Mechanicsburg News

The parents of a 4-month-old girl in Cumberland County are facing child endangerment charges for leaving her alone in a car.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, photo, Deanna Woods, right and behind, of Harrisburg, Pa., watches as BJ's employee Sandy Ott places her purchases in a cart at the BJ's Wholesale Club in Camp Hill, Pa.

A report on two inspections of the Ambassador Bridge since September 2008 parallels previous findings that the 80-year-old international span was structurally sound but requires ongoing work to curtail corrosion and other deterioration.

Officials across the midstate expect low turnout for today's elections. That was their forecast yesterday, and thus far nothing has happened top change those predictions as voters began heading to the polls this morning to elect an assortment of judges and municipal officials.

Police arrested a Dauphin County man for having inappropriate contact with a girl under the age of 13 in Cumberland County.

Mechanicsburg Police search for the suspect who revealed his genitals to a woman.

Next week, there will be a changing of the guard in Cumberland County. Mike Norris, who has served as county coroner for the past 28 years, will not appear in the ballot.

When the swine flu vaccine will become available to students in the Mechanicsburg Area School District is still a mystery, but school board members voted Tuesday to contract with a third party, Care Dynamix, of Roswell, Ga., when it receives the vaccine from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Federal authorities say a central Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to failing to pay about $6 million in payroll taxes.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education stalled the Franklin County Career and Technology Center renovation project this week, a move that could cost area school districts more money.

Friends of Sgt. Andrew H. McConnell, the soldier killed last month in Afghanistan, have created a memorial fund to assist McConnell's wife and unborn child.

Police in Cumberland County have charged a woman after her young child was found wandering in the streets! Mechanicsburg police tell CBS 21 News someone discovered the 19-month-old child walking in the area of South High Street and West Simpson Street earlier this month.

The mother of a 19-month-old boy who was found wandering by himself a few weeks ago in downtown Mechanicsburg was charged today with felony child endangerment, police said.

Police say two teenagers are responsible for a rash of burglaries and mischief incidents in Cumberland County earlier this month.

A study of the Adams County court system suggests rearranging the cramped clerk of courts and prothonotary's offices, installing a better fine-collections system and improving communication between offices.

David F. Bone, 64, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., died of hypothermia after getting lost in Bald Eagle State Forest in western Snyder County this week, Snyder County Coroner Bruce N. Hummel said.

A $650,000 insurance settlement has been approved over the death of one of two Penn State students killed in a Perry County crash in June.

Scott Thrush of Carlisle rides in the back of a float during the 2007 Carlisle Halloween parade.

BY JANICE RAINEY JRAINEY@TRIBDEM.COM Aglow International's Ebensburg Community Lighthouse women's nondenominational ministry will sponsor an Esther Preparation Conference for men and women from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at The Cottage Restaurant, Cambria Banquet Room, Ebensburg.

Mechanicsburg, Pa. - The Cumberland Valley School District is reporting five cases of swine flu, also known as H1N1 virus, throughout its schools.