Megan Stauffer 
Cooks from local organizations representing 25 charities brought the heat to the annual Lititz Chili Cook-off on a February 2016 day when the wind chill made noon feel like two below zero.
Buttons for the 10th annual Lititz Fire and Ice Festival chili cook-off, set for Valentine’s Day 2015 at Warwick High School, went on sale December 6, 2014 at three Lititz locations.
In February 2015, Warwick’s middle and high schools hosted a free, adults-only “Drugs 101” program featuring a mock teenager’s bedroom with more than 80 hidden signs of drug and alcohol use, sponsored by the new community group ASAP.
A Warwick sophomore swam a lifetime-best 4:39.37 in the 500-yard freestyle to finish 14th at the March 2015 PIAA Class AAA Swimming Championships at Bucknell University.
Warwick’s ice hockey team scored five second-period goals and killed all seven Dallastown power plays in a 9-2 Central Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League win at the Lancaster Ice Rink in December 2014.
Warwick’s girls soccer team scored three second-half goals to beat Penn Manor 3-0 on October 4, 2014, the Warriors’ first shutout of the season, days after an overtime win over Manheim Central.
Neshaminy High School’s boys bowling team edged top-seeded Hempfield 235-223 in the deciding Baker game to win its first Pennsylvania state team championship at Dutch Lanes in Ephrata in March 2015.
Ahead of a May 2015 Warwick School District Committee of the Whole meeting, LititzDailyNews.com laid out five reasons to attend, from a projected $3.9 million deficit in the 2015-16 budget to solicitor presentations and a new board policy.
Editor & Publisher magazine named LititzDailyNews.com a finalist for Best Photojournalism in its 2015 EPPY Awards, alongside national outlets, recognizing the solo-published site’s image-rich coverage of Lititz in its first year.
Samuel B. Whitehead of Doylestown took Best of Show at the 50th annual Lititz Outdoor Art Show in 2016 for “Baseball Omnibus #1.” Here is the full list of winners in oils, watercolor, mixed media, ceramics and more.
In July 2016, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary and Graduate School added chaplaincy studies and preaching and teaching concentrations to its doctor of ministry program, starting that fall.
The Warwick Middle School Drama Club staged “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in December 2014, one of the first school productions after stage rights to the Peanuts holiday classic became available, with a cast and crew of 27 students.