Akron News

purse snatcher thwarted

LancasterOnline - Sun Nov 30

A second attempted purse snatching in less than a month at a Manheim Township grocery store was foiled by three quick-acting employees Sunday afternoon, officials said.

Gifts of L.O.V.E.

LancasterOnline - Sun Nov 30

Eric Fisher asks people shopping at Wal-Mart on Sunday to pick up a gift to donate to "Stuff the Van," ... 2 of 2 Sunday was gray, cold and rainy, about as far from the idyllic Christmas setting as one might ...

This place has made me'

Altoona Mirror - Sun Nov 30

Stanley Hall graduated from Saltillo High School on a Friday in 1960. By Monday evening, he was one day into a lifelong career at the East Broad Top Railroad.

Christmas spirit roars into East Cocalico

LancasterOnline - Sat Nov 29

Holiday purists this time of year love to expound on how Black Friday is the ultimate distortion of the true meaning of Christmas.

2nd suit filed in hotel death and sicknesses

The Morning Call - Sat Nov 29

Of The Morning Call It's the second federal lawsuit stemming from the poisonings.

Friday sales attract broad mix

LancasterOnline - Fri Nov 28

A temporary Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death early Friday in a stampede of shoppers in New York, while two people were shot and killed during an argument in a Toys "R" Us store in California.

Layaway back in style

InYork - Fri Nov 28

Layaway, that old-fashioned way of gradually buying merchandise, is back in style.

Volunteers strive to put an end to hunger, at l...

LancasterOnline - Fri Nov 28

I gave 65-year-old Larry Schell a lift home Thursday from Covenant United Methodist Church, where he'd just finished a Thanksgiving dinner.

Former DA, others talk about case of nurse charged in boy's death

LancasterOnline - Thu Nov 27

Murder suspect Joy O'Shea Woomer is not a career criminal. The East Hempfield resident is a 20-year licensed practical nurse and mother of two who served dual roles as program director and music coordinator at ...

Mercy in fatal crash penalty

LancasterOnline - Wed Nov 26

A 20-year-old Morgantown man who recently graduated high school as an "A student" was spared prison Wednesday despite causing a 2007 crash that killed a Blue Ball woman.