Shippensburg News

Stroudsburg's Donovan Clay won the gold medal in the high jump at the PIAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Saturday.

A cunning tactician, Rico Galassi made his move, took a glance over his shoulder, and smiled all the way to a gold medal.

Jason Mackey /Observer-Reporter Fort Cherry High School junior Jenna Lucas stands atop the medals stand Saturday after winning the PIAA Class AA girls javelin championship at Shippensburg.

The Gateway football standout is getting things done as a sprinter at the state track meet in Shippensburg, Pa.

With a temperature of 52 degrees when the meet began, with a light drizzle and a good breeze blowing across the track at Shippensburg University's Seth Grove Stadium, the conditions hardly felt like the typical state track meet with summer around the corner.

There seemed to be no question among the Mifflin County contingent that the Huskies were taking on the best athletes in the state during the opening day of the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships.

Fannett, Guilford, Quincy and Washington townships - are in Franklin County. The Borough of Newville, Cumberland County, is also among them.

Two Baldwin High School juniors earned individual titles this past Friday at the WPIAL track & field championships, including Luke Smorey, perhaps Baldwin's best shot at a state title this coming weekend.

Vincent Schaffer and Kelly Owings Wolff, Chambersburg, had a daughter at 10:21 p.m. on April 9, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital.

VANDALISM: Someone damaged a window at 918 E. McKinley St., with either a BB or pellet gun at 7:57 p.m. Tuesday, according to Chambersburg police.

The 6th Annual ArtSHIP Festival is scheduled for June 1 from noon to 5 p.m., bringing an event focused on the arts to the Shippensburg University campus.

I am a parent of two little girls who attend a public school in Shippensburg. In a few weeks, you will make decisions in Harrisburg that will have an impact on Pennsylvania's children for the rest of their lives.

Union members have elected to use portions of faculty union dues to benefit students who have excelled in courses of study, campus leadership, athletics and co-curricular activities.

With cooperation from the Department of Environmental Protection and a grant in its Natural Gas Energy Development program, Chambersburg Borough is taking another step toward getting local buyers involved with its compressed natural gas fuel station.

June 1 will be the last opportunity for owners of pre-1979 Cumberland County quilts to have them documented by the LeTort Quilt Guild of Carlisle and Cumberland County Historical Society.

Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania on April 27 had its annual meeting for delegates to vote on issues involving Girl Scouting.

A central Pennsylvania teenager has been cited for disorderly conduct after authorities say he swore at school officials who wouldn't let him into his school prom, from which he'd been banned for failing to serve detention.

Eric Sklanka , son of Don and Grace Sklanka , Pittston Township has been selected to join 250 leaders representing many highs chools from throughout central and northeast Pennsylvania at the Central Pennsylvania Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminar from May 16 to 19 at Shippensburg University.

A 76-year-old Shippensburg woman is dead Saturday after being struck by a vehicle while trying to cross Route 11, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.

Georgia Davis, 64, of Orrstown, was traveling south on Route 11 in Greene Township when she struck a pedestrian - 76-year-old Caroline Croft, of Shippensburg - who was returning to her vehicle from a yard sale on the east side of Route 11, according to police.