Today's News

Christopher Sardelli
csardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster County fire department chief died early Tuesday morning only hours after fighting a fire.
Elgin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dennis Cauthen, 54, died at 8 a.m., a little over two hours after helping clear the scene of a fire at a vacant building, according to a Lancaster County Fire Service press release.

The taps on his wingtips clicking on the hardwood floor of his classroom – that’s one sound I’ll never forget from that first day in his class.
And how professional he looked – not just that first day – but every day.
Or how he made history come alive because he was such a great storyteller.
Mr. Bennett Gunter shaped my ideas of how a professional educator looks, teaches and manages a class, and he gave me a vision for what education can do for a person.

Something big was going on down at Dr. Strait’s old homeplace. 

Since it was only three houses up Chesterfield Avenue toward town, I decided to mosey down there to see what all the commotion was about. 

After talkin’ to some of the working fellas, one of ’em spilled the beans.

“Son, they’re gonna build a brand new grammar school right here on this hill,” he said. 

Boy, that was good news for me. It meant I wouldn’t have to go across town to Central School.

CHESTER – Lancaster High School head football coach Bennie McMurray saw his Bruins finish on the short of the final score, but the LHS veteran coach was far from pushing the panic button.