James Witherspoon of Lancaster once served with the U.S. Army in Germany, and he would gladly pull up stakes and go back. And in his hands Thursday was his "plane ticket" back to Europe — a Mega Millions lottery ticket. "I'm just going to live!" Witherspoon, 59, sai......

YoFro Sweets, a self-serve frozen yogurt café, is open in Manor Shopping Center. The café at 1292 Millersville Pike is the second YoFro Sweets location. The first café opened last March near Target along Lincoln Highway East. The new location is between Ruby Tuesday a......

Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Lancaster Township bank on Christmas Eve. Derek L. Danz, 33, of South Queen Street, was taken into custody late Thursday morning at a home on West Vine Street, according to Manheim Township police Sgt. Tom Rudzinski. Danz is charged ......

ForknSpoon Café has opened at 126 N. Prince St., reviving a small downtown restaurant location. Owner Jennifer Thompson oversaw some $90,000 in renovations to a spot that had formerly housed La Casa Bella. The work included putting in new kitchen equipment and flooring, pai......

A place where city and suburban kids can get on their bikes or ride a bus and experience nature in a fun sort of way. A place where they can watch wildlife from a treehouse, or fish, or hike, maybe have their first overnight camping experience, or check the flow of the Little Conestoga Cr......

It's a "broken record," according to one meteorologist, but it isn't playing anyone's favorite song. Instead, the serenade of rain across Lancaster County has swamped roads, drowned lawns and flooded basements. And there's more to come, Millersville University meteorologist Eric H......

They have their square-shaped, 2.2-acre plot of land along Millersville Pike "carved out and ready to go." They met Monday and approved a measure allowing for a new fire station/emergency services facility to be built on the land. And now, they also have a committee of Lancaster T......

It's going to get a little tougher to buy alcoholic energy drinks in Lancaster County. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board this week sent letters and e-mails to 17,000 beer distributors across the state, asking them to voluntarily stop selling the drinks, which have sent numerous young ......

Wafting smoke and a power failure disrupted business Saturday afternoon and brought firefighters racing to the Manor Shopping Center on Millersville Pike. Firefighters checked the roof of the Guitar Center, on the west side of the center, after smoke was reported inside. No fire was fou......

Correction July 1, 2010 — St. Joseph Catholic Club is the sponsor of this week's carnival at St. Joseph athletic fields in Lancaster Township. All proceeds from the event go to the club.•••...

Disma's Pizza opened late last month at 33 Ranck Ave. The 1,500-square-foot restaurant features Old World Sicilian style pizza, which has a thicker crust than typical pizza. It also offers gluten-free pizza, subs, lasagna and breads made with imported Italian flour.While the location h......

There are three sites, each with "merits and drawbacks," Lancaster Township's manager said.So it might seem likely that "when you get this many people (together), you're not going to get everyone to agree," as one of the 100-plus Lancaster Township residents on ......

A baby sitter who allowed a 15-year-old Lancaster girl to drive her 9-year-old sister to a McDonald's restaurant has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, police said Thursday.Jeremie N. Ramos, 21, of East Strawberry Street, was watching the children for their mother on......

The Central Pennsylvania Golden Gloves regional boxing tournament has a new venue that will turn one amateur's debut into a homecoming.The annual boxing showcase, now in its 30th year, is set for Saturday at Lancaster Catholic High School. Promoter and trainer Barry Stumpf, who trains ......

No one was hurt in a 2-alarm fire at Manor Shopping Center on Friday that mostly was contained to a heating unit on the roof, a fire official said.The Hair Express shop sustained smoke damage, Lancaster Township Assistant Fire Chief Steve Roy said. Total damage, including the heating unit,......

A police citation isn't exactly the kind of Christmas greeting anybody wants first thing on a frosty morning. But police say — trust them on this one — that having your car stolen because you left it running with the keys in the ignition would be an even worse way to start ......

Motorists bouncing along uneven paving on Millersville Pike should see some relief next week.Sunken manhole covers and raised road edges have made an obstacle course of the state road between Millersville Borough and Manor Shopping Center.But Steve Cotts, an inspector for the state ......

