Columbia News

In his recently published book on the Louisiana Tigers, Scott Mingus tells the wonderful story of Confederate Gen.

The young Columbia man was told Friday, at some point, he will be able to walk out of prison and get on with his life.

It could "result in total police regionalization or it could just mean regional purchases" of police-related services, Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz said.

A century ago a stamp cost 2 cents; fashionable women didn't leave their homes without a decorated, broad-brimmed hat; and construction was just beginning on an unprecedented marvel called the Titanic.

I grew up in Mountville but it's as bad as/worse than Columbia anymore. I guess with Columbia on one side and Lancaster on the other it's only a matter of time before Mountville crumbles and dies too.

We have whittled our Cutest Kid Costume Contest down to the 10 cutest costumed kids -- and now it's up to you to choose the cutest of them all.

Members of the Pottsgrove High School Marching Band will spend Halloween Day on the fields at Ephrata High School , 43 miles west of Sanatoga village center , intent on raising the "spirits" of visitors there and hoping to bring home another trophy.

Picture a paved trail friendly to walkers, bikes and whatnot, tracing the Susquehanna from Columbia to nearly the Dauphin County line.

Two Lancaster County Court judges, each seeking retention for a second 10-year term, will be at the top of next month's election ballot.

Columbia High School senior Sara Burke finds life complicated. But she doesn't let it get her down.

When 55-year-old Lester H. VanValkenburgh of Lancaster died on Sept. 25, he had no life insurance and no money for a funeral.

BERWICK: The Berwick Area Chapter of AARP will meet Wednesday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

A report on Columbia University's study of the earthquakes in the Dillsburg area was released Friday, and it's believed that stress between two contrasting types of rock is causing them to fracture.

On the Pennsylvania Arts Experience trails, check out the studios of painter Rob Evans and weaver Phyllis Koster, as well as the Building Character art outlet.

Lancaster County Commissioners, acting as the county's Election Board, this morning tabled a proposed policy aimed at write-in votes on election ballots.

Sister Valerie Stublarec often makes jokes at mealtime. She and other sisters of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ based outside Columbia, Lancaster County, are in the process of moving to another building on their property after the religious order decided to sell their convent and other buildings.

School district officials had to approve their 2009-10 budgets 3½ months ago, but they found out only this week how much money the state will kick in to help them pay their bills.

Efforts to merge the three fire companies in Columbia Borough and regionalize the borough's fire crews and police department with rescue and law enforcement organizations in neighboring municipalities got a boost at Monday's council meeting.

Fire officials said a 2-year-old playing with matches started a blaze Monday morning that ripped through the second floor of a Columbia home.

Fire broke out along the 300 block of Avenue I in Columbia this morning around 10 a.m. A toddler playing with matches in the Lancaster County home may be to blame for the flames, according to fire officials.