DeHaven enjoying competing, setting records on the world’s stage By day, Deborah DeHaven is a para-educator, providing learning support for children with special needs in the Ephrata School District. She also teaches seasonal classes at the Ephrata...

Manheim’s Steven Courtney, 58, and his son Taylor, 29, make their living in the music industry — Steven is a well-known independent singer, songwriter, producer and performer and Taylor is a popular, in-demand, local wedding DJ who...

The Lancaster-Lebanon League held its annual Football Media Day Friday, Aug. 9 at Enck’s Catering in Manheim. Staff writer Todd Ruth caught up with the contingent from Cocalico, which included senior quarterback Noah Palm, senior two-way lineman...

Ephrata junior Annie Slovak missed most of the 2018 girls’ soccer run to the PIAA State Semifinals with a broken leg. At the time of the injury, she was the team’s leading goal scorer, catching the attention...

For the second-straight year, Ephrata’s Nathan Kimmel was an age group winner at the fifth annual Lititz Rec Center Triathlon held Sunday in Lititz. Kimmel, 16, captured the men’s under-19 age group with a total time of...

The Reamstown Athletic Association Reds lost their first game but won their second to advance to week two of the double elimination Berks Senior Baseball League championship tournament. On Saturday, the fourth-seeded Reds traveled to Birdsboro to...

  In 1891, a physical education instructor  — Dr. James Naismith  — invented the game of basketball for students to play inside during the cold, winter months at the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield (Mass.) College....

Set eight meet records, 10 pool marks The Adamstown Gators swim team earned its seventh-straight Lancaster County Summer Swim League title this past Saturday at Leola Pool. The Gators, who captured the Division One title a week...

The Pennsylvania State American Legion Baseball Tournament, as well as the Region Four Tourney, are headed back to Ephrata’s War Memorial Field. Local Post 429 made the following announcement Monday morning on Twitter: “BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!! We...

The two-time Division Two Swimming Champion Ephrata Tidal Waves were denied a three-peat this past weekend at the D-Two Meet held at Ephrata Community Pool. Despite claiming a total of 14 gold medals, Ephrata finished with 941.5...