Chambersburg News

This weekend will be the first real test of how well Jersey Shore businesses have recovered from Hurricane Sandy.

DUI: Eric Jason Bragg, 39, Chambersburg, was found to be driving under the influence and did not have a driver's license after a traffic stop at Monticello Court and Lincoln Way West at 7:18 p.m. Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.

A group of 10 Texas Roadhouse employees spent several hours on May 14 doing a spring clean-up at Children's Aid Society's Leiter Caring Center.

Vincent Schaffer and Kelly Owings Wolff, Chambersburg, had a daughter at 10:21 p.m. on April 9, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital.

The parade is sponsored by The Cumberland Valley 21 Day Retreat Organization. Line-up will be at Lincoln Way and East Fifth Avenue at 8:45 a.m. The parade will travel to Memorial Square, where there will be a ceremony to honor those who made the supreme sacrifice in keeping this a free country.

The decision came Monday, a little more than a month before the government's mandated standards would come to classrooms in Pennsylvania and 43 other states on July 1. Political opposition surrounding the program has been on the increas, according to officials.

New location: Rob Norris, above, Troy Parsons, Dave Shetter and Ben Stonesifer have opened Chambers Apothecary at 278 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg.

Cathy Dusman, the former Chambersburg Area School District assistant superintendent whose position was changed just over a month ago, will request reinstatement, an apology and a raise at Wednesday night's school board meeting.

As David Kuch circumnavigated South America from January through April, he was updating about 800 followers on his experiences anytime he could get Internet access and send an email.

Nine people were charged with drug related crimes as a result of a six months investigation by the Chambersburg Police Crime Impact Team.

Mercersburg Mayor James Zeger is the apparent winner of both the Republican and Democratic primary elections for the position he has held 10 years.

State police said they charged 21-year-old Dustin W. Sipes, of the 300 block of Cosell Drive, with aggravated assault and simple assault.

Incumbent Mayor Pete Lagiovane won the Democratic nomination with 73 percent of the total votes in Tuesday's race.

A Chambersburg man who came to a judge's office to pay a fine fled after he was told he had an active warrant.

A Chambersburg man is accused of assaulting a 6-month-old boy over a period of two to three months.

The child was taken to Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday and then transferred to Hershey Medical Center where doctors found the boy had numerous bone fractures to both of his legs, right arm and several ribs.

Tickets are available for the spring cabaret, "On A Starry Night," to be at 7:30 p.m. May 31 and June 1 in Charles Nitterhouse Post 1599 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 747 S. Fourth St.

Jennifer Hamilton, a senior elementary education/psychology major from Chambersburg, is a new member of Psi Chi National Honor Society at Chowan University, Murfreesboro, N.C. FORT LOUDON -- Hannah Miller, Fort Loudon, was a volunteer for the 2013 National History Day regional competition at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she is a ... (more)

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS: Camron R. Crabb, 31, of 2371 Community Center Road, was arrested after he allegedly kicked out the back window of his truck and passed out in the back seat at 10:30 p.m. Friday, according to Chambersburg Police.

By 9:30 a.m. about 60 people had cast a ballot at her precinct. She said the early turnout is typical for a non-presidential primary election.