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Widow of Pa. inmate who killed himself files suit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:32 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - The widow of an inmate who committed suicide at Lancaster County Prison in 2011 is suing the prison and its medical services provider.

Missing Pa. mom who was found in Fla. gets jail

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:20:38 -0400

PENSACOLA, Florida - A mother who disappeared from her central Pennsylvania home in 2002 and was later declared legally dead before resurfacing in Florida has been sent to jail on a probation violation.

Lancaster council wants review of police shooting

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:18:14 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A Lancaster City Council member wants to see a comprehensive review of a fatal shooting of a homeless man by a police officer.

Pa. judge who fixed own tickets allowed to return

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:53:16 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A central Pennsylvania judge suspended and fined for fixing her own parking tickets will be allowed to resume her seat on the bench.

Pa. man sentenced to 4 years in investment scheme

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:11:05 -0400

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - A man who pleaded guilty to running what prosecutors say was a $3.4 million Ponzi scheme involving nonexistent wholesale jewelry transactions has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

Lancaster County GOP hosting local officials

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:10:25 -0400

LANCASTER, South Carolina - State and local officials are on the guest list for an event hosted by the Lancaster County Republican Party.

2nd body found where 2 missing in Pa. river

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:26:06 -0400

DRUMORE, Pennsylvania - Authorities in central Pennsylvania say a second body has been found in the Susquehanna River in the area where a capsized boat left two men missing over the weekend.

Lancaster fire probe faults command, training

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:56:20 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - An independent investigation cites a lack of training, poor communication and inadequate supervision in the Lancaster Fire Department's response to a house fire that killed two people and injured three firefighters.

New research shows diversity among US Amish groups

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:36:35 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - Conservative Amish groups have larger families than other Amish and their children are far less likely to leave the church, a trend that is expected to bring dramatic changes for them in the coming years, according to a book on the distinctive religious group being published this week.

Pa. man gets life without parole for 2 slayings

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:28:44 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A man has pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the slayings of his girlfriend and her mother in their central Pennsylvania home.

Lancaster County Prison law library called lacking

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:49:49 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A man who served time for stealing library books has filed a lawsuit claiming the law library at the county prison lacks books.

$4.3 M settlement over fatal Pa. test drive

Fri, 31 May 2013 10:56:32 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - The family of a Pennsylvania man killed during a test drive with an intoxicated salesman has settled a lawsuit for $4.3 million.

Pa. man pleads guilty to assaulting 3 Mennonites

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:56:21 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A central Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to charges he robbed and assaulted three elderly Mennonite sisters.

Lancaster Police say woman lied about abduction

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:21:30 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - Police in central Pennsylvania say a woman lied when she called 911 from inside a car trunk to say she had been abducted by two men.

Nearly half of Pa. flood gauges shuttered

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:56 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania has lost nearly half of its most reliable precipitation gauges that the National Weather Service uses for forecasting floods.

Pa. firefighter's recovery grueling but inspiring

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:53:34 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - It's difficult for Andre Kelley to say what he remembers about Feb. 18, the day a ball of flame engulfed him and almost took his life.

1 dead, 2 critical after wrong-way Pa. crash

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:01:56 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A central Pennsylvania coroner has released the name of a man killed in a wrong-way crash in central Pennsylvania over the weekend that left two other people in critical condition.