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Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has surged to a 29-point lead over the other three Republican presidential hopefuls in Pennsylvania, a state he represented for more than a decade, a new poll shows.

And he has narrowed the gap between himself and President Barack Obama in a hypothetical head-to-hea...

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is surging in the polls, and he's raking in the money.

New disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission show Santorum closing the gap with one-time front-runner Mitt Romney in campaign contributions from Pennsylvania.

Santorum's campaign committee has c...

The state Judicial Conduct Board officially suspended, with pay, District Judge Kelly S. Ballentine on Wednesday.

According to a press release from the Court of Judicial Discipline in Harrisburg, Ballentine's suspension is pending felony charges against her.

Ballentine, 43, who presides over p...

Some Landisville residents scored a minor victory Wednesday against a proposed housing plan in their neighborhood.

But what happens next with the plan to build 38 duplexes near the Landisville Pool is uncertain.

The East Hempfield Township Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously recommend...

A master plan for the proposed Lancaster Urban Forest Center in East Hempfield Township is ready for public inspection.

Lancaster County Conservancy sought ideas from residents, groups and government officials. Now it has an initial blueprint of what the center could look like, and it's ready to ...

Officials in Manheim Township and East Hempfield Township are teaming up on a proposal to replace a bridge for an estimated $2 million.

The two-lane span connects Dairy Road to Rohrerstown Road, which also carries motorists to the Route 283 interchange.

Each township would contribute $50,000 t...

City police have charged an Ephrata man with burglarizing several offices over the weekend at the Griest Building in downtown Lancaster.

And police in Ephrata say the same man is responsible for burglaries there earlier this month at a theater and pool.

Richard Anthony Garcia-Flores, 25, of th...

Police are asking for the public's help to identify two suspects in the theft and fraudulent use of a credit card last week at a Manheim Township grocery store.

A Colorado woman reported Feb. 13 that her wallet was taken from her shopping cart while she was in Giant, 1605 Lititz Pike, township po...

Five cars were stolen in Lancaster city and Lancaster Township on Monday night or Tuesday morning, according to police.

"Police are exploring the possibility that these thefts may be related," city police Lt. Todd Umstead said, but no arrests had been made as of Wednesday.

One of the car theft...

A Lancaster city pool ravaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Lee will be repaired in time for summer, officials say.

Conestoga Pines Park Pool sustained about $150,000 in damage from September floodwaters that threatened to permanently close the facility. But the city recently learned the damage...