Claims against Pennsylvania school over teen’s disappearance dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed an eastern Pennsylvania mother’s argument that a school should be held responsible for psychological harm and bad publicity over her teenage daughter’s disappearance to Mexico with

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Firefighters battled Springettsbury blaze

York Area United Fire and Rescue crews found heavy flames at a house fire in Springettsbury Township on Saturday, Feb. 16, said Battalion Chief Brett Graham.

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump spins fiction about diversity visas

President Donald Trump is going after the “horror show” known as the diversity visa lottery program. His description of it is pure fiction.

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Toomey displeased with Trump’s border emergency, breaks with Smucker, Perry

Some Republicans representing York County in Congress are supportive of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to secure more border funding — Sen. Pat Toomey isn't one of them.

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Ex-FBI official: ‘Crime may have been committed’ by Trump

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that aired Sunday that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI and tried to publicly undermine an in

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EDITORIAL: Smucker, Perry roll over for Trump

Allegiance to President Donald Trump and fear of his frothing base yet again superseded any semblance of principle or duty.

by York Dispatch Editorial Board  | 1 day ago

Officials: Centralia sinkhole unrelated to underground fire

State environmental authorities say a 100-foot sinkhole found in a central Pennsylvania town almost completely emptied by a decades-long underground fire is unrelated to the blaze.

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UPDATED: York County’s most wanted

School threat system fields thousands of tips in first month

HARRISBURG – A threat reporting system now required for all Pennsylvania schools fielded more than 4,900 tips in its first month, about a third of them considered serious enough to pass along to local police an

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Alleged gang gunman charged in 2014 York City homicide

A man currently in prison on assault charges is now charged in the death of a Lancaster County man from 2014.

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HOUSEHOLDER: Reflecting on past dirt openers

With the 2019 area dirt-track opener looming at Lincoln Speedway, it's a good time to reflect on some openers from the past.

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Pimp gets 10 years for trafficking underage girl in York, selling heroin

Willie James Johnson kept all the money his sex-trafficking victims earned, paying the addicts only in heroin, court documents state.

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Local obituaries for Monday, Feb. 18

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MUST SEE VIDEOS by The York Dispatch

See the most current videos by York Dispatch staff.

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Hamlin earns second Daytona 500 win in 4 years

Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 for the second time in four years, leading a 1-2-3 sweep for Joe Gibbs Racing.

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PHOTOS: York County’s 2018 homecoming dances

The York Dispatch is giving the "red carpet" treatment to all of York County's high schools for their 2018 homecoming dances. Have a look to see the fashion, fun and frills at the dances!

PHOTOS: Greek Food Festival

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PHOTOS: Great Backyard Bird Count Drop-In Program at Nixon Park Nature Center

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Aurora shooter’s permit was revoked but gun wasn’t seized

More than 1,500 people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil Sunday for the five victims, who included a university student on his first day as an intern and a longtime plant manager.

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School board in Virginia might end transgender bathroom ban

“I have fought this legal battle for the past four years because I want to make sure that other transgender students do not have to go through the same pain and humiliation that I did,” Gavin Grimm said.

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State Department: Nauert out as pick for U.N. ambassador

A potential issue involving a nanny that she and her husband had employed may have been a factor in her decision to withdraw, according to one aide.

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VIDEO: Gallon brothers on York High’s title win

Brothers Clovis Gallon Jr. and Cameron Gallon talk after York High's win over New Oxford in the York-Adams League tournament championship.

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Gallon family enjoys Y-A League title together

York High head coach Clovis Gallon Sr. and his sons, Clovis Gallon Jr. and Cameron Gallon, helped lead the Bearcats to the Y-A League title.

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2018 York County Proms

York County 2018 Proms

‘Taking their last breath’: IS hides among Syrian civilians

From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries’ shared border.

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Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

The process Mitch Hungerpiller helped develop and built his small Alabama technology company around has resulted in a more than decadelong fight with the U.S. Postal Service, which says his solution shouldn’t have been patentable.

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Births for Monday, Feb. 18

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Winter weather advisory for York County until Monday morning

A wintry mix of snow, freezing rain and drizzle will move across York County and central Pennsylvania beginning Sunday evening and continuing overnight into Monday.

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‘Battle Angel’ flies into first, but ticket sales aren’t exactly soaring

20th Century Fox said Sunday that the James Cameron-produced film earned an estimated $27.8 million over the weekend against a reported $170 million budget, which includes cost-saving tax incentives and rebates.

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LOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP: York men get key win

The York College men's basketball team earned a share of the CAC title on Saturday, thanks to some more late-game heroics from senior Jason Bady.

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How to submit a letter to the editor

SCHMUCK: O’s broadcaster Angel waves bye-bye

If you asked Joe Angel to put his four-decade broadcast career into perspective, I think we all know where he would put it. “In the win column!”

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Wolfgram downs Christas in 285-pound showdown

In a battle of heavyweight unbeatens, Central York's Michael Wolfgram defeats Dallastown's Raymond Christas on Saturday.

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OP-ED: Step up, or stop complaining

During this year’s municipal elections, voters will see familiar names when they stand in front of their voting machines … not the names from the nightly news, but rather the names of friends and neighbors who want to serve their community.

by David M. Sanko  | 22 hours ago

Body found in trash bag covered by blanket

Police are investigating the discovery of a body in a trash bag in northwest Philadelphia.

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OP-ED: Climate crisis requires us to invest in future, not subsidize the past

People across the United States, from Los Angeles to Des Moines to Orlando, deserve to drive affordable cars that don’t harm the places they love and pollute the air we all breathe.

by Gina Coplon-Newfield  | 4 days ago

Area hall of famer excels in Fla. sprint action

Depending on how one looks at it, Mark Smith either had a very good week or a very unlucky week at the East Bay 360 Sprint Car Nationals in Florida.

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OP-ED: It’s time to shut down tax havens

For many Americans, February is tax time — or at least the time they are reminded of their need to pay taxes, now that the forms are all in. That means millions of people are starting to sift through piles of p

by Michael Galant  | 5 days ago

OP-ED: What would Lincoln do? 16th president navigated times even more polarized than today’s

Abraham Lincoln, who was born 210 years ago this month, was president during an era even more rancorous and polarized than our own. Yet he managed to navigate it – not in a way that pleased everyone or made him

by David Blankenhorn  | 23 hours ago

LETTER: Why won’t you help powerline opponents, Gov. Wolf?

As part of a growing group of community and landowners still fighting the proposed, redundant, high-tension powerline project proposed by Transource, we’re asking, “Why won’t you help us, Gov. Tom Wolf?”

by Deborah Macklin and Dolores Krick  | 5 days ago