Ephrata News  

A man accused of sexually assaulting four girls Saturday in Ephrata was captured in Wrightsville Tuesday night, according to authorities.

Ephrata police said they took Donovan V. Reiff, 23, into custody just after 8:30 p.m.

U.S. Marshals, Pennsylvania State Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit an...

Police credit alert neighbors with helping them nab a burglary suspect Monday in Ephrata.

Ephrata police responded at 6:35 p.m. to the 200 block of North Church Street for a burglary at a vacant house, they said.

Neighbors saw a male break a basement window and enter the home of an elderly occ...

Ephrata's proposed Major Dick Winters Memorial Trail took a step nearer to reality when borough council's community services committee voted unanimously Monday to send the plan for a full council vote next month.
The plan to name the trail after Winters, who lived in Ephrata as a boy for about eight...

A two-alarm fire in Ephrata damaged three residences and displaced at least five people Sunday, a fire official said.

The blaze at 245/247 N. State St. was reported at 5:22 a.m., according to Ephrata Fire Chief Allen Pettyjohn.

He said units first to arrive reported heavy fire to the rear of t...

 

So far, so good.
That's the assessment given by Lancaster Public Library officials almost seven weeks after a collection agency began tracking down thousands of patrons who owe money for unreturned items.
As of Wednesday, Keystone Credit Services LLC, of Lancaster, had collected $12,720 fr...

Bonnie Strohl began teaching German language at Ephrata High School in 1974.

"Always knew I wanted to teach, but when I first started, I couldn't decide among English, Math and German," Strohl said.

She settled on German and also taught English as a second language for several years.

"I kno...

Three volunteer Scouters received the District Award of Merit on May 12 from the Horseshoe Trail District of the Boy Scouts of America.
The award was presented to Pam Wolf, Melonni Shields and Richard Stammel at the district dinner, held at Midway Church of the Brethren in Lebanon.
Wolf is involved...

The state police either kept word of a planned troop realignment quiet or else the agency didn't really have a concrete plan to share the information.

We now know the answer, and it appears to be the latter.

The Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday pushed back at critics who claim the agency ...

After two years of keeping Ephrata school taxes level, board members approved a 2012-13 preliminary budget Monday calling for a 2.1 percent tax increase.
"The budget is still being reviewed," Stephanie Gingrich, director of community relations, said.
The preliminary budget calls for revenues of $54,...

Lancaster County's public libraries expect to spend about $150,000 this year to replace aging public-access computers.

The Library System of Lancaster County board on Wednesday voted unanimously to assist the county's member libraries with the purchase with a two-part program.

First, the syste...