Thursday, September 24, 2015

Emergency crews investigate empty kayak on river

Emergency crews responded this morning to a call about an empty kayak caught on the rocks on the Susquehanna River, above the Wrights Ferry Bridge. As of this posting no owner or occupant has reportedly been located.




Albatwitch Festival this Saturday


Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Halloween must be right around the corner

If this display at Bootleg Antiques is any indication, then Halloween is right around the corner. 




Traffic lights are powered up at Front and Walnut

Workers turned on the electricity to the traffic lights at Front and Walnut Streets this afternoon, in preparation for the lights becoming operational.



Gas pipeline signs installed

 Signposts indicating a gas pipeline were recently installed on Mill Street at the bridge over Shawnee Creek.

Unfortunately, one of the signposts was pulled out and thrown into the creek.

Route 441 bypass paving is underway

Workers paved a section of the Route 441 bypass today, from Route 30 to Bridge Street.







Homeless killer's appeal rejected, life sentence stands for riverside slaying


Tyrick D. Walker, 34, is serving a life sentence for beating, strangling and drowning 41-year-old Mark McLaughlin on April 4, 2011, at a makeshift homeless camp by the river in West Hempfield Township.

On Monday, his bid for a new trial was rejected by the state Superior Court, according to a release Wednesday by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office.