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Multiple homes, business destroyed in Columbia fire; 8 people displaced
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (466+ words) Fire crews send water through a damaged window on the top floor of a home in the first block of S. 4th Street while responding to a 3-alarm fire on June 13, 2026. Three homes and a business were completely destroyed in a fire…...
Multiple homes and a business destroyed in Columbia fire, 8 people displaced
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (434+ words) Fire crews send water through a damaged window on the top floor of a home in the first block of S. 4th Street while responding to a 3-alarm fire on June 13, 2026. Three homes and a business were completely destroyed in a fire…...
Fire crews battle 3-alarm fire that tears through block of downtown Columbia [photos]
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (360+ words) Fire crews send water through a damaged window on the top floor of a home in the first block of S. 4th Street while responding to a 3-alarm fire on June 13, 2026. Fire crews battle heavy smoke after multiple buildings catch fire in…...
Columbia native takes unexpected path to become borough's first female police chief
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1566+ words) Columbia Borough police Chief Holly Arndt talks with a reporter and two of her officers, patrolman Frank Ember Jr. , at left, and rookie Toby Kohler, outside the police station on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Columbia Borough police Chief Holly Arndt points to…...
Some Lancaster city employees, officials granted 'do not ticket' status for vehicles [Lancaster Watchdog]
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1157+ words) Lancaster Parking Authority employee, Joe Yarnell, uses a stylus to plug in a license plate of a car that wasn't moved in time for the street sweeper to perform the job of cleaning debris from the street on Wednesday, March…...
Columbia's 1st female police chief is borough-raised; just county's 3rd female chief
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1407+ words) Columbia Borough police Chief Holly Arndt talks with a reporter and two of her officers, patrolman Frank Ember Jr. , at left, and rookie Toby Kohler, outside the police station on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Columbia Borough police Chief Holly Arndt points to…...
East Cocalico Township man gets up to 40 years in prison for shooting child's mother
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (309+ words) An East Cocalico Township man will spend more than a decade in prison for shooting the mother of his child multiple times amid a custody dispute. Ezekiel Daniel Sanderful, 32, pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted homicide, aggravated assault and child endangerment…...
Crab rangoons in fridge not covered: Lancaster County restaurant inspections, June 12, 2026
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1216+ words) Read: What do restaurant inspectors look for and can they close a restaurant? Tokio Sushi Truck, 120 N. Duke St. , Lancaster, nonroutine special event, June 6. Pass. Food employees observed in food prep area not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats…...
Former Raider Henry Ruggs denied parole nearly 5 years after deadly car crash
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (14+ words) Lancaster Online...
Lancaster city woman pushed mother during argument, leading to death: police
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (332+ words) A Lancaster city woman pushed her mother during an argument in April, causing her mother to fall down seven steps, resulting in her death several days later, according to Millersville police. Elissa Blair Waltman, 34, of the 323 block of Laurel Street,…...