Lebanon News

Police have charged Ricardo Berrios, 15, of Lebanon, with robbery and criminal conspiracy, police said Wednesday.

Despite strong political pressure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has refused to drop a $21,600 fine levied against Lebanon for failing to abide by stormwater regulations.

Zachery W. Kampmann, 22, 225 E. Guilford St., Lebanon, son of Randy and Kim Kampmann, Elkton, S.D., and Julie A. Dreisbach, 22, 387 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, daughter of Todd Dreisbach, Jonestown, and Michele Dreisbach, Fredericksburg.

Despite the efforts of the local farm community, Lebanon County's Farm Service Agency office will close in three to four months.

A 62-year-old priest who served two churches in the area died at the altar Sunday morning while presiding at a worship service.

Seven drivers were arrested for driving under the influence during a DUI checkpoint and roving patrol conducted at various locations in Lebanon County between 11 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday and 11 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday, state police at Jonestown said.

Residents of the 300 block of North Partridge Street raise their hands Monday night after being asked if they wanted to move from their block, which will soon lie between two railroad overpasses now under construction on North Ninth and North 10th streets.

The Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its next workshop on the topic of "Navigating the Electricity Market" on June 19.

HOULA, SYRIA, MAY 12, 2012: Activists say men in civilian clothes gunned down people in the streets and stabbed women and children in their homes after large anti-government protests in Houla, a group of villages in central Syria.

In this Monday, May 28, 2012 photo, Lebanese relatives of 11 Shiite Muslim men kidnapped this week in Syria sit silently inside the office of the religious tour agency Badr al-Kubra in the Bir el-Abed district south of Beirut, Lebanon.

Yi Yaqin snaps a photo of Henry Houck Elementary School students during a recent carnival at the school.

The Naval Sea Cadet Corps is a nationwide youth program whose mission is to provide youth with a drug-, alcohol- and gang-free environment to foster their leadership abilities, broaden their horizons through local and national hands-on trainings and guide them to becoming mature, responsible adults.

Registration will start at 9:30 a.m., with the ride beginning at Myerstown Rod and Gun Club, 999 N. College St., at noon and proceeding to the DDS-Alley Learning Center, 1126 Walnut St., Lebanon.

The inaugural Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts Motorcycle Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 24 on Cumberland Street between Sixth and Ninth streets in Lebanon.

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

Sean Bradley and his 2-year-old grandson, Trace Althouse, both of Lebanon, look over one of the Duesenbergs at the the Avon Playground during the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club's 58th annual Eastern Spring Meet, with the locally prized name of 'Back to Avon.' According to the website, acdclub.org, the club began in 1954 in Avon and moved its base to ... (more)

Posing with gift baskets that will be raffled at the Good Samaritan Hospital Street Fair next weekend are, from left, Gina Boehler, chairwoman of the theme baskets committee; Laurie Lyter, the hospital s food service director; and Shirley Stricker, a member of the housekeeping staff.

First Aid and Safety Patrol Assistant Chief Tony Deaven demonstrates how to use an intraosseous gun that shoots medication directly into bone to Gavin Sheetz, 5, and his brother, Owen, 8, of Lebanon, at the EMS providers celebration Friday at the Lebanon Valley Mall.

A rescue worker, right, talks to a woman after at two-car crash at 12:26 p.m. Friday at Route 422 and North Railroad Street, Myerstown.

A 19-year-old South Londonderry Township man has been sentenced to state prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.