City police are investigating five cases of fraud in the past week.Victims lost a total of $3,485, police said.City police Lt. Todd Umstead said it didn't appear the cases were related."It sounds like people were careless with their cards and somebody is taking advan......

Correction (Oct. 13, 2009) — The location of Tobacco Palace's new store in Park City Center, which replaces a kiosk there, was incorrectly identified. The store is in the Kohl's wing, as was the kiosk....

MacHeads, a computer store specializing in Apple products, opened Aug. 1 at 651 Harrisburg Ave. The store, which relocated from 245 Centerville Road, now occupies a roughly 1,600-square-foot spot at College Row, the retail strip at Franklin & Marshall College.The store sells Apple'......

He preys mostly on the elderly, telling them he needs money for a sick child.But police suspect the man who recently solicited several residents in the southwest area of the city and Lancaster Township is a scam artist, simply looking for some easy money.Within the past week, he has......

Following public outcry against the proposed elimination of a bus stop in Manor Shopping Center, the Red Rose Transit Authority voted last week to maintain the stop. RRTA had cited high levels of traffic and trip delays when Route 16, the Millersville bus, stopped in the shopping center. A......

Superpetz said Tuesday it will close its warehouse pet store in the Manor Shopping Center after more than 14 years in business there.The company, which is a subsidiary of Weis Markets, will close at the end of business Saturday, Brad Phillips, Superpetz president, said.Phillips said......

A Lancaster Township supervisor Monday unloaded on the School District of Lancaster over its decision last month to reject a lease agreement sought by the township's fire department.Thomas H. Schaller, a 48-year volunteer with Lancaster Township Fire Department, said the school board r......

The School District of Lancaster board rejected a lease agreement Tuesday sought by Lancaster Township Fire Department so it could build a new station on district-owned land.The department had offered to pay the district $400,000 over 99 years to lease 5 acres on Millersville Pike across f......

Lancaster Township Fire Department is hoping School District of Lancaster will jump-start long-standing plans for a new fire station on Millersville Pike by providing the land needed to build the station.The department wants SDL to donate, lease or sell the department 5 acres next to Lanca......

CI Records has left Manor Shopping Center and moved to 226 N. Prince St., adjacent to the rear of Chameleon Club, where CI founder Jeremy Weiss got his start in the music industry.•••For the third time in 12 years, CI Records has a new ......

Standing in the parking lot of the Stauffers of Kissel Hill on Rohrerstown Road Friday morning, Scott Bowers of Mountville looked thoughtful when asked what he thought about the massive remodeling project unfolding all around him. Or maybe he just couldn't hear. To his right, a backhoe......

Carol Martin remembers a time when the Manor Shopping Center on Millersville Pike was undeveloped. "It was just woods," the Manor Township resident said. "There was nothing over in here. "It really has developed." The 250,000-square-foot property was home only......

It wasn't beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Jim and Marybeth Cramer's front yard in Manheim Township until after the Thanksgiving mood ended this past weekend. "We sort of switched over" on Friday night, Mrs. Cramer said Saturday. "That's when we said, 'OK, Thanksgiving's over ... no......

Bento boxes bring class to eating.Take away the traditional flat plate, where all the food runs together.Take away the multiple plates used for appetizer, dinner and dessert.Use a bento box instead.The traditional Japanese lunch box, made of lacquered wood, typically, ......

Koser Jewelers, 64 E. Main St. in Mount Joy, plans to move to a new and larger store at the site of the former Twin Kiss Drive-In, 811 E. Main St., Mount Joy, which closed this week. Koser Jewelers plans to tear down the Twin Kiss and build a new jewelry store in its place, possibly opening it ......

Armed robbers struck twice Friday night in suburban shopping centers located east and and west of the city. Just before 9 p.m. a bandit with a box cutter stole money from the safe at the Advance Auto Parts Inc. store, 1282 Millersville Pike, in the Manor Shopping Center, Lancaster police said....

Jackie Boots loves the 21-year-old Leola man who police say killed six of his relatives and hid their bodies in a basement.

Boots, 17, said during an interview at her Honey Brook, Chester County, home Monday she dreamed about sharing a life with Jesse Dee "Jay" Wise Jr. and thei...