Lancaster County commissioners are set to approve a $1.8 million state election integrity grant Wednesday that could help pay for mail-in ballot design changes meant to reduce the number of rejected ballots in the Nov. 5 general election.

A 20-year-old Lancaster man has filed a lawsuit in Lancaster County Court alleging staff members at a Luzerne County juvenile center abused him while he was placed there as a 13-year-old.

A new wave of settlement agreements with opioid makers and distributors is set to add some $13.6 million over the next 15 years to Lancaster County’s efforts to fight the opioid crisis.

More likely than not, somewhere near you is a battery that has the power to set a relentless fire that can’t be extinguished with water alone.

A labor-backed group has dropped a lawsuit against the Lancaster County Board of Elections that sought to challenge the county’s practice of rejecting mail-in ballots on which individuals failed to write a complete date on a required voter declaration.

Lancaster County Prison officials on Wednesday won approval from county commissioners to apply for a $135,000 state grant that would pay for an in-demand drug for treating opioid use disorder.

Prisoners and their loved ones concerned about extreme heat in Lancaster County Prison can contact prison officials and the commissioners office, county officials said Tuesday in response to recent complaints about the living conditions there.

A former teacher and current Lampeter-Strasburg School Board member is the newest member of the Library System of Lancaster County’s board of directors following a 2-1 vote by the county commissioners on Tuesday.

Lancaster County commissioners Wednesday approved a spending plan for the county’s $5.3 million share of federal housing assistance. This year, officials elected to devote more funding to homeownership programs and less money to rental programs.

A proposed plan for Lancaster County’s share of federal housing assistance funding this year would put more money into homeownership programs and less money into rental programs, after a county commissioner pushed for such a change last year.

Two attorneys who were involved in efforts to challenge the results of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election are representing the Lancaster County Board of Elections in a lawsuit recently filed by a labor union-backed group over the counting of mail-in ballots.

A panel of arbitrators last week awarded modest but significant raises for Lancaster County courthouse employees, many of whom work in offices that have experienced higher-than-average turnover in recent years.