An 82-year-old woman from Hickman nearly lost $25,000 in a scam before the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office interfered.

PCH was started in 1953 when Long Island, New York, husband and wife team Harold and LuEsther Mertz mailed out 10,000 envelopes soliciting magazine subscriptions.

If the Publishers Clearing House prize team shows up at your door with one of those big checks, cash it before it bounces. The company, which is known for its consumer sweepstakes and subscription ...

Publishers Clearing House, a decades-old marketing and sweepstakes company known for doling out large “Prize Patrol” checks, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Publishers Clearing House, the Jericho-based magazine subscription service once famous for surprising sweepstakes winners at home with an oversize check, has filed for bankruptcy, the company ...