A Columbia man will spend up to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting one man and injuring another after a drug deal gone wrong in Columbia in 2022.
James Earl Pilgrim Jr., 31, pleaded guilty to third degree murder and 10 related offenses for killing Lamar Lewis, 41, of Philadelphia, injuring Dwayne Lucas.
The shooting happened around 11 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, in the 200 block of North Second Street. Columbia police found Lewis and Lucas with gunshot wounds inside a Dodge Challenger.
Lucas was shot in the thigh and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
Pilgrim previously spent time in prison for burglary, theft and drug offenses.
After a 25-minute executive session at Tuesday night’s Columbia Borough Council, President Heather Zink announced the resignation of borough manager Mark Stivers. Council voted unanimously to accept his resignation. Stivers announced he will leave the position in four weeks.
Stivers began his tenure with the borough in March 2020.
Council also voted to advertise the open position.
Rumors of the resignation had circulated throughout the borough over the past few days.
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An industrious artist (or artists) created this rock sculpture “creature” complete with binoculars for eyes at Columbia River Park.
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Looking out across the river
Always fly your flag right side up.
State Police officers pulled over a truck on Route 462 (near Walnut) on Monday.
After checking the truck’s contents, they let it go.
This Tesla Cybertruck was seen recently at 6th & Walnut. According to Google, “The price of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck starts at $81,895 and goes up to $101,985 depending on the trim and options. Until the rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck arrives for the next model year, with a starting price of $62,985, the lineup only includes the Dual Motor and Beast models.”
Covered chimney
When you have an itch . . .
There’s something interesting about this photo.
“Sunflowers” at Tollbooth Antiques
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Traffic was rerouted from Route 30 to Route 462 due to a vehicle accident Tuesday, causing occasional gridlock through Columbia.
Several large trucks crossed the Veterans Memorial Bridge, despite the 10-ton weight limit.
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NBC 10 was at Columbia River Park the other day.
Rollerbladers
Waiting to be fed
NEWS – thataway!
A pro-Palestine message at 3rd & Locust on Saturday.
Chalk figure
This business at 469 Locust was burglarized in the early morning hours of June 3, as Columbia Borough Police reported HERE. About a month earlier, on May 2, State Police officers were at this location, as seen HERE.
Flowers in memory of World War II veterans
Seen at Our Lady of Grace Grotto, St. Peter Catholic Church
On June 2nd 2024 as you all know Demitre got a hold of a gun and accidentally shot himself in the head. With the grace of God and all of your prayers, the bullet is still in his brain but had no significant damage. We are hoping we can save his eye.
Demitre is one of the most strongest amazing little lovable kids you will ever meet and is extremely lucky to be alive today, although he may never have the use of his eye again.
Demitre is going to have a long road to recovery and require multiple surgeries to try and repair his face, skull and eye. As you can imagine will be a financial burden hard for anyone to manage without help.
please give what you can as every dollar will help, and please repost and pass on so we can try to relieve as much of the financial burden as possible!
You can contact me directly if you wish to contribute in any other way. I also appreciate everyone who reached out and prayed for my baby. God heard all of you and Demitre continues to fight the fight. Thanks again everyone
Many trucks crossed the Columbia-Wrightsville (Route 462) Bridge on Tuesday, June 4, when traffic was rerouted due to a vehicle accident on Route 30. Currently, there is a 10-ton weight limit on the bridge.
The following information appears under the heading “Lancaster County public sales: June 7, 2024” in the June 7, 2024 edition of LNP/lancasteronline.
Kline, Kreider & Good Auctioneers of Stevens, Pennsylvania, held a public sale of real estate June 1 for the borough of Columbia along Blue Lane. Twenty-six acres of partially wooded land sold for $900,000 to McKovey Family Real Estate LLC, of Columbia. [Columbia Spy Note: The Pennsylvania Department of State has no listing for McKovey Family Real Estate LLC. There is, however a listing for McKonly Family Real Estate LLC.]
Kline, Kreider & Good Auctioneers, of Stevens, held a public sale of real estate June 1 for the borough of Columbia at 740 S. 12th St. A 0.33-acre building lot sold for $96,000 to Frank Doutrich, of Columbia.
Columbia Borough, PA Notice: There will be a military funeral in Columbia on Thurs., June 6, 2024, and at approx. 12:00pm there will be a gun salute on 2nd Street.
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