Firefighters from West End Fire & Rescue Co. and the Vigilant Hose Co. were dispatched to a reported pickup truck fire at 5:45 p.m. last Saturday along North Morris Street in Shippensburg Borough. Fire Officials from the West End Fire & Rescue Co. stated, ‘When the first engine arriv…
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced recently that charges have been filed against three people connected to a drug distribution and human trafficking ring operating in and around Reading, Berks County. Hector M. Rivera, 50, of Reading; Dushawn O. Ellis, 31, of Reading; and Bridget …
Newville police stopped a 2000 Subaru with an expired registration on June 12 along East Main Street, near South High Street. Police said the driver, identified as Eric R. Anderson, 44, of Newville, had glassy/watery eyes, and the officer smelled alcohol on his breath. Police said Anderson c…
Gov. Tom Wolf last month signed the 14th renewal of his January 2018 opioid disaster declaration to help the state fight the opioid and heroin epidemic.
A pickup truck was destroyed by flames in the 700 block of Greenspring Road in North Newton Township just after noon last Friday. Fire Chief Brad Stouffer of the Friendship Hose Co., said, ‘When I arrived on the scene, the engine compartment was fully engulfed in flames, and spread rapidly t…
Newville police said a traffic stop for speeding was conducted at 8:31 p.m. July 22 on a Mercury sedan. When police made contact with the driver, they smelled marijuana emitting from the vehicle. The passenger, Jay L. Walter Jr., 27, of Fayetteville, informed officers that he was using marij…
Newville police were called to the first block of North High Street at 11:38 p.m. July 22 for a possible domestic incident.
A fire that broke out in a second-floor apartment in the 900 block of Stouffer Avenue, Chambersburg, just before 3 p.m. last Wednesday left eight people temporarily homeless.
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced today that the department’s partnership with virtual identity verification vendor ID.me has been extended to provide identity verification for all new Unemployment Compensation (UC) claims.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently educated residents and businesses about the ways that scammers use utility-related schemes to scare or trick customers into sending them money or disclosing personal information.
As part of his ongoing law enforcement reform efforts, Gov. Tom Wolf recently joined the Pennsylvania State Police to announce the launch of a new electronic database for use by law enforcement agencies in the hiring of law enforcement officers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The driver of a pickup truck suffered serious injuries in a rollover crash that occurred just after 7:30 p.m. last Friday in the 12000 block of Forge Hill Road in Roxbury, Letterkenny Township. The driver was trapped in the truck, and had to be extricated by area firefighters. The driver was…
Pennsylvania State Police said a 37-year-old Duncannon man was killed in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Carlisle and Pine Grove roads in Dickinson Township at 11:35 a.m. July 10.
In partnership with the Pennsylvania State Police and local police departments, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region (BBBSCR) presented at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s National Conference. This conference, Bigger Together, took place virtually June 28-July 1. More than…
Seven people were injured in an accident involving a passenger car and a camper, which was being pulled by a pickup truck, at 6:55 p.m. Sunday at the tri-intersection of Newburg, Chamberlin and Ridge roads, Hopewell Township. Injuries ranged from serious to minor. Four ambulances and two par…
Two drivers were flown from the scene of a serious head-on collision that occurred just after 1 p.m. last Wednesday in the 4400 block of Lincoln Way West.
West End Fire & Rescue Co. and Fayetteville Fire Co. were dispatched for a reported brush fire along Interstate 81 southbound at Exit 24 Fayette Street at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday. Units found about a 25 square foot area of dry brush on fire, spreading upward towards Mount Rock Road. The fire w…
Editor’s Note: The following article contains disturbing details of child abuse.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gerard Gaffney, 19, of Mount Rainier, Maryland, was sentenced on April 26, 2021, to 84 months’ imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones for his role as the driver in a 2019 armed r…
Members of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Troop D Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit recently cleared four state police homicide investigations by securing confessions from a convicted killer. The accused, Edward A. Surratt, is currently serving two life sentences for crimes he comm…
Shippensburg Fire & EMS units were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident around 8:30 Saturday morning at the intersection of South Queen and East Orange streets in Shippensburg Borough. Units found both vehicles in the middle of an intersection upon their arrival. Both operators were obse…
An unknown age male operator of a box truck suffered serious injuries in an accident that occurred along the Pennsylvania Turnpike at 5:15 p.m. June 20, at mile marker 197.2 Eastbound in Fannett Township. The driver became trapped when he hit a jersey barrier, requiring a lengthy extrication…
The driver of a Cumberland Franklin Joint Municipal Authority truck was injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer that occurred at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday along Olde Scotland Road in Southampton (Franklin) Township. The injured driver was taken to Penn State Holy Spirit Medical Center for tre…
Two Chambersburg residents were left homeless and transported to a local hospital after a fire broke out in their home Sunday afternoon.
