Greencastle News

A missing woman was discovered dead Saturday on Grant Shook Road in Antrim Township.

Eagle Scout. It is the highest rank and greatest honor that a member of the Boy Scouts of America can earn.

It's that time of year when we tend to see to the needs of others, over ourselves, and it will be especially trying for some in these tough economic times to have a "happy" Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Democratic-endorsed candidates on Tuesday's ballot say the party affiliation directly affected vote totals in Franklin County.

Greencastle Borough Council still has a vacancy, despite an election Tuesday that addressed six seats.

Representatives on school boards, borough councils, boards of township supervisors and judicial benches will be chosen Tuesday when voters visit the polls from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. during Pennsylvania's municipal election.

Triple checking: Commissioners Bob Ziobrowski, left, David Keller and Bob Thomas check printouts for accuracy Friday during a voting equipment test at Franklin County Annex.

It was a mixed bag of feelings Saturday night as hundreds of goblins, ghouls, princesses and pirates hit the streets of Greencastle for trick-or-treating. For the first time in years, the Borough of Greencastle changed its official trick-or-treat night from the Thursday before Halloween to the official government holiday.

Franklin County President Judge Douglas Herman has agreed to continue the latest appeal by a convicted murderer in order for the district attorney's office to acclimate new attorneys to the case.

Leading lively youth: Franklin County Young Life Leaders who went to camp with area youth are, front row from left: Kathy Herman, Brooke Varner and Brad Varner.

A Greencastle company has proposed reopening Camp Robin Hood in Hamilton Township.

Assembly line: A group of young people, including four teens from this area, worked together for three days building a house in Cerritos, Paraguay, during a mission trip in July.

The popularity of all-you-can-eat meals in this region is phenomenal. They support community centers, missions, Scouts, schools and the sick.

With 30 participants, LIFE Lutheran Services Inc. will celebrate its first anniversary Nov.

Juan Velasco Cabrera and Heather Lynn Faust Velasco, Chambersburg, had a son, Gabriel Antonio Velasco, at 7:02 p.m. Oct.

Sixty jobs will be lost when a Franklin County, Pa., manufacturer's parent company sells off assets in mid-November, a spokesman for Mueller Water Products Inc.

DUI CRASH: Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, say heroin contributed to a crash on the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at 3:35 a.m. Monday.

The following divorce decrees are part of the public record at Franklin County Courthouse.

Big question: Greencastles Pfc. Ricky Boward asked fianc Ashleigh Wiley for her hand in marriage while he was on leave from his duty in Afghanistan.

When Athena Varounis retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation after 25 years, she went from capturing flesh and blood criminals to pursuing paranormal phenomena.