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Pitts tops Americans United for Change Tea Party scorecard

A progressive group, Americans United for Change, is launching a new campaign that seeks to tie vulnerable Republicans in swing districts to the Tea Party.And the results show that Congressman Joe Pitts leads all other Pennsylvania members when it comes to his loyalty to the group.The group is makin...

 

Sub zero windchill temperatures to follow Tuesday's snowstorm

Below zero windchill temperatures Wednesday will make for a frigid day of snow removal for Lancaster County.The freezing temperatures come right on the heels of Tuesday's snowstorm that brought between six and 10 inches of snow to most of Lancaster County.Millersville meteorologist Eric Horst said s...

 

Sturla cancels city development hearing

A gathering of state legislators and city leaders scheduled to take place today has been put on hold due to dangerous travel conditions.As Lancaster city begins a new era of economic development with the City Revitalization & Improvement Zone program, the officials were planning on talking about...

 

Corbett proposes $2.2 million more for domestic violence and rape crisis programs

Gov. Tom Corbett on Wednesday morning offered a preview of his budget proposal with an announcement that he plans to increase funding for rape crisis services and domestic violence programs.These support programs for victims would see a $2.2 million funding surge — a 10 percent increase over l...

 

Sub zero windchill temperatures follow Tuesday's snowstorm

Below zero windchill temperatures Wednesday will make for a frigid day of snow removal for Lancaster County.The freezing temperatures come right on the heels of Tuesday's snowstorm that brought between six and 10 inches of snow to most of Lancaster County.Millersville meteorologist Eric Horst said s...

 

Sturla cancels ciity development hearing

A gathering of state legislators and city leaders scheduled to take place today has been put on hold due to dangerous travel conditions.As Lancaster city begins a new era of economic development with the City Revitalization & Improvement Zone program, the officials were planning on talking about...

 

Denver father charged with driving drunk with family on Christmas Eve

A Denver man is charged with driving drunk on Christmas Eve — with his 13-year-old son in the car — when he caused a crash with a tractor-trailer in Adamstown.Geoffrey Bentz was driving with a blood-alcohol level of .221 percent — nearly three times the state's legal limit — ...

 

Morning weather update: Sub zero windchill temperatures follow Tuesday's snowstorm

Below zero windchill temperatures Wednesday will make for a frigid day of snow removal for Lancaster County.The freezing temperatures come right on the heels of Tuesday's snowstorm that brought between six and 10 inches of snow to most of Lancaster County.Millersville meteorologist Eric Horst said s...

 

Captured snowy owl won't stay in Lancaster County, flees back to dangerous Philadelphia airport

One of the most celebrated of the scores of snowy owls invading Pennsylvania this winter is one that has spurned Lancaster County's farm fields and is back dodging jets at Philadelphia International Airport.Philly, a juvenile male snowy owl that was captured at the airport Jan. 9, spent just two day...

 

Police solve mystery of blood found at Elizabethtown train station

Elizabethtown police have solved the mystery of the blood found at the train station in the borough on Friday.It did not come from a shooting or stabbing or other crime."A 72-year-old man slipped and fell on the steps in front of the station," Elizabethtown police Chief Jack Mentzer said. "He had a ...

 

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