Corrections

Report an error

Email editor@lancasterindependent.com with the headline or link, what is wrong, and how you know. An editor reads every request and will reply.

What we do about it

• Factual errors are corrected in the story as soon as we have confirmed them. A note at the bottom of the story says what was changed and when.
• Clarifications are added when a story was accurate but could reasonably be misread.
• Updates are marked as updates when new information arrives after publication.
• Typos and small style fixes are made without a note.

What we don’t do

We do not quietly rewrite stories to hide a mistake, and we do not remove accurate reporting because someone would prefer it had not been published. Requests to take a story down are reviewed by the editor case by case, with particular care where the story involves a minor or a minor offense from long ago.