York County News

After Kay Mahanes finished school, she went to work as a ward clerk at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

It's hard to recall the last time York County has seen a state House general election with not just two, but three outstanding candidates.

The state Game Commission has established the state's second disease management area in parts of four counties, after three hunter-killed white-tailed deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

Athlete Mervin Kearse takes to the air while participating in the long jump at the York County Special Olympics at York College on Saturday, May 11, 2013.

Some York and West York council members question whether the proposed Greater York Regional Authority can move forward now that North York has dropped out of the discussions.

A Dillsburg woman was arrested in Berks County last month when she lied about being kidnapped, according to a news release issued Thursday.

Chief Rodney Miller's father, Paul, and wife, Shelly, listen to the Fire Chief's Prayer Friday at Sovereign Bank Stadium.

Eight York men affiliated with the Latin Kings street gang have been charged with drug trafficking in the city, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Instead, the life of Pennsylvania's 36th governor, George M. Leader, was celebrated Thursday with family memories, a haunting rendition of "We Shall Overcome," and lines of his own poetry - as he had scripted his own funeral, years ago.

The 43rd Greater York Antiques Show and Sale , featuring more than 70 dealers from 17 states, will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 17, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in Memorial Hall at the York Expo Center, 334 Carlisle Ave.

An attorney, a police officer and two former officers are in the running for a vacant Manchester Township, District 19-2-04, district judge seat.

Newberry Township officials will host a zoning hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Newberry Township Fire Hall, 2145 York Haven Road.

Police in Fairview Township, York County said they arrested a Harrisburg man who was in possession of nearly $2,000 worth of heroin.

Leader was 95 when he died May 9 at the Country Meadows retirement home in Hershey, one of the many retirement homes he and his wife started.

Police are working to identify two people suspected of stealing more than $500 worth of cosmetics from the Giant food store in Hershey.

The ballots for the newly formed District 19-3-11 judge seat will be chock full of current and former police officers during the primary election.

Penn Kleen employees Josue Aviles, front, and Curt Hoffheins pressure spray sidewalks around the graduation tent Tuesday at York College.

A York County woman must repay the state nearly $13,000 that she fraudulently received via welfare benefits, authorities announced Wednesday.

During the last year, four frozen yogurt shops have opened in the area: Sweet Frog locations in York Township, Shrewsbury and Hanover, and Stop-N-Yo in Manchester Township.

The York County Economic Alliance has named retiring York College President George W. Waldner as the recipient of its annual Business Achievement Award.