A car crashed into a Lancaster home Thursday afternoon, according to Lancaster Township Fire Department.A 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser crashed into the carriage house of the Colonial Apartments at 1010 Columbia Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. The cruiser slammed through the entire first floor of the home, which was being used as converted living space. Firefighters Gene Gallagher and Devin ...

A fire displaced a family in East Petersburg on Thursday, according to Fire Department Mount Joy.Posted by Makin’ The Hit Emergency Media Services & News on Thursday, May 13, 2021Fire crews were called to the home in the 2000 block of State Street in East Petersburg shortly before 5 p.m., according to dispatch. Crews quickly got the smokey fire under control, vented the home ...

A Harrisburg dentist has been charged with raping a Snyder County teenager and assaulting her mother, according to local police.Michael Boyd Damgaard, 33, pretended to be a younger man named “Dominik”-- contacting a 15-year-old girl on SnapChat and repeatedly assaulted her between May 12 and June 19 of 2020, according to court documents.The girl claims he sent her a message threatening ...

A Pennsylvania lawyer has been disbarred after police found a "to-do list" of people to murder including US Senators, according to the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Kenelm L. Shirk III, 71, was angry about the results of the 2020 presidential election so he allegedly made a “to-do list” of people to murder in the US government, loaded his car up with firearms ...

A Lancaster man is facing two DUI charges for cycling with a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, according to Northern Lancaster Regional police.Titus Zimmerman Hoover, 59 was riding a pedalcycle in the 1900 block of West Main Street in Clay Township when police were called to the area for reports of “a pedalcycle swerving all over the road in the area of Weaver ...

A 16-year-old is dead and a 13-year-old is in the hospital after a driver opened fire at a playground on Thursday night, according to Philadelphia police. The two boys were playing at an area playground in the 2300 block of Ithan Street when the shooting started at 7:29 p.m., say police.The 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest and treated at the scene by a patrolman in the area. The ...

An 80-year-old Chester County man has been arrested by the FBI as the 40th Pennsylvania resident charged for having a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.Gary Wickersham, of West Chester, was charged on May 7 following an FBI investigation.Court documents on Wickersham’s case thus far were released late on Tuesday. Investigators identified him three days after the riot when an ...

Two brothers in York County were arrested Thursday for the homicide of a 41-year-old found dead in York on May 3, according to city police. The victim was found by police who were investigating a reported shooting at 305 Smyser Street around 11:25 p.m.The homicide stemmed from a robbery attempt involving a quantity of marijuana, according to city police.With the assistance of US ...

A mom in West Chester left her three young children home alone while she went out and overdosed, according to West Chester Police Department police.Emily A. McKee, 33, left her children at her at her home in the 100 block of East Gay Street shortly before 11:45 p.m. on March 27.Police were called to the home for a disturbance and found the three children. McKee was located in the 100 ...

The fire that destroyed the historic St. Leo's Catholic Church in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood was intentionally set, according to fire officials. The fire broke out at the St. Leo The Great Roman Catholic Church on Keystone Street and Unruh Avenue at approximately 5:15 p.m. and burned through most of the building in two hours. A wrecking ball knocked down the remains of the ...