Chambersburg News

A Franklin County jury is to begin hearing evidence today in the trial of a Chambersburg caretaker accused of fatally asphyxiating a man with Down syndrome by sitting on him.

CRASH: Someone, no name given, driving a 2007 Honda Civic was driving north in the left lane of Pa.

Katelyn J. Alleman, 23, Newburg, was driving west on West Creek Road when she lost control on the ice covered road at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

A Chambersburg couple was honored with a letter of achievement at the 4th annual "Energy and You -- Individual Choice ... Global Impact" seminar at Wilson College today.

A silent auction at the Boys and Girls Club of Chambersburg and Shippensburg's Recognition Dinner Feb.

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have now filed criminal charges against the father of a Chambersburg boy who disappeared on a trip to Egypt.

People from throughout Franklin County and beyond came to Franklin Fire Company's social hall Friday night for a town hall meeting hosted by U.S. Senate candidate Sam Rohrer.

Six years ago, Lionel Lemery, retired U.S. forester, set out to fulfill Larry Miller's dream of restoring 34 wooded acres in Hamilton Township.

HIT AND RUN: Police are looking for the unidentified driver of a green sport utility vehicle who reportedly crashed into a car Feb.

A silent auction at the Boys and Girls Club of Chambersburg and Shippensburg's Recognition Dinner Feb.

Amanda Kaiser-Jones, a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and Shippensburg University, on Dec.

In his bid to secure the Republican nomination for United States Senate, Sam Rohrer invites the public to his Town Hall Meeting on Friday, Feb.

Breakfast, Hagerstown Christian Women's Connection, 9:30-11 a.m., Next Dimensions restaurant, 132 Old National Pike, Funkstown, Md.

At shelter: Mercedes was seized last week from a pen outside a Guilford Township home.

A central Pennsylvania dairy connected with 43 illnesses in four states has resumed bottling raw milk after an 11-day shutdown.

A Franklin County man is charged with receiving more $3,000 in unemployment compensation while he was in prison.

"The best way to celebrate Black History Month in Chambersburg is to first understand why we celebrate Black History Month, which is to honor the significant accomplishments and their lasting effects on our society by African Americans who migrated and/or were born and raised in Chambersburg," Jack Jones, president of Building Our Pride in ... (more)

For fiscal 2013, the state transportation budget would send about $57 million less to county maintenance offices for basic road repairs.

Pennsylvania health officials said yesterday that the number of people sickened after consuming raw milk from the Family Cow Farm, in Chambersburg, has risen to 43 in four states.

Jewels Phraner is a Ligonier Echo staff writer and can be reached at 724-238-2111 or via e-mail. A Franklin County dairy has resumed selling unpasteurized milk, after reports of a contaminated batch halted sales for nearly two weeks.