the Braves to a 4-3 victory over Lancaster Catholic in the L-L Baseball League championship game Thursday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Stoltzfus' leadoff double in the top of the seventh started a r...
Brittiny Griffith hit a solo inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning to provide the winning margin as Manheim Central won the Lancaster-Lebanon Softball League championship by defeating Conestoga Valley, 2-1 Thursday night at Garrett Park in Willow Street.
Kate Van Blargan's RBI single in the...
Republican state Rep. John Bear of Lititz is under fire from a liberal activist group for recently joining the ranks of state lawmakers who are members of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council.
Critics have described the nonprofit council as an influential front group for corporate...
When Lisa Swope's husband tried to convince her that a pergola would be a great feature for their Manheim yard, she was hesitant.
Now she's looking forward to her second summer dining under the timber structure, which extends the couple's outdoor entertaining space and provides some much-needed sha...
It can be very easy to be creative with leftovers — leftover material, that is.
This week's project can use up the leftover fabric from the covered switch plates we made in the last column. It will also make your room's lampshade match your switch plate, but not in a matchy-matchy kind of way...
TO THE EDITORS:I feel compelled to respond to Mr. Dale Murray's recent letter about the Fulton's show, "August: Osage County."Rather than just relaying the fact that Mr. Murray didn't care for the show, he chose to use pretty inflammatory words, saying it had all the class of a late night hole-in-th...
TO THE EDITORS:May 12, the U.S. Postal Service sponsored a food drive. I was unaware of this, but happen to see a small notice in the newspaper earlier in the week. I never got a postcard from the Postal Service to tell me about this. I also checked with nearby neighbors on both sides of my house an...
TO THE EDITORS:The Pennsylvania Agricultural Board and the Dog Law Advisory Board need to train skilled, responsible volunteers to do the initial inspections of dog kennels.The volunteers would have a checklist and a camera to turn their findings into the Pennsylvania Agriculture Department, which w...
To the Editors:I owe a heartfelt thanks to the honest person who found my wallet in the ladies department at The Bon Ton on Thursday, May 3.My day began happy as I pushed my 84-year-old mother in a wheelchair. Having a senior moment, I lay my wallet down to fit on a jacket.Discovering it missing fro...
To the Editors:Lancaster County Commissioner Craig Lehman's letter to the editor regarding the prevailing wage has many distortions and half-truths.The prevailing-wage legislation requires government-funded entities to pay the so-called prevailing wage for projects paid for by the taxpayers. The pre...
TO THE EDITORS:Thank you, F&M!As I daily drive past College Row, I am filled with pride for the landscaping and lovely addition to our city.Saturday was an added pleasure seeing all the activity of graduation. Being a wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and sister of F&M grads, my heart was overflowing....
