Ephrata News

When Charles Armstrong rides his bicycle through a town, people take notice. The 30-year-old homeless artist rides a bike attached to a two-wheel infant carrier attached to a homemade, two-wheel cart holding a cooler.

Ephrata police nabbed a suspected armed robber two hours after the heist Sunday night, police said.

As the number of swine flu cases seems to be diminishing here, two of the county's four hospitals finally have obtained H1N1 vaccine for employees who have direct contact with patients.

A wedding photographer has been charged with bilking customers of money and their photos.

It was a bad night for local Democrats, as Republicans won mayoral and most council seats in every contested borough race.

Police said Logan Potts, 68, of Akron, was killed in a two-vehicle crash at Route 272 and Martin Avenue in Ephrata Borough on Tuesday evening.

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.

A Denver man decided to clean out his car before he pulled over for a pursuing police officer Saturday morning, troopers said.

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.

Ephrata police have arrested five alleged thieves. Ricardo Valdespino Jr., 33, of Ephrata, and Jason R. Wanner, 32, of Bowmansville, were charged with multiple counts of felony retail theft and theft by deception in connection with thefts Oct.

Two people were injured in a New Holland crash involving a school bus full of elementary children Friday morning, officials said.

An Ephrata man was arrested three times in one day for alleged drinking-related offenses, police said.

A 13-year-old boy was reportedly abducted Sunday afternoon while riding his scooter in Clay Township, according to emergency dispatchers.

A three-car crash closed part of Route 30 in Lancaster County Saturday afternoon.

The New Age spiritual resort in Arizona where nearly two dozen people fell ill and three died during a sweat lodge ceremony is owned and operated by a former Lancaster County businessman.

United Way of Lancaster County changed the way it invests its pledge money, and that led to a delay in approving allocations.

Police stopped Theodore C. Goodman, 23, no address, for a traffic violation just before 1 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Lafayette Street.

Seeking advice from labor and business experts, Senator Specter issued a simple mandate; What is the best way to create or sustain jobs in the commonwealth? "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, that's what we're looking for right now," said Specter.

An explosion Wednesday morning at a Denver asphalt business sent pieces of machinery flying into the air, company officials said.

A company merger is causing nearly 300 people to lose their jobs in Lancaster County.