Penn State York hosting drive-in for double feature night

Anyone who wants the original drive-in experience can stay in their cars and tune in to the movie.

| 16 hours ago

Buttigieg making faith-based appeal to voters in 2020 bid

Buttigieg, like no other Democrat seeking the 2020 presidential nomination, is trying to demonstrate that there’s a strong religiosity among Democrats , too.

| 18 hours ago

Federal court: Pa. House can bar atheist invocations

It reverses last year’s decision by a district judge, who sided with the atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and humanists who sued.

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Giant Food Stores to provide free produce after York City blaze shutters grocery

In a news release Friday evening, Giant company officials joined city officials and announced the pop-up produce department.

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1969 riots: A reckoning, decades after York’s summer of rage

The York riots that took place 50 years ago this summer left dozens injured, many severely wounded, houses and business firebombed and destroyed, and two people dead.

York City man shot, killed outside his home

Edward Jarmond, 27, was found fatally shot in the alley behind his home about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, officials said.

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PHOTOS: York County high school graduation galleries

The York Dispatch will be photographing all York County high school graduations. Check out the latest here:

Meet Sean Clifford, PSU’s starting quarterback

Sean Clifford was officially named Penn State's starting quarterback on Friday.

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PHOTOS: York County’s 2019 proms

The York Dispatch is giving the "red carpet" treatment to all of the York County 2019 proms. Have a look to see the fashion, fun and frills at all the proms!

Local obituaries for Saturday, Aug. 24

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All Star driver breaks through at Grove

The streak has ended.  For the first time in 50 years of All Stars races at Williams Grove, an All Star driver has won a main event at the oval.

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Baltimore Orioles GM Mike Elias cleans house

Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias’ has fired 11 members of the team’s scouting and front office departments.

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Central York cruises to victory over West York

A big-play offense, a strong defense and good field position helped Central York to an easy season-opening football win over West York on Friday.

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York-Adams weekend sports scoreboard

The latest weekend high school sports scores from York and Adams counties.

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Keesey’s grand slam lifts Conrads to title

Conrads is the Susquehanna League playoff champion. The team from New Bridgeville finished off a 3-0 sweep of Jacobus on Friday.

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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: Central and West York face off in season opener

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‘Oily rags’ caused Yorktown Mall blaze, officials say

Investigators on Friday determined oil-soaked rags "spontaneously combusted" in the rear of the bakery, according to York City spokesman Phillip Given.

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FOP: York City officer resigns after social-media scrutiny

The White Rose FOP union president said Officer Griffin Jackson shouldn't have had to resign and is "not the person he is being made out to be."

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4 ways York Dispatch subscribers stay connected

You get more than a subscription when you sign up with The York Dispatch — you become part of our community.

Innovation District plan in York City receives big boost from opportunity zone

The high-tech Innovation District planned for York City's Northwest Triangle is expected to be three times larger than what had initially been planned thanks to the area being a federally-designated opportunity zone.

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Police: Woman tried to snatch 4-year-old in Lancaster emergency room

Lancaster General Hospital security officers told police the woman grabbed the child on Thursday.

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UPDATE: Autopsy inconclusive after campground shooting, coroner says

It remains unclear whether Victoria Hicks was the victim of homicide, suicide or an accident.

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PHOTOS: See the damage from this morning’s fire at Yorktown Mall in York City

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York City fire officials: Yorktown Mall stores unsafe after Friday morning blaze

The shopping center houses a CTown Supermarket, a Family Dollar store, a state Wine and Spirits store and Pandaria Bakery among other businesses.

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Springettsbury supervisors name new police chief

Springettsbury Township Police Lt. Todd King is being promoted to chief and will replace Dan Stump, who is leaving the position Sept. 23, according to a township news release.

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Springettsbury board OKs projects for mini-casino

Board member Justin Tomevi said the board's unanimous vote was a signal from the Springettsbury board that the township is "comfortable with the project moving forward."

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Local obituaries for Friday, Aug. 23

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County baseball playoff games suspended by rain

Both of the league playoff championship series games in York County on Thursday night were suspended because of rain.

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Central York High goalie commits to D-I school

Prior to her junior season beginning, Central York High girls' soccer goalie Morgan Wood verbally committed to play at NCAA Division I William & Mary.

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GIRLS’ TENNIS, AUG. 22: Doubles sweep helps K-D

The Kennard-Dale girls' tennis teams swept the doubles matches on Thursday en route to a 3-2 nonleague triumph at South Western.

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OP-ED: Shell Oil allegedly coerced its workers to attend a Trump rally. Blame the Supreme Court

Workers at a Royal Dutch Shell petrochemical plant outside Pittsburgh were coerced into attending a political event featuring President Trump on Aug. 13 on pain of losing overtime pay for the week.

by Michael Hiltzik  | 2 days ago

Last of its kind rocket puts GPS satellite in orbit

United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV medium-class rocket blasted into a hazy morning sky from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was a fitting swan song for the rocket. Company President Tory Bruno tweeted that the liftoff was “hot, straight and normal.”

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OP-ED: Jill Biden to voters: ‘Swallow’ your principles and back my husband

Pick your political cliché. Jill Biden was either saying the quiet part out loud or committing a Michael Kinsley gaffe (that is, speaking the truth) when she suggested that her husband needs the support of voters who prefer other Democratic candidates.

by Michael McGough  | 3 days ago

PennDOT: I-83 southbound lanes to close overnight Friday, Sunday

Contractors will be removing beams from the Mount Rose Avenue bridge that crosses over I-83 at Exit 18 in Springettsbury Township.

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OP-ED: It’s time for journalists to tell more complex truths

Journalism is not for the faint of heart, especially in an era where the most powerful politician in the land has labeled its practitioners “enemies of the people” who produce “fake news.”

by E.R. Shipp  | 3 days ago

Fans choose sides in the ‘Chicken Sandwich War’ of our time

People are choosing sides and beefing over chicken, thanks to Popeyes’ release of its crispy chicken sandwich and the social media debate that has followed. With just one addition to a fast-food menu, the hierarchy of chicken sandwiches in America was rattled, and the supremacy of Chick-fil-A and others was threatened.

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OP-ED: Look, Americans like free trade again

After a long succession of presidents who believed in the benefits of lowering trade barriers and entering multilateral trade agreements, the United States got one who decidedly does not. So what happens to public opinion? It moves more strongly in favor of free trade.

by Jon Healey  | 4 days ago