WWII chaplain wore many hats
ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
When Edwin W. Miller learned that a U.S. Army chaplain had been killed and another one injured in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, he didn’t think twice about his calling as a chaplain.
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2 rob M&T bank; 1 suspect caught
ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
A Greene Township bank was reportedly robbed at gunpoint Friday by two men who left the scene, then set fire to their get-away car and they drove off in another vehicle.
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Tomstown Road fatality is 10th crash in 4 years
JIM TUTTLE Staff writer -------------------- @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
The crash on Tomstown Road in Quincy Township that killed a Waynesboro girl Thursday isn’t the first to happen there - there have been 10 in four years - but it’s the first fatality there in the five year span.
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Out-of-towners come home to Greencastle for Old Home Week
ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
Organizers of the 37th Triennial Old Home Week celebration believe the event will attract more people this year than in previous years, according to Registrar Bob Johnston.
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Police log
ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 30, 2010 # Comments Off
SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP CORRUPTION OF MINORS: Kiersten Elizabeth Cole, 19, of Fayetteville is accused of having an “inappropriate sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old.
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Girl dies in Quincy Township crash
ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off
A juvenile female died yesterday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Tomstown Road in Quincy Township.
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Who will profit from the new Franklin County Courthouse decision?
JIM HOOK Senior writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off
A few property owners, consultants, engineers and contractors all stand to profit from a courthouse relocation project estimated to cost upwards of $50 million.
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Camera phones, other devices banned in Chambersburg Area School District
KEITH PARADISE Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off
Almost a year after the Chambersburg Area Senior High School was struck with a sexting scandal, the district is taking camera phones out of the buildings.
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Police log
ROB LUFF Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off
ANTRIM TOWNSHIP THEFT: Someone reportedly entered a storage shed in the Shady Grove area and took several pieces of valuable jewelry and an antique document box.
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Chambersburg’s Hispanic population cheer blockage of Arizona law
ROSCOE BARNES III Staff writer @ July 29, 2010 # Comments Off
Members of the local Hispanic community are thrilled about Wednesday’s decision by a federal judge to block parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect.
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