Myerstown News

A 25-year-old Myerstown man has been convicted of the attempted rape and sexual assault of an 18-year-old mentally challenged woman more than a year ago.

Two local organizations are working to make sure the graves of veterans are decorated with holiday wreaths this year at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

The Elco school board Monday night borrowed $7.6 million to fund the final construction phase of the new intermediate school and to make repairs on existing facilities.

Thousands of miles from the village she serves in El Salvador, Guadalupe Cortez's soft smile spoke volumes in any language.

Two Jonestown men were charged with burglary, criminal trespass and theft following burglaries at 501 Jonestown Road on Thursday and Friday.

A 68-year-old man was sent to Bucks County Prison on Saturday on charges he sexually assaulted three young female relatives for years, state police said.

A barn fire reported Saturday morning in Lebanon County continues to burn but is under control, county dispatchers said.

A 21-year-old woman has been sentenced to state prison for her role in a convenience-store armed robbery and a burglary.

Crews from Berks County and Lebanon County were on the scene of a barn fire in Jackson Township, Lebanon County.

The South Lebanon supervisors Tuesday night approved the use of the township fire police to assist in traffic control in coordination with the state Department of Health for H1N1 mass vaccination clinics.

Fourteen people were sentenced Wednesday for drunken-driving offenses, including a South Annville Township man slapped with a state-prison sentence.

Lebanon High School seniors Anna Marie Cruz and Noah Vincent Lloyd Starry have been named Lebanon Rotary Club Students of the Month for October.

Girls do it, Too! Carlisle Bike Fest was home to the Garage-Girls Ultimate Biker makeover sponsored by GEICO where the Girls got a chance to give back to a couple of "average Jills" on Saturday July 18.

Annville police are seeking the culprits who stole copper from a manufacturing plant last weekend.

A president from Illinois traveled to Myerstown on Tuesday to speak at the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual Leadership Lebanon Valley luncheon.

Six people were placed in the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program last week.

Lower speed limit was unnecessary Editor: On Route 422 west of Reading, what is most likely the worst major highway in Berks County, the nightmare continues.

Cumberland County commissioners awarded construction contracts of nearly $6.6 million to four firms that will build a public safety center.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Heidelberg Township Saturday morning.

ATV CRASH: : Neversink Fire Company and First Aid and Safety Patrol responded at 4:16 p.m. Friday at Tuck Street and Quentin Road.