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3 hrs ago | WPMT-TV York

Arrest In Lancaster Stabbing Death

Inside a Hershey Avenue home is where 56 year old James Jeffrey Kerek was found dead by his brother.

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Fri Jul 25, 2008

WPMT-TV York

Arrest In Lancaster Stabbing Death

Inside a Hershey Avenue home is where 56 year old James Jeffrey Kerek was found dead by his brother.

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Cumberlink.com

Lancaster area mother of 4 beaten, drowned in pool

' Police on Friday were searching for the killer of a mother of four who was severely beaten, then drowned in her family's swimming pool in southcentral Pennsylvania, investigators said.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Reinholds, PA

LancasterOnline

House arrest in child porn case

House arrest in child porn case By CHAD UMBLE and AD CRABLE, Staff 2008-07-24 10:52:00 Lancaster New Era An Elizabethtown accountant was sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation, with three months house ...

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro

LancasterOnline

Pa. court upholds gay-rally ruling

Pa. court upholds gay-rally ruling By MICHAEL YODER, Staff 2008-07-25 01:22:00 Intelligencer Journal The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a lower court last year deeming a portion of the ...

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Gay/Lesbian

Thu Jul 24, 2008

The Phoenix

9 suspected of trespassing at Pennhurst

Police cited nine individuals for trespassing on the Pennhurst property during the late evening hours of July 10.

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Related Topix: Phoenixville, PA, Spring City, PA, Delta, PA, Lancaster Metro, Felton, PA

LancasterOnline

Victim fakes heart attack during ar...

Victim fakes heart attack during armed robbery By JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff 2008-07-24 11:05:00 Lancaster New Era A Manheim-area businessman said he faked a heart attack to protect himself from an armed robber ...

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Manheim, PA, Elm, PA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Lancaster police incident

Officers were called out to Rockland Street between Juniata and Dauphin Streets just after nine o'clock last night.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

WGAL-TV

Would-Be Robber Shot, Killed, Police Say

MANHEIM, Pa. - A would-be robber picked on the wrong victim in Manheim early Tuesday, according to police.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Manheim, PA, Violent Crime

LancasterOnline

Trooper quells fire, then cites cyclist

A Willow Street man crashed his motorcycle near Gap during a police pursuit early Saturday morning, and the cycle caught fire, Lancaster state police said.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Willow Street, PA, Gap, PA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

LancasterOnline

Gunman shot in chest in botched Man...

Gunman shot in chest in botched Manheim holdup By TOM MURSE and JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff 2008-07-22 08:34:00 Lancaster New Era Two would-be robbers picked on the wrong person in Manheim early this morning.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Manheim, PA

LancasterOnline

Do breast self-exams matter?

It's the point in many women's physicals when they avoid eye contact, mumble, maybe tell a little fib and feel a little guilty.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mon Jul 21, 2008

LancasterOnline

Man pushes armed robber from city home

A Lancaster man fought off an armed robber at his Cabbage Hill home, another city man was the victim of safecrackers, and a taxi driver was robbed just outside the city this past weekend, police report.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro

WGAL

Lancaster Police Investigate Attempted Robbery

Lancaster police are looking for the person who tried to rob a man in his home. Someone tried to enter a home late Saturday night in the 600 block of Saint Joseph Street, police said.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro

LancasterOnline

Toddler roams; father charged

A man was charged with leaving his 2-year-old child unattended at a Manheim Township resort while he hung out at the hotel bar.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro

Sun Jul 20, 2008

LancasterOnline

ACLU upset by rally rules

When Bill Adams volunteered to help an activist group organize a demonstration in Binns Park last year against the Iraq War, he didn't know what he was getting into.

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Related Topix: Millersville, PA, Activism, Lancaster Metro, ACLU

WPMT-TV York

Lancaster Going Regional??

There are talks of a potential mega merger taking place in Lancaster County. A merger of police forces, and if it goes through, it could make the department second only to Lancaster city in terms of manpower.

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Related Topix: Elizabethtown, PA, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster County, PA, Marietta, PA

The York Daily Record

in Lancaster: Book sale

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society will hold its 27th annual book sale Aug. 13-16 at 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster.

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

LancasterOnline

Lancaster's own brass band keeps it British

They're not just a band - they're a brass band. A British brass band, to be exact.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Berlin, PA, Lancaster (University of South Carolina System), Lancaster Metro, University of South Carolina System

LancasterOnline

Poll - Lancaster City Streetcars

Lancaster City Streetcars , wise or foolish?? Options http://newslancpa.blogspot.com/2008/07/new...s-to-split.html NewsLanc.com is challenging LNP to conduct a poll of Lancaster City residents regarding the ...

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania is located in Lancaster County and is part of the Lancaster Metro Area. Zip codes in Lancaster, PA include 17603, 17601, and 17602.

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