York County journalists traveled to Newtown, Conn., to help sister newsroom at the New Haven Register cover the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Cops & courts Archives
Feeling Newtown, Conn.’s pain, York County has seen two major cases of school violence since 2000.
Hubert Michael, who was sentenced to death in the death of a 16-year-old Franklin Township girl, has escaped the death penalty … so far
‘Trials of Hex’ author J. Ross McGinnis is knowledgable and erudite about York County’s famous witchcraft trial.
Yorktownsquare.com covers Valley View Park, the Electric Map on the move, the Hex Murder cases explained and the closing of Fitz Brothers Eastern Market stand.
Some quick facts and impressions about York County’s Hex murder case in which three accomplices killed a suspected witch.
The book ‘Long Lost Friend’ inspired superstitions among the Pennsylvania Dutch until well into the 20th century.
Yorktownsquare.com provides insight about the Battle of Wrightsville, the sentencing of former state Revenue Secretary Steve Stetler and efforts to preserve the Stewartstown Railroad.
Yorktownsquare.com cover Steam Into History, the deaths of two prominent York countians and Continental Square improvements.
Yorktownsquare.com reports that the race riots were erupting at this time 43 years ago and explains the best source to go for information on those difficult times.