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The winter whirlwind continues Wednesday, as frigid temperatures, gusty winds and drifting snow follow on the heels of today's storm that dropped up to nine inches of snow on Lancaster County.Road crews expected to battle snow-covered roads today, as winds were predicted to gust up to 30 mph and tem...

Several area schools have announced delays or closings Wednesday.Closed are: Penn Manor, Octorara and Solanco. Elizabethtown College also has canceled classes.Operating on a two-hour delay are: Cocalico, Columbia, Conestoga Valley, Elanco, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Hempfield, Lancaster Catholic, Lanca...

Several area schools have announced delays or closings Wednesday.Octorara School District will be closed.Operating on a two-hour delay are: Elizabethtown, Manheim Central, Conestoga Valley, Warwick, Hempfield Ephrata and Elanco.Millersville University (main and downtown campuses) will open at 10 a.m...

State and municipal road crews worked diligently Tuesday plowing snow from Lancaster County roads and few accidents were reported in the evening rush hour.Snow began falling at daybreak Tuesday, and continued through the day. By nightfall, more than 5 inches of snow had fallen in Lancaster city and ...

Three gun shots, one bogus gunfire report, five blown red lights, 26 blown stop signs, three struck vehicles and one woman briefly held against her will in her Lancaster City home.That's wake of crime police say two Lancaster men left over a five-hour span Monday afternoon into evening. It ended wit...

Preserving rail cars and locomotives made of wood, iron and steel is part of what the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is all about.But so is saving 150 years of photographs and written history."We're not only preserving the material artifacts of railroad history, but also the documents and the stori...

Christina Stoltzfus said Tuesday, Jan. 21, was a busy morning at Lancaster Central Market. Lunchtime?Not so much."It is a ghost town in here," Stoltzfus, owner of River Bound Deli, said.. "I sold one sub, and that was to a stand holder."Snow played havoc with Lancaster Central Market on Jan. 21.Mark...

Snow has forced the cancellation of Wednesday morning's immigration forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters.The event has not been rescheduled.Speakers were to discuss immigration reform and the impact on Lancaster County....

The rumors were true. Fashion retailer Nordstrom Inc. officially announced Tuesday that it will build a massive e-commerce and catalog fulfillment center in West Donegal Township, just outside Elizabethtown.The Seattle-based company is investing $79 million and has committed to creating at least 369...

Lancaster city is getting a $5.5 million state loan to keep untreated stormwater out of the Conestoga River and a Solanco farmer is getting a $327,147 grant for a manure storage facility to eliminate nutrient runoff.The projects are part of $60.1 million in Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Aut...