Year: 2015

DUI enforcement set for St. Patrick's Day around York, Adams, Lancaster counties

There will be roving DUI patrols in Adams and Lancaster counties this weekend, according to a press release from the Center for Traffic Safety.
There will also be mid-week sobriety checkpoints in Adams and York counties, and roving DUI patrols in York and Lancaster counties.

New Lancaster County mayors group targets heroin epidemic, plans summit

“Mayors are the eyes and ears of the people,” said Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz, mayor association vice chair. “When someone has a problem, they get a hold of the mayor.”

PA open-carry handgun rules: 'We have created a minefield of regulations,' advocate says

On Feb. 3, Ashley Curry, 31, of Columbia, got into an argument with another woman in the parking lot of a Columbia shopping center.
Roland survived, and Curry was charged with ethnic intimidation, aggravated assault and related offenses.
She was not charged, however, with a violation of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearms Act — the state’s overriding list of gun laws.
That’s because, “She had a valid license to carry a firearm,” Columbia police Chief Jack Brommer said.

PA Joins Two More States in Banning Use of 'Climate Change'

A former employee of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) said that she had been “explicitly ordered” to remove all references to climate change from the DCNR’s website. She said the orders came from then-Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration.