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Former Palmyra Mayor Fred Carpenter died Thursday, March 6, due to health complications, according to borough officials.

Gino Vargas, 52, and Mandy Spitler, 44, both of Lebanon, are both charged with misdemeanor counts of selling liquor without a license, according to State Police. They are accused of operating the illegal speakeasy, which was located on the 1200 block of block of Cumberland Street in the city.

According to the Cleona Borough Police Department on Facebook, on Friday, February 28 at around 6:29 p.m., a fire broke out in a home in Cleona Borough in the 400 block of East Chestnut Street. Upon arrival, police and firefighters encountered a large residential structure fire.

Dave “Showtime” Meyer always wanted to be around rodeo.

A driver in a fatal crash in Lebanon County last year between two minivans was charged after police said they did not stop at a stop sign and had more people inside the vehicle it was designed for.

From the archives: Lebanon County has various historical connections to U.S. presidents, including visits and ties to George Washington, links to James Buchanan and Ann Coleman, a letter from Abraham Lincoln discovered in a local mansion, Ulysses S. Grant’s stays in the area, the renaming of Bismark to Quentin after Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s ancestral roots, and John F. Kennedy’s campaign rally in Lebanon.

Sen. Dave McCormick plans to examine vaccination options and press USDA for better cooperation as avian influenza batters Pennsylvania’s egg industry.

Back in the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls basketball title game for the third year in a row, but coming off gut-punch losses in 2023 and 2024, the Lebanon Cedars finally reached the summit Thursday night.

Palmyra Area School District officials addressed security concerns after a hit-and-run suspect hid himself at Palmyra Area High School on Jan. 7.

Former minor league shortstop Lyle Krall, who coached baseball at ELCO High School for 36 years and won 406 games, will be inducted into the Lancaster-Lebanon League Hall of Fame at age 91.

A juvenile was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment after police said they were stabbed Tuesday night, and a Lebanon County man is facing charges.

Kevin Martin, 38, of Stevens, allegedly raped and sexually assaulted the children multiple times, State Police at Jonestown said in the charges filed.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on a fatal Lebanon County plane crash that occurred last year.

The company that owns the Three Mile Island nuclear plant defended the planning and safety record of the facility Thursday, after a local activist urged Lancaster County commissioners Wednesday to fight a plan to restart one of the plant’s reactors.

Tom Gerhart and persistence go hand-in-hand, from landing with the Eagles to raising money through the Anne Fund.