Lancaster scored high in several categories including health care and housing affordability on the U.S. News list.

Foreign ransomware extortionists disabled access to some critical Steinman Communications systems and computer files in what company executives described as a sophisticated criminal attack that continues to limit the company’s ability to publish a complete newspaper.

Lancaster County commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday to create a health advisory council tasked with providing data analysis and recommendations to detect, prevent and respond to illnesses that pose a public health threat to residents.

Lancaster County is receiving an additional $6.2 million in rent relief funds which struggling renters can take advantage of until September 2025.

At the end of this month meetings will begin to capture a broad set of resident voices as Lancaster officials seek input in creating a new 20-year comprehensive plan that will shape, perhaps more than any other document, the city's future.

After a summer full of contentious debate over whether to require masks in Lancaster County schools, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf hit the reset button Tuesday, announcing masks are once again required in public and private schools, as well as day care centers, throughout the state.