Adams County News

A Carroll Valley man arrested for driving under the influence last month is scheduled for a probation revocation hearing Dec. 30, according to court documents.

The Lincoln Red Line Freedom Transit bus is seen at the transit station on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg on Dec. 2. Elected officials and local entity leaders will meet Monday to discuss potential ways to keep Freedom Transit's fixed-route service running in the Gettysburg area.

Santa Claus joined 26 community groups, floats and local organizations Saturday, Dec. 7, in launching the town's Christmas observance, during the fourth annual Olde Getty Place Christmas Parade in Gettysburg.

Six Kramer siblings from Adams County served in the military in the 1940s and 1950s.

A winter weather advisory is in effect until 4 p.m. today. Three to five inches of snow are expected in both York and Adams counties.

Many drivers braved the elements Monday morning to get to work on time. The weather made for a messy commute.

A Hanover man was sentenced to state prison for his role in a June burglary in Oxford Township, prosecutors said.

Ed Lookenbill, owner of Lookenbill's Auto Sales and Service on York Street in Hanover, brushes off a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle in his lot on Sunday afternoon as heavy snowfall hit York County.

Shelley, a 6-year-old pitbull rescue owned by Compassion Animal Hospital veterinarian Anne Parker, gets a peek over the desk from receptionist Lisa Augsburger's lap on Tuesday Dec. 3, at Compassion Animal Hospital in East Berlin.

Officials say a Midstate man was arrested at BaltimoreWashington International Airport early Friday morning for having a loaded gun in his carry-on.

Federal authorities said this loaded handgun was seized at BWI Airport on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013.

The Lincoln Red Line Freedom Transit bus is seen at the transit station on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg on Dec. 2. The Lincoln Red Line is a bus route that takes commuters to the Gettysburg Outlets and the Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center and is one of the Freedom Transit routes that was eliminated because of lack of funding.

The week of Nov. 19, 2013, in Adams County truly memorialized the importance of the actions of those that have gone before us.

Abbottstown Borough Council has approved accepting and advertising a tax ordinance with no increase in residents' taxes for next year.

Adams County property owners will likely see a tax increase of 0.1865 mills if officials approve the current version of the 2014 budget.

The 4th Annual Gingerbread Celebration & Holiday Mart will be Friday and Saturday at the Gettysburg campus of Harrisburg Area Community College, 731 Old Harrisburg Road.

Adams County officials say they will re-examine the leases on several buildings, hoping to find ways to save money.

Arthur B. Fox's book about Allegheny County residents who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg has more than 60 photographs, many in color.

Charles Nussbaum, program director at Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S, talks about the kitchen facility at the resource center on 117 York Street in downtown Gettysburg.

A preserved farm in the Arentz family located off of Route 194, foreground, leads to the headquarters of Arentz Hay and Grain, in Union Township on Wednesday.