Tom Lisi

Lancaster, Pittsburgh

County Reporter at LNP

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New Lancaster County library system board member wants parent control

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

An East Hempfield woman who says she hopes to give parents more control over what books and other materials children are exposed to at local libraries on Tuesday was appointed to the Lancaster County Library System board.
Lancaster County Sheriff says deputies will not conduct ICE 'raids'

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

Lancaster County Sheriff Chris Leppler said Monday that a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would not significantly change his office’s operations but comes with the added benefits of additional training for deputies to carry out requests from ICE. “I don't see a significant increase in what those deputies are going to be doing, outside of what they’re already going to be doing,” Leppler said Monday at a county Salary Board meeting.
Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center reworks procedures on strip searches

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

Starting next week, staff at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center will need to get permission from a county judge before performing a strip search on kids living at the shelter side of the facility. County Commissioner Alice Yoder announced the policy change Friday at a youth center board of managers meeting, along with other new protocols regarding searches.
Lancaster County sheriff calls for ICE training for 10 deputies amid staffing woes

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

The same day Lancaster County’s president judge alerted attorneys that county court proceedings could be delayed because of a lack of staffing at the sheriff’s office, Sheriff Chris Leppler proposed training 10 deputies in his office to assist federal authorities in immigration enforcement.
ICE firma acuerdos con el Sheriff del Condado de Lancaster y la Policía Regional del Noroeste

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó acuerdos con la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Lancaster y el Departamento de Policía Regional del Noroeste que permiten a las dos agencias locales arrestar y detener a personas en nombre de la agencia federal. Una actualización en el sitio web de ICE el martes mostró que la agencia federal había aprobado los acuerdos la semana pasada.
ICE signs off on agreements with Lancaster County Sheriff, Northwest Regional Police

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement has approved agreements with the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and Northwest Regional Police Department that allow the two local agencies to arrest and detain people on behalf of the federal agency. An update to ICE’s website Tuesday showed the federal agency had approved the agreements last week.
Lancaster County Sheriff, Northwest Regional Police offer help to ICE

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and the Northwest Regional Police Department have both applied to join a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that gives local officers the power to question peoples’ immigration status during the course of their work. The “task force” agreement the two local agencies applied to join, shelved in 2012 but revived after Trump returned to office this year, also authorizes local law enforcement personnel to make immigration arrests on behalf of ICE.
Lancaster County commissioner to present findings on Youth Intervention Center

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

Commissioner Alice Yoder said she plans to present the results of a review of policies at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center next week at a meeting of the facility’s oversight board. The Youth Intervention Center Board of Managers is scheduled to meet May 2; three new members will be in attendance. “I’m on the agenda to give an update on the (facility’s) standard operating procedures, what happened with the recommendations and what’s happened so far,” Yoder said Wednesday.
Lancaster County officials plan for May 20 primary, acknowledge death of employee

3 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

The Lancaster County Board of Elections on Wednesday held a brief moment of silence for April Wefler, a county elections worker who was found dead earlier this week. County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino, chairman of the elections board, called for the moment of silence at the beginning of a Wednesday public meeting to honor the 33-year-old, calling Wefler “our dear colleague.”A six-year veteran at the county, Wefler worked as a supervisor in the elections department.
Here are proposed polling place changes in Lancaster County for May 20 primary

3 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

The Lancaster County elections office is sending out notices this week to affected voters in 12 precincts where polling places likely will change for the upcoming May 20 primary. Of the 12 proposed changes, seven are simply polling places returning to their normal locations following the March 25 special election in the 36th state Senate District.