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A 58-year-old woman was found dead by her daughter Sunday morning at a South York Street home and authorities are treating her death as a homicide.
Mildred Burris Arnold has been identified as the victim by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office.
“We have a person of interest in custody,” said Lancaster Police Chief Scott Grant, though that person has not been identified.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who got inside a Nope Lane home Friday morning, but left after a female resident fired a gunshot at him.
Warrants have been issued charging 35-year-old Antonio Demond Mackey of Lancaster with first-degree burglary, kidnapping and first-degree assault, according to a sheriff’s office release.

Ex-Lancaster City Council member Jackie Harris has filed a rebuttal to council member Linda Blackmon’s motion asking that Harris be forced to pay Blackmon’s legal fees resulting from the challenge to the 2016 election results.
Harris’ attorney, Elizabeth Hyatt, disputed Blackmon’s claim in an Oct. 13 motion that the election protest was “frivolous” and filed solely to keep her from taking office.

The Lancaster County School District is experiencing its worst bus-driver shortage in 25 years, and the resulting double routes are causing some students to arrive home 45 minutes later than normal.
Transportation Director Bryan Vaughn said he believes the problem stems from the split-shift schedule and the tough requirements for becoming a bus driver.
“I don’t think the general public understands what it takes to be a bus driver,” Vaughn said.

Delois Carpenter
While most everyone is familiar with recovery groups like Narcotics Anonymous and Al Anon, several local churches have also begun ministries to help addicts. Among them is Eastside Baptist Church’s Chain Breakers Outreach, run by Delois Carpenter.
The group meets in the church fellowship hall every Tuesday night at 6:30. The group has about 30 regulars and as many as 150 attending when there’s a special speaker.