COLUMBUS — The Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday passed Substitute House Bill 2, the state’s two-year construction budget for capital projects throughout the state. Locally, State Rep. Jeff LaRe (R-Violet Twp.) announced the following projects in the 73rd House District would be funded with $19,778,410. $11 million to revitalize the Buckeye Lake North Shore […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Lancaster County man has been charged after a bullet hole was found in a victim’s garage 1 mile away from where shots were fired. On April 30, Northern Lancaster County Police responded to a reported shots fired call in the 6300 block of Bayberry Avenue in Penn Township. Upon […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A Lancaster County man is accused of trying to lure children into a bathroom stall on Saturday at a popular local park. According to the charges filed Monday by Lancaster City Police, Richard Gerth, 40, allegedly tried to lure two boys, who were with family at Long’s Park, into a stall […]
Lancaster County Councilman Allen Blackmon resigned his District 6 council seat Monday, midway through his four-year term, to pursue a seat in the South Carolina legislature. Blackmon, 70, won the Republican primary for the SC Senate District 27, beating incumbent Sen. Penry Gustafson, garnering more than 80% of the vote on June 11, The State […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — No one was injured when an Amtrak train collided with an unoccupied vehicle on the tracks in Lancaster County. An Amtrak spokesperson said the crash happened around 5:44 p.m. Saturday north of Lancaster in East Hempfield Township. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A second person has died after a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County this weekend. Pennsylvania State Police in Bowmansville say around 4 a.m. they responded to the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near milepost 270.3 in Penn Township. Nicholas Blouch, 43, of Lower Paxton, was pronounced […]
SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – The Lancaster County Coroner’s office has responded to a crash that closed a portion of Route 30 in Gap, Lancaster County on Monday morning. According to 511PA, the multiple-vehicle crash has the eastbound lanes of Route 30 closed between Gap Newport Pike and Simmontown Road. The westbound lanes are also […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A Lancaster County recreational trail was subjected to vandalism and police are looking for the culprits. The 14-mile long Northwest River Trail, located by the Susquehanna River, was recently discovered vandalized, Susquehanna Regional Police shared on Facebook. “GAZA” is spray painted in red letters across a sign at the trail, along […]
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A man is dead after an apparent workplace accident in Lancaster County. Lancaster City Police said first responders were called to the Holiday Inn in downtown Lancaster just before 3 p.m. on Sunday. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now An employee had fallen through […]
Primary elections are Tuesday in South Carolina, with voter turnout expected to be higher than past primaries in York County because of a hotly contested Republican race for sheriff. Tuesday’s results for York County sheriff will determine who emerges from a five-person field for a potential runoff. If none of the five sheriff candidates gets […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A Lancaster man has been identified as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash last week. The Lancaster County Coroner’s office says on May 31 they responded to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital for a man declared deceased in the emergency department. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us […]
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — It was a special moment in one Midstate city today, one a family had been waiting on for months. With the help of the Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity, Kenya McGrier was able to move her family into a newly renovated home on St. Joseph Street in Lancaster. Close Thanks for […]