Home improvement rip-offs have been one of the most common types of fraud in Pennsylvania for years.Starting Wednesday, state officials hope that will no longer be the case.That's when the state Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act goes into effect, putting new, tough requirements on home-improv...

Lancaster Airport Authority Monday agreed to accept $3.25 million in federal stimulus money along with well-defined terms and conditions that go along with it.The money will pay 100 percent of a project to repair an aging taxiway. The project is expected to begin within 30 days.The project has been ...

A former reactor operator at the Peach Bottom nuclear plant deliberately failed to report a drunk-driving arrest, according to an investigation by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.In a second apparent violation of nuclear requirements, the NRC said a former maintenance supervisor at the plant ...

As members gathered at the Lancaster Liederkranz in January, conversation turned to football. A few men said, "Hey, let's start a pool for the game," according to the club's president, Paul Stanavage.Then, state Liquor Control Enforcement officers — acting on an anonymous tip — showed up...

Cities such as Lancaster are in dire financial straits, but there are ways the state can help, local officials told a Senate panel on urban affairs and housing today."The city of Lancaster and many, or likely all, of the third-class cities in Pennsylvania have been under significant financial strain...

Refugees who have come from around the world to make their home in Lancaster County will celebrate World Refugee Day with public performances of ethnic dances and music, preparation of traditional food and crafts from their home countries.The free public event will be held at Eastern Market, 308 E. ...

A "sexually violent predator" who had been out of contact with local authorities since last year was found Tuesday in Lancaster Township.Richard Scott Wannamaker, a convicted sex offender, was required to provide state police with his address after release from prison.Investigators allege ...

A plan to carry two massive generators through Lancaster County en route to Three Mile Island is generating a lot of interest — and concern — among local residents.Anyone interested in asking questions or learning more about the plan will have three opportunities to do so. AREVA Inc., th...

The Christiana American Legion will close for 15 days in July, the result of its fourth violation of a state law governing small games of chance.Benner-Shoff Post No. 865 was cited Aug. 7, 2008, for "failure to maintain complete and truthful records" of its small games of chance.The Christiana post ...

Brian McCaskey, sheltered under the Long's Park Ampitheater this morning, studied the rain falling around the building."This is part of being a painter," the co-founder of Two Dudes Painting Co. said. "You kind of have to roll with it."Though rainstorms and paint jobs may see...

Remember August 1999?That's when civic and business leaders unveiled an ambitious plan.Where the landmark Watt & Shand building had stood empty for years, they envisioned a luxury hotel and convention center.It took 10 stormy years, but developers are about to deliver. Time will tell whether...

Correction — An article posted on LancasterOnline Wednesday incorrectly stated who is operating the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island. The plant is operated by Exelon Nuclear.•••The company orchestrating one of the largest moving projects in Lancaster County history wants...

A $19 million transportation project that includes replacement of the Lititz Pike bridge and significant redesign of traffic patterns in the city's northeast is still on track to begin in 2012, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said Monday.Environmental studies are being conduc...

After rebuilding flood-ravaged homes in New Orleans and Galveston, Texas, Franklin & Marshall College students this week are tackling relief work closer to home, or at least closer to their dorms.Students of the college's Catastrophic Relief Alliance and faculty mentors are helping to renova...

Plans for the relocation of the Dillerville railyard received a funding boost Monday from members of the county's Transportation Coordinating Committee.Committee members unanimously approved the use of $4 million in federal air quality funding for the $46 million project.The approval came over t...

John Walker and his neighbors already were concerned.In the past month, the city's northwest has been shaken by two armed robberies and a spate of vehicle vandalism.But when a female jogger was attacked three weeks ago on the lawn of Walker's State Street home — an assault that was int...

Think our health-care system is in need of an overhaul? Have any ideas to fix it?You could win $10 million!The X Prize Foundation announced the contest last week. The big bucks will benefit a community of 10,000 people who improve their health by 50 percent over three years.Fifty percent fewer heart...

Lancaster Airport Authority learned Thursday that it will receive about $3.5 million in stimulus-package funds allocated to the Federal Aviation Administration.Lancaster Airport is one of four Pennsylvania airports that will divide $10.5 million from President Barack Obama's nationwide injection...

Two Franklin & Marshall College students were robbed at gunpoint Friday night near the campus, city police and college officials said.A man in his 20s brandished a gun and took money from one of the two students during the holdup, which occurred about 11 p.m. in the 800 block of Race Avenue near...

Ardis Brandt faces a lot of challenges in raising her 8-year-old granddaughter, Ardis Goldsborough, who has multiple handicaps.But those difficulties are easier to manage than they used to be, thanks to United Disabilities Services.Because of UDS' Accessible Home Modifications program, her grand...