Yoe News

Jim Adams didn't expect the race for Franklintown mayor to be so tight. Unhappy after losing in the primary to Dennis Palmer, Adams decided to wage the battle again in the November election by launching a write-in bid for the seat.

A Yoe woman accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend Monday afternoon during an argument over child support has been charged with felony assault.

Police in York County are investigating a stabbing that happened in a home with a 9-month old baby inside.

Fire caused the evacuation of about 30 of more than 650 employees Monday from a shelter manufacturing business in York Township.

For 12 years, the life of Michelle Plaza was meticulously controlled by her husband, Francis.

Interactive map of York County homicides from 2007-present. Police say Francis Plaza shot his wife, Michelle, several times early Saturday morning in their York Township apartment after she told him that she was leaving him.

Eric Bistline, York County's director of Emergency Services, said the cut-over to the new 911 system for fire and EMS agencies should be a seamless, soundless transition.

Met-Ed is working to restore power in several areas of York County after a high-voltage line went down, according to Ernie Waters, a spokesman for Met-Ed. Waters said that, at one point, about 20,000 people were without power.

The Yoe Council will be honoring a longtime borough friend on June 2. President Sam Snyder will present a resolution to honor the memory of fellow Councilman Ronald C. Crull, who died on May 12.

Police are looking for the driver of a Toyota SUV that sideswiped an oncoming car in Yoe and took off.