Monday, July 20, 2026
17-year-old killed in Columbia shooting, death ruled a homicide: coroner [update] | Local News | lancasteronline.com
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in his home in Columbia Borough Saturday night, the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office reported Monday.
Wilfredo Garcia was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head and neck, according to the coroner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide.
Coroner investigators were called to a home on the 900 block of Plane Street around 10:05 p.m. Saturday for a reported shooting. The investigators pronounced Garcia dead inside the home.
The Lancaster County District Attorney's Office said investigators interviewed everyone who was inside the house when the shooting happened and there all occupants of the house at the time the shooting and based on the investigation so far, there does not appear to be a danger to the public and more information will bee released as warranted.
The DA's office asks anyone with information regarding the shooting to call the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-684-7735.
Garcia’s death is the seventh homicide in Lancaster County this year, and the second in Columbia in 10 days. Since 2000, the county has averaged about 12 homicides a year. The high mark was 2006, with 21.
Deeds Recorded — Columbia Borough — July 20, 2026
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Fleckenstein Thomas, Fleckenstein Danielle K, Cleary Danielle, Cleary Danielle K, Clearly Danielle, Clearly Danielle K. conveyed 1338 Malleable Road to Tamang Migma Dolma, Tamang Nima Dorji for $379,900.
Kerper Alexandra C, Lydon Alexandra C. conveyed 750 Locust St. to Roldan Ambert Neftaly J, Ambert Neftaly J. Roldan, Ambert Antonia for $245,000.
Farabaugh Property Group LLC conveyed 912 Locust St. to Arias Albert Soriano for $199,900.
Teresa L. Kuhns conveyed 123 N. Seventh St. to 717homebuyers LLC for $68,700.
Delgiorno Investments LLC conveyed 405 Poplar St. to TKS Capital LLC for $1.
Sunday, July 19, 2026
About Town — July 19, 2026
This week's photos of Columbia
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JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY
This soon-to-be ghost sign might now be a collector's item. Maybe the Columbia Historic Society would be interested.
It's at 2nd & Locust.
At Front and Plane: The remains of a tree that was blown over during a storm about a week ago.
Out on Manor
There's a mashup of Beetlejuice and Little Shop of Horrors at Columbia Curiosities . . .
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Welcome to HELL. Please have a seat.
The goose cleanup crew always takes care of the leftover mayflies.
Fun on the river
Pennsylvania Furniture Mission info
Late afternoon sun filtered by Canadian smoke.
Demolition on South 4th
State Theatre Vintage Emporium
Cruisin for Cats coming July 24th at the Columbia Animal Shelter
Upside Records at 5th & Locust
Council
Hollyhock
Plates
750 South 9th
July 4th isn't over yet.
That place across the river
Wires — for what?
Rain only
On Bank Avenue
St. Paul's Episcopal
Let's Roll rolled on up to Marietta.
Is it a field sobriety test?
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Columbia Borough School District to see boost in state funding for 2026-27
Lancaster County's 17 districts will collectively receive $248 million for 2026-27, a $1.3 million increase over the prior year. This money covers general operating costs such as teacher salaries, benefits, and transportation.
The county's districts will receive $55 million total, up from $54 million the year before, to help cover the cost of educating students with individualized education programs (IEPs).
The funding boosts trace back to a 2023 Commonwealth Court ruling that found Pennsylvania's system for funding public schools was inequitable. In response, the General Assembly began directing more money to disadvantaged districts through the existing Ready to Learn Block Grant program — the funding stream that saw the sharpest year-over-year increase countywide.
Columbia Borough, one of the county's smaller and historically underfunded districts, is a natural focus of that equity-driven effort. Districts like Columbia have long argued that state funding formulas failed to account for local economic conditions and the added costs of educating high-need student populations.
These funding increases arrived as part of Pennsylvania's new state budget, which lawmakers adopted several weeks late without tapping emergency funds. The budget's ripple effects are expected to extend beyond school funding, potentially shaping state races in Lancaster County this November.
For Columbia Borough, more state dollars are coming for basic operations, special education services, and equity-focused support, continuing a multi-year trend of the state directing additional resources toward historically disadvantaged districts in the wake of the 2023 court decision.
[Source: LancasterOnline]
[Source: LancasterOnline]
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