Published August 21, 2008, 12:10 PM EST

by CINDY STAUFFER, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Suggest lowering the drinking age to 18. Then be prepared for a firestorm of reaction.

Schools, law enforcement personnel and college students have widely differing views on a move this week by 100 college presidents, including Elizabethtown College's Ted Long, calling on lawmakers to di......

Published August 21, 2008, 11:45 AM EST

by DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - As flames shot high into the predawn sky, firefighters from three counties battled a raging barn fire east of Blue Ball early today.

The fire at the eastern Lancaster County barn, used for storage of lawnmowers and related equipment, was reported just after 5:30.

The barn was fully engu......

Published August 21, 2008, 10:12 AM EST

by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A car crashed into a telephone pole  early today on Lampeter Road, south of Lancaster, and firefighters had to free the 18-year-old  driver from the wreckage, West Lampeter Township police said.

An ambulance took Blair Stevens, of 1515 Putnam Drive, to Lancaster General Hospital fo......

Published August 21, 2008, 11:09 AM EST

by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A group of teenagers did some unappreciated artwork at public rest rooms along the Route 30 East tourist strip on Wednesday evening.

Starting at about 6, the group scribbled obscenities inside men's and women's rest rooms at three restaurants and two shopping centers, East Lampeter Town......

Published August 21, 2008, 11:08 AM EST

by CHAD UMBLE, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Remember the hot, humid "dog days" of August when sweltering 90-degree days made life without air conditioning an ordeal?

As in, remember last August?

Over the last two weeks we've had a very un-August-like run of relatively cool temperatures and low humidity during what i......

Published August 21, 2008, 11:06 AM EST

by CINDY HUMMEL, Correspondent

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Strasburg Borough residents and businesses must boil their water until further notice, thanks to a water main break in the borough Wednesday night.

The 12-inch water main was repaired by 9:30 a.m. today, according to borough manager Lisa Boyd, but the boil alert remained in effect.

Boyd sa......

Published August 21, 2008, 11:05 AM EST

by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Unknown intruders forced their way into an East Orange Street apartment in Lancaster Township late Wednesday night and fired two gunshots, city police said.

Nobody was injured from the gunfire. The occupants of the apartment at 1145 E. Orange St., were in a locked bedroom when the incident happ......

Published August 21, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

by ROBYN MEADOWS, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Exelon Nuclear is the new lead sponsor for the North Museum Science & Engineering Fair.

North Museum of Natural History & Science announced today that the fair will be a joint effort between Exelon's two plants: Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Delta, York County, and Three Mile Isl......

Published August 21, 2008, 10:59 AM EST

by TIM MEKEEL, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - After carrying boaters, fishermen, hikers and residents for 96 years, Pequea's landmark steel bridge soon will be removed and replaced.

PennDOT will close the one-lane bridge on Sept. 2 to start the process of constructing a new two-lane bridge there.

The new bridge, to cost $4.4 million, ......

Published August 21, 2008, 1:25 AM EST

by BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Police have charged a 10-year-old New Holland girl with the sexual assault last month of two 4-year-old girls. No one younger has ever been charged with a sexual offense in Lancaster County, according to officials.New Holland Detective Jonathan Heisse on Wednesday charged the girl with two......