Elizabethtown News

Technology isn't new to Elizabethtown farmer Jim Hershey. He's invested thousands of dollars in on-board computers for his planter and combine, automatic row shutoffs for his planter and, just recently, a new self-propelled sprayer.

The Summer Programs Committee for the Pennsylvania Chautauqua in Mt. Gretna is finalizing a calendar that will feature more than 150 programs this summer.

Trade Talk showcases the businesses in the midstate and the people who make them work.

Researchers from Elizabethtown College measured soil temperature, soil moisture and CO2 emissions in cornfields and lawns in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Festival goers enjoy a variety of Greek foods at the Capital Region's Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Wormleysburg in 2012.

John Wengert, Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails president, talks about the progress made so far on the trail during a public meeting Tuesday night at HACC s Lebanon Campus.

On Tuesday he was put to the test by his handler, Corporal Ty Meik, and passed. The Belgian Malinois was medically cleared earlier in April but still needed to be evaluated for active duty.

The state's unemployment rate has dropped to 7.9 percent, but the "number of people working in Pennsylvania tumbled by about 14,000 in March, following a drop of 6,000 in February." Private employment has remained flat for 13 months, "growing by a mere 1,000 jobs" and landing the state "49th in the nation for job creation during March." During an ... (more)

Police in Lancaster County have filed charges against a Bernville man who's accused of assaulting a 15-year-old boy after a hockey game.

On Tuesday at around 3 a.m., officers were called to the Crown Chicken Restaurant in the 300 block of North 9th Street after receiving reports of a robbery.

A man who was assaulted in Harrisburg more than two weeks ago was the city's sixth homicide victim this year, according to the coroner.

Crews from three counties are responding to a two-alarm fire at a home along the 300 block of Hershey Road this morning.

A 24-year-old Ephrata woman was placed into custody following an accident in Heidelberg Township on Saturday.

Deb Herr of Lebanon and her papillon, Isaac, hit the rail trail in this photo from July 2011.

Refurbishing and Modifying were among some of the topics the Nazareth Area School Board addressed and took action on at Monday's meeting.