Myerstown News

Lebanon County firefighters and related officials break ground on a new burn building at the county training facility off Metro Drive in South Lebanon Township on Friday.

A Bike Safety Rodeo will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Jonestown Elementary School, a program developed through a joint Safe Routes to School Committee between the school and borough.

Johnny Weixler, second from right, and his wife, Rebecca, meet with community leaders during their trip to Maghagha, Egypt, in January.

Real estate development company Triple Crown Corporation announced it has acquired the Blue Ridge Country Club on Linglestown Road in Harrisburg.

A former Myerstown Borough clerk has been accused of taking $49,300 over four years by altering per payroll records, Lebanon County detectives announced today.

The first known fire company in the county was the Cedar Fire Co. of Lebanon, organized in 1773.

Members of the Myerstown Jaycees presented a check for $1,500 to Autism Awareness of Lebanon on Monday night in Myerstown.

FIRE ALARM: City fire crews were dispatched to 833 Chestnut St., fourth floor, room 25, at 4:26 a.m. Sunday.

Albright Chapel, a building rarely opened to the public in Kleinfeltersville, will be the site of the annual Pennsylvania Huguenot Society meeting Saturday morning.

Two Ranshaw men are among eight defendants seeking to continue a federal trial on charges that they operated a drug ring trading in bath salts and synthetic marijuana.

Daisy Enck of Lebanon, an employee of QUEST Inc., prepares baskets of fuschia on Friday during the annual flower sale for the agency, 704 Metro Drive, South Lebanon Township.

Borough Council heard a plea Tuesday from a resident frustrated with a problem that appears to have no quick solution.

The township supervisors on Monday approved a bid of $1,719.08 from Myerstown Shed and Fencing, 694 E. Lincoln Ave., Myerstown, to install a 4-foot-high chain-link fence at the rink.

A Lebanon County fishing preserve is home to thousands of rainbow trout. Limestone Springs Preserve located near Myerstown offers recreational rainbow trout fishing on a daily basis April through October.

Jack Farrell of Myerstown unfurls one of the donated interment flags at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in East Hanover Township on Saturday.

CRASH: City fire crews and First Aid and Safety Patrol responded to Walnut Street and South Lincoln Avenue for a crash with a reported car fire at 5:15 p.m. Friday.

For Buck Jacobs, a former business executive, no line on his resume carries more weight than an unofficial title he suggests all Christians own: Ambassador for Christ.