McSherrystown News

Mike Brandt, right, a World War II collector and historian from McSherrystown, uses Jacob VanCompen, 12, to show that the average Japanese soldier during the war had an advantage of being a smaller target than an American soldier.

Alex Sirois, of Conewago Township, has plans to build a veterans memorial in Annunciation Cemetery in McSherrystown as part of his Eagle Scout project.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for York County through 2 p.m. At 12:38 p.m., doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near McSherrystown and Hanover capable of producing nickel size hail and winds in the range of 60 mph.

Joyce Linkey said her grandmother used to tell the story of how her family, which lived outside McSherrystown in the early 1860s, would post a young boy high in a tree to keep watch for coming Union or Confederate troops.

A former youth pastor who pleaded guilty in February to embezzling from a McSherrystown church is now going on trial for perjury.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wright , Hanover, a son, June 16, 2009, at Hanover Hospital. Police Log HANOVER JUNE 24 8:05 a.m. Two suspicious people reported in the 500 block of Fulton Street checked out OK.

Ten garages along Maple Street Alley, such as the one pictured above, were damaged in the latest graffiti spree in McSherrystown.

You don't really have to check your calendar to know it's summer. Or even the thermometer, for that matter.

Conewago Township is considering changing its zoning ordinance to allow for town-style development in some areas, and residents will have a chance to comment on the proposal at an upcoming meeting.

Sue Barrick smiled as she sorted through the gift cards, taking note of how much each will help.

The last man charged in the Littlestown drug bust turned himself in to police Thursday.

Adams County First Assistant District Attorney Brian Sinnett announced Tuesday that a total of 13 arrests had been made in connection to a three-month long drug investigation in the Littlestown area.

The Adams County Drug Task Force arrested the majority of 13 individuals charged in connection to a three-month investigation into heroin and other drug dealers in the Littlestown area.

Two of the 17 people arrested in a January drug bust dubbed Operation Smack Down entered guilty pleas Thursday in Adams County Court.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Fehntrich , Hanover, a daughter, June 10, 2009, at York Hospital.

Above, 10-year-old Derek Klunk laughs while sitting in a dunk tank to raise money for the McSherrystown Boy Scout Troop 107 Tuesday night at the Delone Carnival.

Mr. and Mrs. Rod Zottneck , Hanover, a daughter, June 3, 2009, at York Hospital.

Weather conditions permitting, spraying to control adult mosquito populations will be conducted during the evening hours Monday, June 8, in Conewago Township, Adams County.

Mr. and Mrs. Monte McQuay , Hanover, a son, April 22, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

Gettysburg Police charged a McSherrystown woman with theft after she allegedly stole another woman's credit card, made some purchases and returned the card.