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Justin Schwanke, a 27-year-old parolee from Goodville, will serve 4 to 8 years in prison for touching sleeping females last year inside two Lancaster County Amish homes.

Josh Aziza, Jake Bingham, Andrew Conrad, Andrew Shaffer and Ryan Yoder were sworn in by Mayor Rick Gray as new Lancaster city police officers during a ceremony at City Hall Tuesday morning.

Lancaster police charge Denise Heckstall, 25, with homicide in connection with the shooting of a woman outside Hoffman Terrace in the city Saturday. They are seeking tips to help find Heckstall.

Five restaurants in Lancaster County were charged with liquor law violations in June, including one that sold alcohol to a minor.

Sen. Lloyd Smucker is championing a bill that would put low-performing schools into a state-run district. Two Lancaster County schools could be in danger under the plan.

Ryan Rivera, recently jailed 10 to 28 years, and Kelvin "Killa Kelz" Jackson appeared together in a music video on YouTube, in which they pose with guns, assault, and rob someone.

Uncertain what funding the School District of Lancaster would receive from the state, officials unanimously approved a final $190.5 million budget for the district that includes a 2 percent increase i

Police say Jose Rivera-Vasquez, 40, assaulted teen girl numerous times over a one-year period.

Crime Stoppers is offering $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Jose Antonio Millan-Crespo, accused of stabbing man multiple times in the city.

Midazolam, a controversial sedative blamed in some botched executions, was OK'd for continued use Monday after a 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court.