A roundup of the most recent blotters from local police departments.
LebTown Staff
🔗 Whole milk campaign hones message
A grassroots group that started by painting slogans on wrapped bales is developing into a larger campaign to promote whole milk.
Posted inOpinions & Letters
Editorial: No journalistic or public health benefit to Sec. Levine comments
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine doubled down on the framing of the pandemic in political terms on Friday in a move that LebTown believes will be detrimental to journalistic and public health outcomes.
Posted inNews
Lebanon announces fundraising success, fireworks to be held on Fourth of July
Lebanon City announced Friday afternoon that its fundraising effort for a Fourth of July fireworks display was a success.
Posted inNews
Unanimous support for mask wearing from Lebanon County congressional reps, but local GOP officials hold back
The wearing of cloth face masks has been recommended by public health experts and elected leaders across the country, but in Lebanon County support for this measure has been limited from local politicians.
Posted inSponsored Content
Social-emotional learning unmatched as way to support girls during difficult time [Paid Press Release]
Whatever learning might look like this fall, Girls on the Run will have the ability to provide flexible program delivery with a nationally recognized SEL experience to girls in 3rd-8th grades led by trained volunteer coaches.
🔗 In age of coronavirus, Calvary Chapel plans old-fashioned big tent revivals with a twist (Paywall)
Beginning Sunday and running through June 27, Calvary Chapel will host a Virtual Revival, with a nod to the Mt. Gretna campmeetings that began in 1892 with hundreds and sometimes thousands flocking to big-top tents to hear the word of God from a Bible teacher or minister.
🔗 Pa. Supreme Court strikes down probation policy barring medical marijuana use
Chief Justice Thomas Saylor, who wrote the court’s 16-page opinion, said the language of the law was clear, and any policy concerns expressed by a county court system would best be addressed by the General Assembly.
Posted inReal Estate
Lebanon County real estate transfers (June 1 to June 15)
Here are the latest real estate transfers recorded in Lebanon County.
🔗 Police: Body found after man was pulled underwater at Jonestown Dam
Pennsylvania State Police say they recently found the body of a man who was pulled underwater at the Jonestown Dam.
Posted inCrime & Safety
The latest food safety violations in Lebanon County
Here are the most recent food safety violations in Lebanon County, as documented by Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Blotter: Aggravated assaults, simple assaults, PFA violation, retail theft
A roundup of the most recent blotters from local police departments.
🔗 Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course to reopen Friday
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course announced it is reopening its doors Friday 9 a.m., just as Dauphin County enters the green phase of Gov. Wolf’s gradual reopening plan.
Posted inUpcoming Events
WITF to host virtual watch party for 2005 documentary “Our Town: Annville”
On Wednesday, June 17, WITF will hold a virtual watch party for the Annville episode of its “Our Town” series.
🔗 COVID in chicken town (Paywall)
It’s unclear how many Bell & Evans workers have fallen ill, because the company and the state are keeping their tallies under wraps.
