Arendtsville News

Brigette Gove had finished Friday night dinner with her family and she was ready to go out with friends.

Two people were killed in a motorcycle accident early Saturday in western Adams County.

Hamilton Township switched to state police coverage in 2006 after the police department it shared with Abbottstown Borough disbanded.

Pennsylvania municipalities without full-time police forces would have to pay for the state troopers who patrol their streets under a bill that a state House committee narrowly passed Wednesday.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: A 13-year-old boy was charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct after causing a disturbance and striking a teacher at J. Frank Faust Jr.

Between 9 a.m. April 4 and 4 p.m. April 11, police say someone stole about $1,900 from the Burger King at 1275 York Road, in Straban Township.

What does Gerry Stoltzfoos, president of the New Oxford Borough Council, think of the fact that no one is running for mayor of the town? "I think that I wish somebody would," Stoltzfoos said.

Several joint municipal comprehensive plans are in the works in Adams County and, according to planners, it's a long process with great benefits.

A fire company that's been around since 1928 and has been recognized by Gov. Ed Rendell for heroism has been cut from Bendersville Borough because municipal officials say they don't trust it.

State police at Gettysburg said have arrested and charged three men with committing a string of burglaries throughout Adams County between November and December last year.

Four people were transported to area hospitals after a three-vehicle accident in Franklin Township on Tuesday, according to state police at Gettysburg.

5:29 p.m. No injuries or towing resulted from a three-vehicle accident at Baltimore Street and Meadow Lane.

Police have arrested a 42-year-old York male on drug-related charges as a result of a warrant issued Friday.

State police are continuing to investigate the theft of a pickup truck that occurred this week in Menallen Township.

A consortium of state and county agencies are at work conserving natural and historical resources and boosting tourism in the fruit belt.

The beauty of the holiday season is evident in this photo of a holly bush on Christmas Eve, but the down side is that the ice made holiday travel treacherous for those who had be on the roadways.

2:29 p.m. Suspicious circumstances reported at a residence in the 3600 block of Baltimore Pike remains under investigation.

An Arendtsville Borough couple told police they were approached by two men with guns asking for money in a parking lot on North High Street at 7 p.m. Friday, police said.

An Arendtsville couple almost became the victims of an armed robbery Friday night as they left The New A-Ville Inn, according to police.

A man and a woman managed to get a way from a pair of armed men in Adams County Saturday night.