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Damaris Rau is a 33-year educator, a product of the foster care system and a fan of murder mysteries and salsa dancing.

Firefighters extinguish late Monday night fire that started in the kitchen at the Neptune Diner. The 924 N. Prince St. eatery was closed Tuesday.

Kevin Souffrant denied appeal relief from the state Superior Court regarding the 2013, Lancaster city killing of 21-year-old Shadae Taylor-Brooks.

Lancaster's new superintendent, Damaris Rau, recently discussed standardized testing. Listen to audio of her comments.

About 1,500 LancasterOnline readers - and counting - have weighed in on the jail terms ordered against 3 local men who used OKCupid.com for sex abuse of a girl.Half think the sentences were too harsh.

Police have charged two men with aggravated assault in separate incidents in Manheim Township Monday night. One man allegedly bit and punched a medic treating him.

English teachers around Lancaster County are grappling with how to incorporate a new image of Atticus Finch into the teaching of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

A year after a 21-year-old man was shot while walking in Lancaster, police have released a surveillance photograph of a suspect and Crime Stoppers has offered a reward for information.

Gunshots were fired in the 200 block of East Fulton Street and the 800 block of Prangley Avenue in Lancaster, police said. No injuries were reported, but at least two homes were hit.

Three clinics have been scheduled to help keep dogs safe from a deadly canine disease that has struck local dog populations in recent summers.