Adams County News

ADAMS COUNTY >> The Adams County Conservation District's West Nile Virus Program will conduct an ultra-low volume mosquito control operation in Bonneauville Borough and Mount Pleasant Township on Wednesday, July 30, beginning around sunset using a truck mounted sprayer.

The Pennsylvania West Nile Control Program says 27 mosquito samples test positive for West Nile Virus.

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-York County, is introducing legislation to legalize medical marijuana oil for treatment of epilepsy.

Cause of a Adams County barn fire that destroyed an estimated $250,000 worth of inventory in an equestrian business Saturday is believed to be electrical, said the Hampton Fire Company chief.

From left, Christa Lees of East Pennsboro Township helps her son Conor, 5, put on his new shoes as Christian, 7, and Angelina, 10, each try on a pair of shoes and Lennon, 7, awaits his new pair at Project Big Love 717, a free back-to-school event that was the result of collaboration among Dillsburg-area churches, business and citizens, held ... (more)

A stretch of road in Straban Township will close for a bridge repair at the end of July, according to the state's Department of Transportation.

A three-day music festival will kick off Aug. 8 in Adams County, bringing 180 bands to Gettysburg from 14 states and Washington.

Servpro of Gettysburg/Adams County has been providing fire and water damage restoration to area homes and businesses for over 11 years, said owner Kenneth VanHoutte who bought the franchise in 2003 with his wife Pamela.

Jessica Louise Bentzel has been charged with lying to a church about needing money for cancer treatments in order to obtain $180, state police in Gettysburg said.

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.