Former Dover HS basketball coach sentenced to prison in sex case

Aignee Freeland, who helped coach Dover High School's girls' hoops team, has been sentenced to three to 23 months in York County Prison.

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York-Adams scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 21

Following is Thursday's schedule of York-Adams sports events for Thursday, Feb. 21. Scores will be posted as they become available.

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UPDATED: York County’s most wanted

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Fire rages through mobile home in Lower Windsor Twp.

Firefighters on Thursday battled a mobile-home blaze in the 800 block of Taylor Road in Lower Windsor Twp. that reportedly killed four pets.

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Dallastown native Jones appears on Today

Dallastown native Kim Jones, an NFL Network field reporter, was on NBC's Today show on Wednesday to discuss her life-threatening heart surgery.

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Police: Lewisberry road rage ends in store with gun, knife, ‘monkey fist’

Police said the man with the "monkey fist" and knife suffered a large cut on his head when he was pistol-whipped inside a Lewisberry store.

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Designer searching for ‘Face of Prom’ in York County

A renowned prom dress designer is searching for the Face of Prom 2019 at a weekend-long event in York City — the first ever of its kind, according to store owners.

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Animals killed in N. Codorus Twp. barn fire

Five goats and 11 chicken perished when a North Codorus Township barn caught on fire Wednesday.

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Why do zebras have stripes? Science may finally have an answer

Researchers found that fewer horseflies landed on zebra-cloaked horses than on the ones without striped coats, suggesting that zebra stripes may offer protection from blood-sucking insects that can spread disease.

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EDITORIAL: You tell him, Hilde

An Arizona police officer reportedly didn’t want to hear any of that “freedom of the press stuff” from Hilde Kate Lysiak.

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Penn State ex-president Spanier’s request for appeal denied

The state Supreme Court ruled it will not take up Graham Spanier’s appeal of the misdemeanor conviction related to Spanier’s handling of a 2001 complaint about Sandusky showering with a boy in the football team locker room.

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PHOTOS: Fire rages through mobile home

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Births for Friday, Feb. 22

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Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit

The day began with an African woman telling an extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders that her priestly rapist forced her to have three abortions over a dozen years after he started violating her at age 15.

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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!

‘Ugly produce’ trend may have limits, as grocers end tests

Walmart and Whole Foods in recent years tried selling some blemished fruits and vegetables at a discount, produce they said might otherwise be trashed because it’s not quite the right size, shape or color. But the two chains and others quietly ended their tests, suggesting dented apples and undersized potatoes may not be all that appealing in stores where better looking fruits and vegetables are on display.

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Sanctions could ease with greatly reduced North Korea threat

Pompeo told NBC’s “Today” that he hopes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make good on his pledge to give up his nuclear weapons during his second meeting with President Donald Trump next week in Vietnam. But a senior administration official said the U.S. is still not sure if North Korea has decided to give up its nuclear weapons.

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Volunteers vow to bring aid to Venezuela’s needy

Nurses, doctors, engineers and homemakers have volunteered by the thousands to distribute the food and medicine in the face of a government ban.

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York County Treasurer Barbara Bair seeks sixth term

If York County Treasurer Barbara Bair wins her recently announced re-election bid, she would soon surpass two decades as the county's financial bookkeeper.

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Legendary college hoops coach kills pedestrian

Police say Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a 51-year-old man walking outside his vehicle on a highway.

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‘Artistic genius,’ York native Dominick Argento dies at 91

Dominick Argento, a York born composer, may have lived the later decades of his life in Minnesota — but his influence never left his hometown.

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Pennsylvania boy fatally impaled by glass from shattered picture frame

Authorities say a four-year-old boy was killed when a glass-framed photo fell from a wall at his family’s Philadelphia home, spraying the room with chards that struck him in the abdomen.

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2018 York County Proms

York County 2018 Proms

Police: Man gave fatal elephant tranquilizer to Dover-area brother

Police said William Dolan III bought the drugs at his brother's request. He is now being sought on felony charges.

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Two ex-Irish girls’ players honored by MAC

Two former York Catholic girls’ basketball players have been honored by the Middle Atlantic Conference.

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Immunotherapy cancer treatment puts Hellam Twp. teen in remission

A Hellam Township teen is in remission after fighting cancer with his own genetically-modified cells.

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Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers

A Coast Guard lieutenant who was arrested last week is a “domestic terrorist” who drafted an email discussing biological attacks and had what appeared to be a hit list that included prominent Democrats and medi

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York Stands Up aims to rouse York County’s left

A new progressive, grass-roots organization is taking blue momentum from last year's congressional elections to push for change in the historically red York County.

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York College’s Bady is CAC Player of the Year

York College's Jason Bady is the Capital Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Central York grad Jared Wagner on CAC second team.

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Rutter’s store in Hellam Twp. reopens, now serving alcohol

The original 2,300 square-foot store, built in 1979, remained open during construction of the new, 7,900 square foot building that sits on the same property.

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OP-ED: A Supreme Court justice would open up libel laws

Few of Donald Trump’s pronouncements inspired such fear and loathing among journalists as his famous campaign pledge to “open up our libel laws” to make it easier for aggrieved public figures such as himself to

by Michael Mcgough  | 13 hours ago

OP-ED: How Eisenhower’s ideas can help U.S./N. Korea summit

The U.S.-North Korea nuclear summit could use some ideas from President Dwight Eisenhower, who arranged the 1953 armistice ending the fighting of the Korean War.

by William Lambers  | 13 hours ago

Customers angry that disabled Walmart greeter could lose job

Pretty much anyone who shops at the Walmart in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, knows store greeter Adam Catlin, who’s been welcoming customers with a huge smile and a hearty hello for more than a decade.

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OP-ED: The little rover that could

Opportunity, NASA’s longest-living robotic Mars explorer, was declared dead last week. The tributes, poignant cartoons, emotional tweets and even love songs keep pouring in. I’m feeling surprisingly sad as well

by Usha Lee Mcfarling  | 1 day ago

Steelers’ GM fully supports Roethlisberger

General manager Kevin Colbert doesn’t take issue with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger publicly criticizing his teammates.

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OP-ED: The shame of Dixie dress-up

I can’t cast any stones at Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. Like him, I committed the sin of making a shameful costume choice in my youth. My regrettable behavior occurred at UC Berkeley in 1982, when I attended th

by Sharon Rosen Leib  | 1 day ago

Suburban grad to join Pa. track-and-field elite

One of the top athletes in York Suburban history, Yvonne Heinrich Single, will join the Pennsylvania track-and-field elite this weekend.

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Community snapshots: Feb. 20, 2019

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