Akron News

Linda Moyer was a veteran English teacher known for pushing her Pequea Valley High School seniors to their full potential whether they were heading to college or not.

A Lancaster County woman with ties to this region died of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle wreck on her way home for the Thanksgiving holiday.

When Eastern Mennonite University's music department stages its fall concert Saturday, one piece will pay tribute to the memory of a Lancaster County man.

Touted as a kids-helping-kids project, Operation Christmas Child is known for bringing smiles to hurting children all over the world.

In 1968, a first-class stamp cost 6 cents, The Beatles had released "The White Album" and Louise Dohner began working in the cafeteria at Akron Elementary School.

An Akron man was injured in a Monday morning two-vehicle crash on Route 322 in Clay Township.

A 72-year-old minister from Clay Township died in a Thursday night two-car accident at an Ephrata Township intersection near Akron.

A middle-aged man walked into the PNC Bank branch at Schaum's Corner with a glove on one hand and a plastic bag and walked out with cash shortly after 8 a.m. today.

Seneca Valley quarterback C.J. Brown made a verbal commitment to the University of Maryland in the spring.

We have come to the Ephrata Fair, my 12-year-old son and I, to fill our bellies, to ride, to gawk at stuff and to win.

The woman heading up the Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network, which enables members of churches in different parts of the world to meet together, break down barriers and build up solidarity, believes ...

The head of the Anti-Defamation League has issued a statement criticizing Mennonite and Quaker leaders for hosting a dinner reception for Iran's president in New York later this month.

Two people were critically injured and a third person also was hospitalized after a high-speed crash early Sunday in Warwick Township, officials said.

When Robin Hopkins walked across the stage at McCaskey High School to receive her GED in June, she didn't see any of her family members in the audience.

Vandals have been active in Ephrata, and one of their targets was a historical railroad car that sits near the center of town.

Local cop accused of hitting cop at shore By JANET KELLEY, Staff 2008-08-18 11:05:00 Lancaster New Era An off-duty Akron policeman was arrested early Sunday morning for punching a Delaware State Police trooper ...

A Delaware man is in Lancaster County Prison today after allegedly leading state police on a high-speed chase along Route 322 early Sunday morning that ended after a brief foot chase in Downingtown, Chester ...

It's strange where epiphanies come from. Some can see them in a work of art or by letting their mind wander during long voyages; others can discover their own personal "Eureka!" moment by reading a good book or ...

The long debate over raw milk hit another raw nerve July 9 when the state cited a store in Akron for selling the unpasteurized beverage illegally.

Men and women of all ages straggle up to a white-roofed pavilion in Akron's Roland Memorial Park.