The Camp Hill Borough Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred at Christian Siebert Memorial Park. Officers were dispatched to the park at 5:47 p.m. Monday for reports of shots fired in the parking lot, which is near the borough’s swimming pool.
A John Deere tractor was destroyed by flames at 11:10 a.m. last Wednesday, in the 100 block of Rehoboth Road in Walnut Bottom, South Newton Township. Cumberland County 9-1-1 dispatchers advised units responding that the tractor should be fully engulfed in flames. When the first unit from the…
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CASA, the Cumberland County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, is looking for volunteers to work with abused and/or neglected children whose cases are in the court system. CASA trains and matches volunteers with the growing number of children who are involved in the child welfare system.
A 25-year-old Cumberland County man was recently charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, simple assault and reckless endangerment involving a juvenile.
Gov. Tom Wolf last month signed the 14th renewal of his January 2018 opioid disaster declaration to help the state fight the opioid and heroin epidemic.
Members of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Troop D Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit recently cleared four state police homicide investigations by securing confessions from a convicted killer. The accused, Edward A. Surratt, is currently serving two life sentences for crimes he comm…
Emergency responders were alerted for a reported auto accident in the 1300 block of Baltimore Road, Southampton (Cumberland) Township, at 11:31 p.m. Monday. Emergency personnel found a single vehicle off the road that had hit a large rock. The driver suffered moderate injuries, and was take…
CASA, the Cumberland County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, is looking for volunteers to work with abused and/or neglected children whose cases are in the court system. CASA trains and matches volunteers with the growing number of children who are involved in the child welfare system.
The House of Representatives recently took a firm stand against elder abuse when it approved House Bill 1431, part of a package of anti-elder abuse legislation, its sponsor, Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) said.
On the evening of Tuesday, June 15, the Newville Borough Police Department received a 911 call about a domestic dispute in the first block of West Main Street, Newville Borough. Upon arrival, police came in contact with James Stamy, 19, who was involved in the dispute. Police questioned Stam…
On Saturday, May 8, 2021, Newville police conducted a traffic stop on a tractor-trailer for turning from West Main Street onto South High Street in Newville Borough. Upon approaching the driver, police smelled the odor of marijuana. Police also noticed signs of intoxication while talking wit…
High tension power lines came down onto the street and some pulled away from a residence along West Orange Street, near South Morris Street, at 10:04 a.m. Saturday in the Borough of Shippensburg. Shippensburg Borough Police were on the scene and asked for Fire Police to conduct safety and tr…
One person suffered minor injuries, while another refused treatment at the scene after a two-vehicle crash occurred just after 6 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of South Fayette and Orange streets in the Borough of Shippensburg. The two vehicles collided in the intersection. Shippensburg Bor…
A 25-year-old Newville woman has succumbed to injuries she suffered in a West Pennsboro Township crash Monday night.
West End Fire & Rescue Co. was alerted to a reported pickup truck fire at 10:07 p.m. last Thursday evening in the 7100 block of Rice Road, Southampton (Franklin) Township. While en route, units were advised that the pickup truck was fully engulfed in flames and the trailer it was haulin…
Keeping a promise he made to improve Pennsylvania’s election auditing process and ensure public trust in election results, Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) introduced legislation recently that would establish a Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Audits under the office of the sta…
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently announced that the former Executive Director of the Perry County Family Center, Shelley A. Dreyer-Aurila, 55, of New Bloomfield, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H…
On June 6, Newville police reported that they stopped a vehicle at the intersection of South High Street and East Big Spring Avenue just before 10 p.m. on May 24.
It’s the second largest criminal enterprise in the world and one of the fastest growing, and it’s happening in Pennsylvania – human trafficking. The House Judiciary Committee, led by chairman Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), this week took the lead in passing a package of bills aimed at addressing…
On June 3, Newville police reported that K-9 Lock was used during an April 13 traffic stop in the 100 block of North High Street where methamphetamine paraphernalia was found in the woman’s purse.
Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor recently urged the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact state-level safeguards to prevent billions of dollars in federal pandemic recovery aid from being misused through fraud or waste.
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