Pennsylvania Rings in 2026 with New Laws You’ll Probably Break Before February ColumbiaPA.Online — January 1, 2026Happy New Year, Pennsylvania! While you were busy making resolutions you’ll abandon by next week, Harrisburg was busy making rules you’ll probably ignore by tomorrow. Here’s what’s new for 2026—and why you might want to read this before your…
New Year’s Day “Fire” at 50 North Fourth Street: Spoiler Alert—It Was Just Drama Columbia, PA — January 1, 2026While most people were nursing champagne hangovers and making resolutions they’ll break by February, one local building decided to kick off the year with a bang—or rather, a hiss. At 50 North Fourth Street, an unknown…
Breaking News: Pedro Vega-Rivera Finally Runs Out of Places to Hide Columbus, OH / Columbia, PA — December 19, 2025 After weeks of playing hide‑and‑seek with law enforcement, Pedro Luis Vega‑Rivera, 31, of Columbia, PA, has been captured in Columbus, Ohio. The manhunt is over, and frankly, everyone’s exhausted — except Pedro, who apparently thought…
Fear and Silence After Columbia Dream Center Break-In: A Community on Edge By Staff Reporter Columbia, PA — In the quiet hours of a recent morning, the Columbia Dream Center — a homeless shelter and church-run outreach hub — became the focus of a terrifying ordeal. Around 2 a.m., witnesses say a man broke into…
Lancaster County’s Toys for Tots Faces Heartbreaking Shortage — Santa Needs Your Help Picture this: a child wakes up on Christmas morning, hoping for a gift that shows someone cares. But this year, for hundreds of kids in Lancaster County, that hope is fading fast. The local Toys for Tots program is facing a critical…
Columbia Man Gets a Decade to Think About His Life Choices After Selling Enough Fentanyl to Wipe Out a Small Country In a plot twist that sounds like the opening scene of a bad Netflix crime drama, a Columbia man was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months to 10 years in state prison for…
Chaos on Walnut Street: Columbia Borough Shaken by Midnight Gunfire Columbia Borough, PA — December 9, 2025 The quiet of a winter night was shattered in Columbia Borough when a barrage of gunfire erupted on Walnut Street, leaving residents terrified and police scrambling to secure the scene. What began as a routine patrol quickly escalated…
Columbia Police Chief Jack Broomer to Retire in May; Holly Arndt Poised to Make History COLUMBIA, PA — Police Chief Jack Broomer, who also serves as interim Borough Manager, will retire from the department in May before transitioning into the full‑time Borough Manager role. His departure sets the stage for a historic moment in Columbia…
Columbia Borough’s Old-Fashioned Christmas: Saturday Schedule Columbia Borough is set to sparkle this weekend with its annual Old-Fashioned Christmas celebration. Saturday brings a full day of family-friendly events, local shopping, and holiday traditions—all leading up to the much-anticipated Tree Lighting Ceremony at Locust Street Park. Saturday, November 29 – Event Timeline A Day to Remember…
Lieutenant Holly Arndt: A Columbia Borough Leader Reaches New Heights Columbia Borough, PA – In a profession where leadership and integrity define success, Lieutenant Holly Arndt has achieved a milestone that sets her apart. The Columbia Borough Police Department recently announced her graduation from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff…
