Adams County News

McSherrystown's newest police officer is friendly, outgoing, and very talented, said Police Chief Michael Woods, but weighs only about 85 pounds.

As the final votes were tallied on Tuesday night, everyone seemed to be waiting for the results of the Gettysburg council First Ward Republican race, one of the few contested elections in the borough.

State police arrested two men and a male juvenile Tuesday in connection with an armed robbery at a Bonneauville home Sunday night.

Adams County Sheriff Jim Muller gets a kiss from his wife, Beth, Tuesday after the Republican primary results were announced.

I only drink chardonnay when I have to. If I visit a winery, chardonnay is usually the last thing on my list.

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania on April 27 had its annual meeting for delegates to vote on issues involving Girl Scouting.

The state Game Commission has established the state's second disease management area in parts of four counties, after three hunter-killed white-tailed deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

Lee Flinner, left, president of the Gettysburg Lions Club welcoms Robert Daniels to the Lions meeting where Daniels was the guest speaker.

After 30 years, the judge seat for Magisterial District 51-3-01, covering Gettysburg Borough and Straban Township, is open and four candidates have stepped up to vie for the position.

Police said that on Thursday, someone put tobacco leaves on the driver's side door of a vehicle parked in the 200 block of Antique lane, Mount Pleasant Township.

While it's almost reflexive to say JEERS to new taxes, we have to say CHEERS to news that the possibility of an Adams County fire tax is gaining traction.

A mass casualty drill was held Saturday in Adams County. Emergency responders from across the area were called to Biglerville High School for a mock building collapse.

Adams County deputies escort Erasmo Cruz as he returns from his preliminary hearing Thursday.

New DMA west and north of Fulton County; all-day gobbler hunting begins May 13; conservation, ecology grants available; LLBean earns award from trail conference; and bay's river report has mixed support State sets new DMA west and north of Fulton County HARRISBURG - The state Game Commission has established the state's second disease management ... (more)

Todd Platts, former U.S. representative and a Shippensburg University graduate, will present the address Saturday during the university's spring undergraduate commencement ceremony.

The Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner is worried. He is worried about the condition of the state's volunteer fire fighting force, which has dwindled by about 250,000 members in the past 40 years.

Muriel Larsen Rice was born Nov. 12, 1921, on Staten Island, N.Y. Rice died at her Gettysburg home May 5 at age 91, leaving behind a legacy of working for the public interest.

Second CWD area The Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state's second Disease Management Area in parts of four counties in response to three hunter-killed deer that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.

For the last 30 years, Hull has been guiding visitors over hills and down valleys, weaving through the Adams County farmland known for its apples during the annual Apple Blossom Festival.

Thundering cannon fire and staccato rifle shots, mingled with the shrieks and cries of advancing and wounded soldiers, shattered the peaceful grounds of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863.