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Mohawk Friday: Principal gets new haircut to promote reading

Students watched intently, giggling, some cupping their hands over their mouths with wide-eyes in disbelief. Their principal was getting a mohawk haircut.

 

New Police Athletic League promises to build young bodies, character and confidence

A Lancaster city police officer is coordinating a new program for inner-city youth at The Mix at Arbor Place.

 

"Buffalo Soldiers" to ride again, across Lancaster County on Saturday

Ten reenactors will assume roles of "Buffalo Soldiers" and ride motorcycles Saturday to four cemeteries where soldiers from wars past are buried.

 

Dumpster diving for a meal and a cause

Rob Greenfield stopped in a few Lancaster County dumpsters on his cross-country trek to draw attention to the food being thrown away.

 

Cause of 3-alarm fire at Burle electrical substation still unknown

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of an explosion and fire at a Burle Business Park power substation Sunday afternoon that led to a wide-spread power outage.

 

WATCH: White House honors Pedro Rivera, Lancaster school superintendent

The White House on Monday honored Pedro Rivera, superintendent of 11,500-student School District of Lancaster since 2008, as a Champion of Change.

 

Residents allowed back in homes after gas leak

Excavation crew working on water line hits gas line, forcing the evacuation of a city block for about two hours Monday.

 

Judge orders record sentence for repeat drunk driver who caused fatal crash

Carlos Rene Garcia, 33, jailed 19 years, three months, to 38 years for causing fatal crash while driving drunk in February in Lancaster Township.

 

Ferguson, Mo. is closer to Lancaster for African-Americans than it is for officials at forum

African-American males are targeted by police, some speakers at NAACP forum say, but officials claim there is no pattern of abuse here.

 

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