Sunday, March 20, 2022
Columbia Borough Fire Dept. personnel attend 3-day Water Rescue and Emergency training session
Members of the Columbia Borough Fire Department attended a 3-day water rescue training session.
This weekend, Columbia Borough Fire Department personnel attended a 3-day training session Water Rescue & Emergency Response; Water Rescue Ops Level. This training was instructed by WhiteCap Water Rescue Training (Todd A. Stahl) and consisted of classroom, indoor pool session and outdoor moving water site (Schuylkill River).
[Article and photos submitted by Todd Stahl]
Author, curator appointed new executive director at Wright's Ferry Mansion in Columbia
As it prepares to reopen for the season in May, Wright's Ferry Mansion has appointed a new executive director, James Archer Abbott.
Abbott comes to the Columbia historic site from the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware.
He has been a curator or director at museums in Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; and New York's Hudson Valley, according to a news release. Abbott's other past positions include director and curator of Johns Hopkins University's Evergreen Museum and Library, curator of the Woodrow Wilson House and curator of decorative arts for the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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Police identify Columbia man as shooter in fatal Manheim Township nightclub confrontation
Manheim Township police have identified a Columbia man they say shot and killed a man at a nightclub early Saturday morning.
Tyler Jamel Wilson, 28, opened fire at Club Twenty3 at 1703 New Holland Pike in Manheim Township around 1:23 a.m., striking 25-year-old Jatavis D. Scott, police said in a news release.
Scott was driven in a private vehicle to a hospital, where he later died.
Wilson, of the 200 block of South 4th Street in Columbia, was charged with criminal homicide, eight counts of recklessly endangering another person and two firearms violations.
Anyone who knows of Wilson's whereabouts is urged to immediately contact their local police. Anyone with information about the shooting itself is urged to contact Manheim Township police at 717-569-6401, ext. 0, or Lancaster Crime Stoppers at 800-322-1913. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers by texting "LANCS" plus a message to 847411.
Law enforcement is urging people not to approach Wilson, who may be armed.
A Manheim Township police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for additional information Sunday.
Wilson, who court records show has also used the name Tyler Jamar Wilson and Tyler James Wilson, has previously pleaded guilty to fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, recklessly endangering another person and numerous traffic violations in 2013.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Columbia school board updated on state test results
Elementary and middle school results: Park Elementary School's highest scoring assessment was science, with 56.4% percent of students scoring in the proficient or advanced categories. Elementary students' lowest scoring subject was math, with 16.8% of students scoring at or above proficiency. Middle school students scored the highest in English, with 31.8% scoring as proficient or advanced. Middle schoolers' lowest scoring assessment was math, where 6.4% of students scored at or above proficiency.
High school results: Because the state calculates assessments for high school students differently, results for the 2020-21 school year included assessments taken in previous years. Additionally, a smaller group of students took the exams, further limiting the data. Results were only available for English and math assessments, with students scoring better in math.
Comments: Rizzo explained that across grade levels, between 10%-22% of parents opted out of having their children take the tests. She acknowledged that the results were not what the district would like to see, but added that the results should not be compared to scores from other years due to the circumstances surrounding the 2020-21 school year.
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UPDATE: Man shot to death at Manheim Township nightclub; Columbia man charged with criminal homicide: police
A Mississippi man was shot to death in a Manheim Township nightclub early Saturday morning, according to police, and a Columbia man has been charged with criminal homicide.
Officers were dispatched to Club Twenty3 at 1703 New Holland Pike around 1:23 a.m. following a report of a fight, Manheim Township police said in a news release. While on the way, officers learned that shots had been fired and that one person, 25-year-old Jatavis D. Scott, had been struck.
Scott was driven to a hospital in a private vehicle where he was later pronounced dead.
The news release did not state how many times Scott was struck.
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Columbia man charged with criminal homicide Saturday: police
Manheim Township police have charged a Columbia man with criminal homicide for an incident that took place earlier Saturday.
Tyler James Wilson, 28, was charged Saturday with criminal homicide, eight counts of recklessly endangering another person and two firearms violations, court records show.
Court documents indicate the homicide took place in Manheim Township earlier in the day.
Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said a man died at a hospital in the early morning hours following a shooting at Club Twenty3 at 1703 New Holland Pike. The man, whose name Diamantoni did not release, will undergo an autopsy Monday morning.
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