Akron News

Ephrata police are investigating a suspicious fire that happened just before midnight Friday.

The top two finishers at the 51st annual Lebanon County Amateur Championship at Lebanon Valley Golf Course, Tim Leeper and Tony Deraco, are good friends.

Two prominent agencies that resettle refugees in Lancaster are struggling to find sponsors even as they deal with a rising number of incoming clients.

An Akron man was arrested by the state Attorney General's Office for allegedly using the Internet to send explicit photos to what he believed was a 13-year-old girl.

Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested four men during the past week, all accused of using the Internet to sexually proposition and send explicit photos to what they believed were children.

In the last six years, Bob Trout has played the slow, haunting strains of "Taps" at 500 local veterans' funerals.

In Tuesday's primary, the voters of West Lampeter Township will make a momentous decision on whether to lift the municipality's 74-year ban on alcohol sales.

Bitsy Strawser of Middletown was astounded at the number of people, drivers and spectators who support the annual Mother's Day Make-A-Wish truck convoy.

Starting today, the cost of sending a piece of first-class mail jumps two pennies to 44 cents.

A father and son allegedly responsible for 72 burglaries in the four-county suburban area have been arrested and charged, authorities announced today in Delaware County.

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American LaFrance is closing its Ephrata manufacturing plant due to plunging sales, idling 200 workers, a company official said today.

Forget the stereotypes of long-bearded men riding in horse-drawn carriages and children learning their ABCs in a one-classroom schoolhouse.

Pat Toomey, the Republican whose insurgent 2004 U.S. Senate run nearly knocked off Arlen Specter, announced today he will challenge the veteran lawmaker again in 2010.

Pam Dorfi met a couple the other day and, when Ms. Dorfi told them her name, the woman said, "Oh, you're the derby lady." The year after Ms.

It's been almost 10 years since doubts about the real dangers of radon gas began nagging Dr.

Lindsey Weber, daughter of Van and Kristen Weber, and a Johnsonburg native is now employed as a senior statistical analyst with Medical Mutual of Ohio.

Ephrata police said a motorcyclist died in a crash Wednesday afternoon. Nathaniel Lewis, 41, of Akron, was driving along the 800 block of East Main Street and didn't notice traffic slowing, police said.

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You know the economy's trashed when people toss out less waste. And they've been doing just that, said James Warner, executive director of the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority.