Or better yet, let’s call it what it is: Utterly undemocratic.
County Election Board members Joyce Dombroski-Gebhardt and Keith Gould - both Republicans - made a mockery of their solemn duties and turned Luzerne County election governance into an autocratic, lawless troika of self-serving GOP wingnuts when they ignored advice of an attorney paid to guide them and appointed County Councilman Stephen J. Urban as new board chairman.
To be perfectly clear, this has absolutely nothing to do with which party these three scofflaws belong to. Their action, and their mealy-mouthed, hubris-filled justification for the unjustifiable, would be reprehensible regardless of political affiliation.
A civil suit was filed on Feb. 16 against the Lancaster Commercial Traveler's Association (LCTA) by a Lancaster man that alleges that a chair he sat on at the LCTA restaurant on Yorkshire Drive was defective, after the chair collapsed when he sat.
A former Lititz pharmacist who for years illegally sold opioid and anti-anxiety drugs without prescriptions will pay $2.9 million to settle a federal civil case.
The agreement with Jeffrey Eshelman, who owns McElroy Pharmacy, would settle the lawsuit brought by the government that targeted crimes Eshelman pleaded guilty to in state court. The agreement, announced Thursday, must still be approved by a federal judge.
âThe opioid epidemic has devastated the lives of so many families and individuals across our country and this District. When healthcare providers such as pharmacists engage in illegal conduct that feeds the epidemic, our office will act,â Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said in a news release. âThis civil suit and consent judgment make clear that pharmacists who engage in illegal dispensing of opioids and healthcare fraud will be held accountable.â
Fourteen-year-old Claire Miller is charged with homicide after police say she stabbed her older sister, Helen, in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 22.Â
Miller, who has been charged as an adult, is one of the youngest accused killers in Lancaster County since 1976.Â
Hereâs everything we know - and donât know - about what happened so far.Â
This story will be updated as details become available.
What happened after Claire Miller called police?
Officers with Manheim Township Police Department responded to the home in the 1500 block of Clayton Road just after 1 a.m. for a reported stabbing. Responding officers were told that a girl, later identified as Claire Miller, was âhystericalâ on the phone and said she âkilled her sister,â according to the criminal complaint.Â
In an important step toward opening up a government process that has traditionally been cloaked in secrecy, a panel of judges on Tuesday said applications for individuals hoping to fill