Akron News

An Akron woman stole a prescription pad and tried to obtain drugs with a forged prescription in Ephrata, police reported today.

The Humane League of Lancaster County doesn't want to be seen like a dog that won't let go of his bone.

Berry College students have organized two arts and crafts festivals this weekend.

A crash in Lancaster County killed one man. Logan Potts, 68, of Akron, was killed when his vehicle was struck by another car Tuesday night at the intersection of North Reading Road and Martin Avenue, Ephrata police said.

Dozens of residents concerned about a drug and alcohol treatment center that wants to move into their neighborhood challenged the facility's leaders for detailed information at a community meeting last week.

Nearly 100 residents who turned out last week to voice their opinions about a proposed substance-abuse treatment facility in Ephrata Township will have to wait another month for a public hearing.

Bare-chested and mustachioed, clad in red wrestling tights and boots, Jeff Piper threw an elbow and decked his opponent.

One of three people injured in a fatal, high-speed crash Friday night in Dover Township remains hospitalized.

A man was hospitalized Monday after his bicycle collided with a car, police said.

The Penn Square branch of the Fulton Bank was robbed shortly after 9 a.m. today.

Former reporter Bob Kotzbauer always enjoyed sharing information with readers. Although he has retired, the 84-year-old still enjoys writing and informing people about events happening around them.

WGAL.com updated Sept. 10, 2009 LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - WGAL.com Two men have been arrested and accused of breaking into 35 Ephrata-area businesses between July and September.

The self-described "Vandal Bandits" who allegedly broke into nearly three dozen businesses across northern Lancaster County were "thrill-seekers" who left a path of destruction in their wake, police said Thursday.

Ten Thousand Villages opened a store last week at Rockvale Outlets. The retailer has taken over a 2,573-square-foot space next to Dress Barn that formerly was occupied by Royal Doulton.

Police arrested three men in connection with 35 commercial burglaries that were committed over the last two months.

The man found dead in a Lancaster County cornfield has been identified as 53-year-old Curtis Klopp.

They called themselves the Vandal Bandits. Now the northern Lancaster County gang's crime spree appears to be over.

The shooting death of a 5-year-old, which occurred Saturday afternoon on a farm in Earl Township, has been ruled a homicide.

Critics of Lancaster General Health's plan to create a new medical facility at the intersection of Routes 222 and 322 in West Earl Township object to more than construction of miles of water and sewer pipes through farmland to service the project.

The body of a deceased male was discovered Sunday a short distance from the home of an Akron man who went missing last week, police said.