Adams County News

Four Adams County fire departments will receive more than $13,000 in state grants for protection against forest and brush fires.

The New Oxford Area Historical Society has appointed a committee to spearhead a fundraising initiative that could help the borough purchase the 1.03-acre property in the future, said Anita Kennedy-Muccino, secretary of the society.

UNION TOWNSHIP, ADAMS COUNTY >> Ten firearms were stolen from a Union Township home on Sunday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg.

Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced today that a preliminary injunction has been issued prohibiting Timothy J. Rooney of New Oxford from the sale, fitting or adjustment of hearing aids.

Each woman has a unique story, but they all have one goal: helping young women with breast cancer.

GETTYSBURG >> Applications are now being invited from food vendors, craft vendors and non-profit organizations for the twenty-third annual Adams County Heritage Festival, to take place Sunday, September 21 from noon to five at the Gettysburg Recreation Park, Long Lane.

Since March, motorists commuting between Gettysburg and Hanover have had to take a seven-mile detour around a closed section of Route 116.

An Aspers man will spend seven months in Adams County Prison for his role in a slew of burglaries around the county that led to five arrests and more than $130,000 in stolen property, according to court records.

Adams County officials will install bullet-resistant glass at the county's four magisterial district judges' offices in an attempt to heighten security.

Adams County officials will install bullet-resistant glass at the county's four magisterial district judges' offices in an attempt to heighten security.

Several dozen guns will be sold by a local auction company after a Cumberland Township man withdrew his petition to have the weapons returned to him.

The discovery of an unmarked natural gas line has led to a detour going up on Biglerville Road about a mile north of Gettysburg in Cumberland Township, Adams County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars recently recognized three recipients of its annual State VFW Public Safety Awards.

There was a big shake-up Monday night after weeks of drama for the Eastern Adams Regional Police Department.

A York County judge was assigned to an Adams County lawsuit challenging a property tax incentive program, according to an Adams County judge's order.

Tawnya Tracey, of Tracey's Orchard, said they have plenty of peaches at the roadside store east of Greencastle.

Trooper George R. Jones reported the weapon, a silver and black 9 mm Ruger, was stolen from a vehicle parked at the Littlestown Fish and Game shooting range in Germany Township between 3 and 5 p.m. Thursday.

The Pennsylvania State Police at Gettysburg have charged an Orrtanna man with DUI after he was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Adams County.

The Adams County Habitat for Humanity will host a Blitz Build at its newest site at 72 Fifth Street in Gettysburg.

The man police say swerved into oncoming traffic and hit Demko, Thomas Gallagher Jr., had been convicted of DUI once before.