Allensville News

Tyler Skipper, 11, of Belleville, shoots a crossbow Friday at the crossbow hunt at the Allensville Fireman's Festival.

' Derry Township received plans Monday for the replacement of the Kishacoquillas Creek bridge along Kish Pike near the Allensville Planing Mill.

Lomie A. Peachey, 82, of 2438 state Route 655, Belleville, died at 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 21, 2008, at her residence. via The Sentinel

“At this time, we believe that the problem is limited to Embarq landline customers”

The Mifflin County Office of Public Safety said Monday residents in Allensville, Big Valley, Milroy and Reedsville are under a 911 service outage. via Lewistown Sentinel

Quick action by a neighbor kept a fire from destroying an Amish school house in Mifflin County. via WGAL

“It looks like it was contained to the wall beside the chimney”

Thanks to Sam Swarey, a fire that broke out late Monday morning in the White Hall Amish School was contained until emergency personnel arrived. via The Sentinel

“I didn't think the issue was dead, but I was surprised it was brought up that soon”

It is deja vu for parents of Union Elementary pupils, as a suggestion to close the school has come up as a result of district budget talks, members of an advocacy group said Sunday. via Lewistown Sentinel

Fire killed more than dogs on a Mifflin County farm. Authorities say the dogs died Wednesday afternoon when flames destroyed a barn and several outlying buildings at the Reuben Swarey farm on Route 655, about ... via York Dispatch, The York Sunday News

Authorities said a fire killed more than 20 dogs Wednesday afternoon in Mifflin County. via WGAL

“It was a barn and three little out buildings like sheds”

A number of dogs were killed Wednesday afternoon when a fire destroyed a barn and several outlying buildings on the 11000 block of state Route 655, about four miles west of Allensville. via The Sentinel