Gettysburg News

A Huntington Township man convicted of murdering his wife and son is awaiting an Adams County judge's decision on whether he will receive a new trial.

A Freedom Transit's fixed-route bus service will run at least through June 30, said Rich Farr, executive director of Rabbittransit.

Kevin McKim, of Hanover, plays with his 5-year-old dog, Savanna, in the snow on Sunday afternoon while taking a break from shoveling the sidewalk at his Hanover Street home.

Lincoln Elementary kindergartner Lucy Watkins holds up postcards from the state of Indiana on Friday in Gettysburg.

Freedom Transit, the end result of merged transportation authorities and generous funding efforts, could be discontinued by year's end.

Blake Topper, 2, lies in the snow as siblings Bentley, 2, and Braden, 5, play in their back yard in Hanover on Saturday.

Just in from Gettysburg Stage - "We regret that tonight's performance, the performance of December 12/14 at 8pm, has been cancelled due to inclement weather.

Many of today's most beloved Christmas traditions are of German descent. The evergreen Christmas tree, wood carvings and other traditional decor can be traced back to old Germany, and many residents throughout the state of Pennsylvania are from German roots as well.

As higher education comes under increased pressure to prove its worth, two local college presidents argue in a new book that the liberal arts play a vital role in educating the world's leaders and problem-solvers.

Three ghost hunters in Pennsylvania were nearly arrested when a police officer mistakenly thought they were criminals burglarizing an old Civil War building.

Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Project Stream Grants: The Cultural Alliance of York County, as the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts partner for York, Adams, Franklin and Fulton Counties, awarded 13 PPA project stream grants for arts-related projects occurring in 2013-14.

Gettysburg Stage's production of Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge is an outrageous musical parody of Charles Dickens ' beloved Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol.

Last month, the Patriot-News newspaper in Harrisburg, Pa., retracted its editorial from 150 years ago that called President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address "silly remarks."

The Lincoln Red Line Freedom Transit bus is seen at the transit station on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg on Dec. 2. Elected officials and local entity leaders will meet Monday to discuss potential ways to keep Freedom Transit's fixed-route service running in the Gettysburg area.

USA Book News, the premier online magazine featuring mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of The 2013 USA Best Book Awards on November 14. Gettysburg, PA December 11, 2013 - USA Book News, the premier online magazine featuring mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and ... (more)

Santa Claus joined 26 community groups, floats and local organizations Saturday, Dec. 7, in launching the town's Christmas observance, during the fourth annual Olde Getty Place Christmas Parade in Gettysburg.

Gettysburg Community Theatre will present its production of the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m. at its 80-seat theatre located inside the old Elks building at 49 York St., within the first block of Lincoln Square in downtown Gettysburg.

As someone who was born and brought up in Bosnia, educated in Germany and is now based in New York, why should artist Amer Kobaslija have reacted as passionately as he did on hearing about the earthquake and the tsunami that struck Japan's Tohoku region on March 11, 2011? "It's simple," says the 38-year-old artist, who speaks earnestly of his ... (more)

As higher education comes under increased pressure to prove its worth, two local college presidents argue in a new book that the liberal arts play a vital role in educating the world's leaders and problem-solvers.

On November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address, arguably the most famous speech in history.