West York News

Contested school board primary races in York County resulted in a mix of new faces and incumbent officials appearing on the ballot in November, according to unofficial results.

West York councilman Brian Wilson, who is running for reelection, hands out literature to Clara Woodard and her mother Mary outside the West York fire hall on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

The York City Council announced at a meeting Wednesday that it will take no further action on a proposal designed to facilitate discussion of money-saving regionalization among York County's urban municipalities.

The West York Area School District school board approved a final budget Tuesday night that includes a 2.2 percent tax increase.

Some York and West York council members question whether the proposed Greater York Regional Authority can move forward now that North York has dropped out of the discussions.

Penn Kleen employees Josue Aviles, front, and Curt Hoffheins pressure spray sidewalks around the graduation tent Tuesday at York College.

A 19-year-old York man was arrested early Sunday morning after police said he refused to listen to orders when an officer questioned a group, suspecting them to have violated curfew.

North York Borough Council voted Monday night not to participate in the proposed Greater York Regional Authority, which would explore sharing municipal services among the borough, West York and York City to save money.

Alan and Joyce Vandersloot recently received the James S.A. Bentzel Democrat of the Year award given by the Democratic Society of York.

West York Police have charged four Maryland men, allegedly part of a multi-state theft ring, in connection with thefts that happened last year in the borough.

So they together received the James S.A. Bentzel Democrat of the Year Award during the Democratic Society of York's 121st Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner held Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Holidome in West Manchester Township.

The York County Community Foundation earlier this year proposed a multi-municipal authority to explore consolidation opportunities between York City and West York and North York boroughs.

A tension-filled West York council meeting Monday partially revolved around a proposal for an authority that would include the borough, York City and North York.

The West York council is expected to decide the professional fate of one of its police officers after a closed-door hearing was held Monday.

Ronald "Skip" Franklin tendered his letter of resignation during a council meeting Monday night because he did not meet state residency requirements to hold the seat.

Fourteen of the 16 high schools that participated in the second annual York/Adams High School Seat Belt Challenge saw seat belt usage increase during the months-long challenge, with overall usage at about 80 percent.

The West York Borough Police Department have charged an additional 22 people for their involvement in a major organized crime ring, in which James Giuffrida of West York was the ring-leader, and one of the total 133 people arrested in the case originating in March.

Two men were transported to a hospital when they were cut during a fight early Friday after leaving a Lebanon bar, according to police.

West York Police have charged 22 more people for alleged involvement in what police have called a major organized retail crime ring allegedly run by borough resident James Giuffrida.

Police said an electrical fence was cut at the farm in the 200 block of Matter Lane in Upper Paxton Township sometime between Sunday evening and Tuesday morning.