Heisse set Varner's bail at $15,000, which he was unable to post. He is currently being held at the Lancaster County Prison and is awaiting a preliminary hearing on Feb. 25.

Standing before dozens of Lancaster County’s emerging professional leaders Friday, Kim Martinez shared parts of her life that ...

A Lancaster County judge sentenced a 16-year-old to more than two decades behind bars, saying the professionals got it wrong when they recommended his release back into society.

A teenager convicted of escaping from the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Lincoln last year was sentenced on Tuesday.