Franklin County News

Magic on stage: Brie-Anne Asbury will play Clara in the The Sugar Plum Fairy this holiday season.

The following people were sentenced on Oct. 21, 2009, in the Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County, Chambersburg.

Straban Township, Adams County FATAL ACCIDENT: The driver of a 2002 Ford Taurus was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash on the 1700 block of Shrivers Corner Road around noon Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg.

Voter turnout in Franklin County on Tuesday was the lowest for a general election in at least 25 years.

CHAMBERSBURG The Pennsylvania State Police, Troop H Chambersburg are conducting an on going missing person investigation in an attempt to locate a 3 year old.

They come in peace, but not legally -- now that's just not politically correct. A number of costumes for sale this Halloween are teetering on the edge of what is funny and what is inappropriate.

By MARCUS RAUHUT and ROB LUFF Staff writers -------------------- H1N1 vaccines have started to trickle into Franklin and Fulton counties.

Haunted? Local ghost hunter Jim Wyrick travels the country to investigate hauntings, spirits and paranormal phenomena.

A 3-year-old Franklin County boy who went missing, along with his dog, on Friday night has been found safe.

Voters in southern Franklin County have a number of weighty issues to consider when they go to the polls to elect their next government leaders.

Through her 10 years on the bench, Judge Carol Van Horn has seen the amount of juveniles involved in serious crimes increase.

Leading lively youth: Franklin County Young Life Leaders who went to camp with area youth are, front row from left: Kathy Herman, Brooke Varner and Brad Varner.

Joblessness in Franklin County rose during September to 8.9 percent, its highest level in 25 years.

Earl tries to compensate for stealing an RV owned by a former Green Beret . Unfortunately, the vehicle can't be returned , so Earl sets out to make the grouchy military man happy in some other way.

Franklin County voters will mark optical scan paper ballots at the polls on Tuesday, Nov.

A few voters are expected to go to the polls for the Municipal Election on Nov. 3. Typically, just 25 percent of registered voters in Franklin County cast ballots in an odd-year election.

Juan Velasco Cabrera and Heather Lynn Faust Velasco, Chambersburg, had a son, Gabriel Antonio Velasco, at 7:02 p.m. Oct.

Bad for the habit: Stacy McCole, grant coordinator for Healthy Communities Partnership, saw funding cut for smoking prevention and cessation programs, meaning Franklin County no longer has money for classes to help people stop smoking.

A Chambersburg man faces assault and other charges, after police say he threatened them during an eight hour standoff in Greene Township.

An early-morning fire damages a home in Washington Township. It broke out around 2:15 a.m. at a house along the 14500 block of Wayne Highway South.