
Jed Reinert is part of the digital team at LNP | LancasterOnline. He writes about Lancaster County history and nostalgia, and can be reached at jreinert@lnpnews.com.
Jed Reinert is part of the digital team at LNP | LancasterOnline. He writes about Lancaster County history and nostalgia, and can be reached at jreinert@lnpnews.com.
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
One hundred and nine years ago this month, an allegedly unsinkable ship - the largest, most luxurious steam liner ever built - struck an iceberg and sank, leaving nearly 1,500 of its crew and passengers dead.
In the early 1990s, Lancaster County was shaken and captivated by two murders that took place almost exactly one year apart.
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
On the afternoon of Thursday, July 31, 1980, 14-year-old Evelyn Fisher left her parents' New Holland home wearing a white T-shirt with yellow stripes, blue jeans and faded blue-and-white sneakers.
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
Horace and Mary Swarr were octogenarian siblings who lived together in a house on West Walnut Street in Lancaster.
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
The case of Marian Baker's murder began with a missing persons report.
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
The 1939 murder of Lucille Smith of Lititz didn't involve a months-long manhunt, or a mystery revealed in tidbits to readers of the daily newspapers. But it still garnered national attention.
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.