Mifflin Coroner Looking for Answers
The Mifflin County coroner’s office has put out word that they are seeking next-of-kin information for 68 year-old Dennis J. Weaver, whose last known address was 329 South Wayne Street in Lewistown. If you have any information that you believe could help, you should contact the coroner’s office at (717) 242-4591. You can also email […]
Read MorePenn State to Host Sport Championships
Penn State has been awarded bids to host the PIAA Spring Sport Championships Festival from 2023-2026. The athletic department will hold boys volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, along with baseball and softball championships in June for the next four seasons. Penn State will also host the PIAA Boys and Girls state golf championships this fall.
Read MoreAg Progress Days Begin August 9th
Livestock studies, pasture systems, forest management and water quality will be among the topics featured on several research and educational tours offered during Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, August 9-11 at Penn State’s Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center in Rock Springs, a 2,400-acre facility. All Ag Progress Days tours are free. For details, visit […]
Read MoreFormer Police Chief Indicted on Federal Charges
A former police chief in western Pennsylvania who was sentenced to probation in state court in 2019 after admitting to stealing thousands of small bags of heroin and fentanyl from his department’s evidence room, has now been indicted on federal charges. 45 year old Timothy Butler Jr was indicted by a grand jury on one […]
Read MoreMifflintown Mother Facing Charges
The Mifflintown mother of a 4-year-old child who was hit by a car last week is now facing charges. 26 year old Mackenzie Trutt was arraigned on charges including child endangerment after the incident in which two people reported to State Police at Lewistown that at around 7:30pm on July 12th, they accidentally hit a […]
Read MorePenn State Tuition Increase
Penn State students and their families better brace for this one… They will soon see the biggest tuition hike since the 2010-2011 academic year after a Penn State trustees committee recommended the highest single-year increase in student tuition rates in more a decade. It still needs passage by the full board, but it calls for […]
Read MoreFire in Mcveytown
Mount Union firefighters were called out early Wednesday morning to battle a blaze in McVeytown. The first call came in around 2am for the fire at a home on Lombard Street home. Crews arrived to find flames on the first floor. It took about two hours to get the fire extinguished. No word of any […]
Read MoreMan Charged After Attempt to Take Taser From Police
A Lewistown man who police say knocked a Taser out of the hand of an officer, has been arrested. 22 year old Nicholas Miller is facing charges including disarming a police officer; four counts of aggravated assault; four counts of simple assault; and four counts of resisting arrest, following the incident that took place at […]
Read MoreValley Rural Electric Coop Awards Scholarships
Valley Rural Electric Cooperative recently awarded 15 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors as well as students already enrolled in post-secondary institutions for the 2022-23 academic year. Selection criteria included academic achievement, school activities and community service. Locally, students who received scholarships were from Mount Union, Huntingdon, and Southern Huntingdon.
Read MoreMifflintown Man Facing 130 Charges After Sex Assaults
A man from Mifflintown is facing a very long list of serious charges in connection with some sexual assaults that took place back in 2008. 35 year old Brian Wagner faces 25 felony counts of statutory sexual assault, 25 felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 16, 25 counts of […]
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