Adams County News

Police are planning DUI checkpoints in York and Lancaster counties and a roving DUI patrol in Adams County during the St. Patrick's Day weekend, according to a news release from the Center for Traffic Safety.

Hamiltonban Twp. >> Land Conservancy of Adams County have announced that sisters Susan Yingling and Sally Helm have donated more than 100 acres of woodland they inherited in Hamiltonban Township, which borders the Michaux State Forest.

Abraham Lincoln for sale? It seems that way! A wax museum in Gettysburg, Adams County is placing some of its life-sized historical figures up for auction.

The $12,620,075 contract was awarded on July 25, 2013, to New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. of New Enterprise, Bedford County, and includes shoulder replacement, roadway base repair, concrete pavement patching and spall repair, concrete bridge deck repair, guiderail and sign installation, and new pavement markings.

Harrisburg PennDOT Engineering District 8 recently set work zone signs announcing that March 25 work begins on a project to replace two bridges on Route 116 between Low Dutch Road and Wheatland Drive west of Bonneauville Borough in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County.

A Gettysburg man pleaded guilty to violating the Game and Wildlife Code for the second time in six months, according to a Pennsylvania Game Commission news release sent Monday.

State police in Gettysburg are investigating after an armed robber took cash from the Book Warehouse at the Gettysburg Village Outlets just before close Sunday, according to a news release.

Housekeeper Staci Stern wipes down a table while cleaning a guest room at the Country Inn and Suites hotel in York Township.

What if you threw a party and nobody came? Gov. Tom Corbett might feel that way - all dressed up and nowhere to go.

Folks are posing at the groundbreaking for Delone Catholic in McSherrystown, just over the York County line in Adams County on July 17, 1939.

Shortly after the Midway Tavern began sell pull tab cards Thursday, another bar owner came in and struck up a conversation with Ronda and Barry Zeigler, the owners of the Adams County bar.

Last Saturday March 1, Cody was trapped in a house in Aspers, Adams County, while it burned to the ground.

Cooperative plans to revive a blighted downtown Gettysburg property took shape Wednesday when a committee was formed to review proposals from interested developers.

Cumberland Township will not pursue a police merger with Gettysburg Borough at this time, a decision Cumberland supervisors made after a unanimous vote at their Feb. 25 meeting, according to a statement from township officials.

Update: The state's Liquor Control Board approved the small games of chance license for Midway Tavern on Wednesday morning, said Stacy Kreideman, director of the board's external affairs.

Shawn 'Skooby' Moran talks with a friend at the Midway Tavern on Tuesday. Moran said he was in favor of the gaming license.

What if you threw a party and nobody came? Gov. Tom Corbett might feel that way - all dressed up and nowhere to go.

Gettysburg >> The 24th Annual Adams County SPCA Loyalty Dog Walk will be held 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at Gettysburg Middle School.

One resident even said she would cover the county's rental fee so it could use the previous facility at the Recreation Park, but the meeting ended with board members saying they could do nothing to address citizens' concerns.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will be voting on on that first license Wednesday during its semi-monthly meeting, the board said in a news release.