Perry County News

State Police in Newport are investigating the alleged assault of an 11-month-old girl.

What's going on with the class of 2014? That's the big question that emerges from the results of the Pennsylvania Youth Survey that Perry County students took in 2011.

Morrison, 53, of Spring Township, is barred from possessing or controlling firearms because in 1989 he pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, a felony, for killing his 64-year-old father Clyde with a blast from a 12-gauge shotgun.

In this week's Pay it Forward, a Duncannon, Perry County woman surprises a hardworking and giving, but struggling family with $200.

Lt. Col. Matthew Sober, a West Perry High School alumni, is department chair of military science at Shippensburg University.

A total of four firearms were reported stolen from a home in Liverpool Township in Perry County earlier this week, prompting a state police search for suspects.

Morrison's appeal challenged not only the 8- to 16-year prison sentence county President Judge Kathy A. Morrison imposed on him, but also the judge's refusal to allow him to withdraw his no contest plea in the case.

State Police in Perry County are investigating a fatal crash that happened early Sunday morning.

A Shermans Dale man was killed Sunday afternoon after he was ejected from his truck in Perry County during a single-vehicle crash, Pennsylvania State Police at Newport said.

Forensic experts created this facial reconstruction of a woman whose body was found in 1979 in Watts Township.

State police are still investigating the circumstances of a burglary reported earlier this week in Wheatfield Township in which at least two handguns went missing.

A Newport man had to be subdued after he reportedly became upset after his arrest for drunken driving earlier this month, attacking a state trooper in Howe Township, Perry County.

If you're not quite sure what Memorial Day means or you just can't get the full spirit of one of these ceremonies, talk to a veteran.

A man arrested for a drunk driving crash is in even more trouble after he scuffled with three state troopers, according to a Pennsylvania State Police news release.

Crews in Perry County are investigating a chemical explosion in Rye Township. Officials say the explosion happened around 4:45 at a home on Ridge Road.

When FFA members from across Pennsylvania receive proficiency awards in June, Perry County students will be the most numerous among the winners.

State police said a teenage Perry County boy is facing charges after sending a picture of his penis to a teenage girl.

It has been almost two decades since terrorists trained in Perry County to detonate a bomb at the World Trade Center in 1993.

Gamut Theatre Group will wrap up its first residency at Line Mountain Junior-Senior High School with a final performance for students, faculty and parents at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday.