Annville News

After a parade filled with upbeat music, laughing children and sunburned adults, a memorial service at the reviewing stand on Long Street in Annville on Saturday turned toward the serious meaning behind Memorial Day.

Described by organizer Becky Gacono as "a bit of true Americana," Saturday's Annville Memorial Day Parade went off without a hitch.

Traffic will be detoured at North Mill Street and Route 422 in Cleona and routes 934 and 422 in Annville from 7:30 a.m. to noon.

The Oley Valley High School Marching Lynx perform during last year's Oley Memorial Day Parade.

A car makes waves while passing through several-inch-deep standing water on South White Oak Street just south of the square in Annville following a cloudburst Wednesday afternoon.

Last spring, Mike Schroeder plucked hundreds of items from the Quittapahilla Creek to establish a museum dedicated to garbage.

Traffic will be detoured at North Mill Street and Route 422 in Cleona and routes 934 and 422 in Annville from 7:30 a.m. to noon.

The Annville Economic Development Authority will host a grand-opening ceremony on June 7 to mark the opening of its downtown redevelopment project.

A man and a 13-year-old Lebanon boy were charged with various crimes after police pulled over a car the boy was driving.

Carlos Rodriguez, 30, was charged as a fugitive from justice and placed in Lebanon County prison, police said.

About 10 Annville-Cleona School District residents voiced their displeasure Thursday night about the school board's decision to remove the award-winning children's book "The Dirty Cowboy" from its elementary-school libraries.

Lebanon County Dairy Promotion will hold its annual pageant at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Word of Life Center of Mt.

Lawrence Graves, 24, Lebanon, was charged with receiving stolen property, possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession of cocaine after he was found asleep in a vehicle in the 1200 block of Brandywine Street at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

Annville Free Library board President Lane Kintigh told members of the South Annville Township Board of Supervisors at their meeting this week that he had three goals for his presentation.

Terry Felty, left, and his brother Randy, owners of Annville-based Felty Brothers Building Contractor, work on a porch at a duplex on South Lancaster Street in Annville on a rainy afternoon this week.

"It's America. We're free. Why can't the kids have a bake sale," asked Felicia Rogan, a mom of two from Lebanon.

With more than 4,000 family members expected to attend Saturday's Lebanon Valley College baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies, LVC has worked closely with the Annville police on a temporary traffic pattern.

The cover of 'The Dirty Cowboy,' written by Amy Timberlake and illustrated by Adam Rex.

A three-vehicle accident injured at least three people on busy Route 72 in Swatara Township Thursday afternoon, state police at Jonestown said.

The Rev. John Peck of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Annville leads a prayer for education and higher learning during the second annual community breakfast to commemorate National Day of Prayer at the Lebanon Valley Family YMCA on Thursday morning.