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Texas company purchases Highway Materials
Texas-based Heidelberg Materials North America recently announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Philadelphia-based Highway Materials, an aggregates and asphalt producer. “The addition of the Highway Materials business, with its broad range of products and more than 80 years of history in Pennsylvania, is a great opportunity to strengthen the company’s aggregate reserves […] The post Texas company purchases Highway Materials appeared first on Pennsylvania Business Report.
Storm topples trees, damages generational farm in Lebanon County
NORTH LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — After heavy winds and rainfall during a storm Wednesday night in Lebanon County, one prominent farm owned and operated by the same family was damaged by toppled trees in the Palmyra area. Family members involved with JDS Family Farms in North Londonderry Township said...
WATCH: Storm rolls through PA destroying local Palmyra dairy farm
PALMYRA, Pa. (WHP) — Taking a look from above with Sky View 21 shows us JD’s Family Farm in Palmyra sustaining tons of damage from a storm that tore through many Central PA communities on July 17. People are working on the farm to clean up the damage...
Volunteers work to fix up homes in York County
DILLSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — They don’t do it to get attention but we heard about incredible work some local volunteers are doing – and we checked it out. These are members of Mount Pleasant Church of God in Dillsburg, they are spending all week with volunteers from other churches – fixing up other people’s homes. […]
Quest closing Pennsylvania lab, laying off 121 people
Quest Diagnostics is closing a lab in Pennsylvania and laying off 121 employees at the site, the company said in a recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter filed with the state. The Norristown lab performs workforce drug testing on urine specimens. Quest is consolidating its capabilities at a facility...
Fire torches popular Lancaster County antique warehouse
A Thursday night fire at Tollbooth Antiques in Columbia, Lancaster County, left the business’ building ravaged and smoldering. The Columbia Borough Fire Department and several surrounding fire crews were sent to the area of Chestnut and North Second streets just after 8:30 p.m. Over a dozen fire and EMS vehicles lined the streets.
Flames wreck Columbia antique warehouse
COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) — An antique shop in Lancaster County is in ruins after a massive fire there Thursday evening. Flames broke out at Tollbooth Antiques in the 200 block of Chestnut Street around 8:00 p.m. The large warehouse structure was engulfed in flames, sending a plume of smoke...
Duo gets up to 40 years for deadly 2020 shooting in York City, DA’s office says
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Two men will spend decades of their lives in jail for murdering another man in a 2020 shooting in York County, officials said. Roddrick Battle, 22, and Luis Rosado, 19, were both sentenced Thursday to spend between 20 and 40 years in state prison by Judge Harry Ness, the York […]
Police respond to a motorcycle crash in Shrewsbury Township
STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. — Emergency services were called for reports of a motorcycle crash in York County. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. The report came in around 4:20 p.m. by the Stewartstown Road and Victor Court in Shrewsbury Township. No road closures or injuries have been reported...
Moon Dancer Winery, after lengthy litigation, closed Thursday, perhaps for good
Jim Leaman stopped by the Moon Dancer Vineyard & Winery at noon on Thursday, wondering whether his band, Travelers, could get another gig at the venue. The six-piece band, which plays country blues and folk, had performed at the winery, just south of Wrightsville on Klines Run Road, and Leaman wondered whether they...
Road repairs begin after water main break in Lancaster County
LITITZ, Pa. — After a water main break damaged East Main Street in Lititz, Lancaster County, roadwork is underway to make repairs. Crews began milling East Main Street from Broad Street to Cedar Street on Thursday morning. The road had been closed since the incident that happened on Friday, limiting vehicle access to businesses along the road.
Perry County landlord attacked with sledgehammer, screwdriver while evicting tenants
PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Two people are jailed on attempted homicide charges Wednesday for allegedly attacking their landlord with a sledgehammer and screwdriver, court documents state. According to the charges filed by State Police at Newport, Joshua Goshorn, 39, and Ashley Zellers, 38, both of Newport, allegedly attacked their landlord who was changing the […]
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