/tags/lancaster Lancaster en-US Copyright Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:00 GMT /2024-12-30/dropping-it-like-its-hot-ohio-communities-make-the-new-years-tradition-their-own Some Ohio cities ring in the new year in style. They spend the last night of the year celebrating what’s special about their community. Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:00 GMT /2024-12-30/dropping-it-like-its-hot-ohio-communities-make-the-new-years-tradition-their-own Kendall Crawford /2024-05-20/shermans-sword-comes-home-lancaster-museum-buys-generals-weapon-at-auction The Sherman House in Lancaster purchased Gen. William T. Sherman’s sword at an auction last week. Museum officials say the monumental artifact will be used to help people connect with history. Mon, 20 May 2024 08:01:00 GMT /2024-05-20/shermans-sword-comes-home-lancaster-museum-buys-generals-weapon-at-auction Kendall Crawford /news/2024-05-14/sherman-house-museum-in-lancaster-buys-gen-shermans-sword-at-auction Fleischer's Auctions offered $40,000 to $60,000 for the sword. It sold for more than $150,000. Tue, 14 May 2024 20:58:15 GMT /news/2024-05-14/sherman-house-museum-in-lancaster-buys-gen-shermans-sword-at-auction Mark Ferenchik /news/2020-07-17/in-fairfield-county-face-mask-mandate-seen-as-virtually-unenforceable As big trucks rumble down Main Street in downtown Lancaster, Sydney Chenetski and her friend Ashley Boyer are having lunch in a park next to a large… Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-07-17/in-fairfield-county-face-mask-mandate-seen-as-virtually-unenforceable Nick Evans /news/2020-04-29/sherrod-brown-urges-government-to-loosen-coronavirus-funding-restrictions Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is calling on the Treasury Department to give local leaders greater flexibility when it comes to spending federal rescue… Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:02:34 GMT /news/2020-04-29/sherrod-brown-urges-government-to-loosen-coronavirus-funding-restrictions Nick Evans /news/2020-04-16/ohio-mayors-call-for-direct-federal-aid-as-coronavirus-devastates-local-budgets Mayors around Ohio are calling on federal authorities to deliver more funding as coronavirus-caused job losses eat into local revenue.Dayton, like many… Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:48:41 GMT /news/2020-04-16/ohio-mayors-call-for-direct-federal-aid-as-coronavirus-devastates-local-budgets Nick Evans /news/2019-09-27/petitioners-demand-lancaster-verizon-store-rehire-worker-who-claims-racism Workers and activists delivered a petition Thursday to a Verizon Wireless store in Lancaster to reinstate an employee who was fired. The petition had… Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:57:59 GMT /news/2019-09-27/petitioners-demand-lancaster-verizon-store-rehire-worker-who-claims-racism /news/2019-07-30/in-lancaster-vice-president-pence-calls-on-congress-to-pass-trade-deal More than 300 guests filled a tent set up in a rain-soaked field to see Vice President Mike Pence help executives break ground on a new Lancaster… Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:02:14 GMT /news/2019-07-30/in-lancaster-vice-president-pence-calls-on-congress-to-pass-trade-deal Nick Evans /show/the-american-sound/2019-07-16/lancasterchorale-to-perform-all-american-music-during-lancaster-festival “I call it real American music.”That’s how Stephen Caracciolo, artistic director of the LancasterChorale, describes the program for An American Mosaic,… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:15:27 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2019-07-16/lancasterchorale-to-perform-all-american-music-during-lancaster-festival Jennifer Hambrick /news-partners/2019-03-22/pentagon-identifies-2-american-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan About 14,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan. U.S. representatives have been negotiating a peace deal with the Taliban and President Trump has said he wants to cut down the U.S. presence there. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:39:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-03-22/pentagon-identifies-2-american-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan James Doubek