• Plane crashes in Brethren Village parking lot: A small passenger plane carrying five passengers crashed soon after takeoff just south of the Lancaster Airport Sunday afternoon, injuring all five passengers and causing severe damage to multiple vehicles. No injuries on the ground were reported. The crash caused a fire, which spread to several other vehicles. According to a person on the aircraft, the door was open on the plane as it attempted to return to the ground at the airport, before air traffic controllers advised the plane “Pull up!” just before the crash. The crash is under investigation by several authorities including the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. (Source: LNP)
• YMCA of the Roses president and CEO set to retire in July: After 31 years of service Larry Richardson, CEO and president of the YMCA of the Roses, announced he will retire. Richardson, joined the organization in 1994. He worked to address housing insecurity and homelessness in the region by implementing the Y Community Development Corporation to provide affordable housing in York and played a key role in advocating for the Y to operate a low-barrier homeless shelter in Lancaster. The organizations board of directors has established a committee to guide the transition process. (Source: LNP)
• Lancaster County childhood vaccination rates drop: Approximately, all childhood vaccination rates in Lancaster County have fallen since the 2018-2019 school year, causing the potential for outbreaks of potentially deadly diseases that have not been widespread in current memory. Medical experts cite the COVID-19 pandemic played a key role in the decreasing rates. Across the country, kindergartners’ vaccination rates for measles have fallen below the level needed to maintain herd immunity and this is also the case in Lancaster County, both for kindergarten and seventh grade students. The U.S. has recorded more than 100 cases of measles in 2025, with one in Pa. (Source: LNP)
• Rising costs for Lancaster County taxpayers at volunteer fire stations: East Hempfield Township’s fire chief, John Kottmyer said officials are doing everything they can to hold onto the roughly 40 volunteers who staff the Rohrerstown and Hempfield fire stations. Professional firefighters add to the expensive cost of the growing list of expenses it takes to run any fire company. There will be a a 29% jump in 2025 from last year, in volunteer fire departments serving East Hempfield. It will cost the township $1.5 million. The budget projections show fire expenses will increase by around $1 million over the next five years if the volunteer model can be sustained. Scott Wiglesworth, chairman of the township’s board of supervisors, acknowledges that the costs are becoming unmanageable. (Source: LNP)
• Lancaster County groups call for termination of city officers after ‘unacceptable’ arrest: Lancaster Stands Up, Black Voter Outreach, Lancaster Bail Fund, The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Lancaster Changemakers Collective released a joint statement condemning a video released on Facebook of Lancaster City police officers using a “high level use of force” during an arrest. The people being arrested were described as “children” by the press release. The officers are seen in the video kneeling on one of the person’s backs, while threatening the person recording with arrest. The incident is under review by the police, according to the department. (Source: LNP)
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