Free Republic

A plane crashed into a Lancaster County retirement village parking lot Sunday afternoon, leaving multiple people injured and sparking a fire that engulfed nearby vehicles. The plane came down just south of the Lancaster Airport in the parking lot of Brethren Village in the Fieldcrest Building. That's in the area of Fairview Drive and Meadowview Court in Manheim Township. There were five people on board the plane. All were taken to area hospitals.

LANCASTER, Pa. — The number of COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania hit a 10-month high Wednesday. Hospitalizations are also on the rise, and that is impacting the care of non-coronavirus patients. Hospitals said they are seeing the waves of COVID-19. This latest surge may be related to waning immunity from the first vaccinations and the need for boosters, as well as many who are still unvaccinated. Health systems have had to react like they have during other times in the pandemic. More than 100 COVID-19 patients are in Lancaster General Hospital. It's twice the number from just three weeks ago. "We're...