Severe storms that swept through the county appear to have included a tornado near Womelsdorf, according to the National Weather Service.
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🔗 Cedar Crest football player dies in a car crash over the weekend, school officials report
Members of the Cedar Crest High School community are in mourning after a student and football player was involved in a fatal accident over the weekend, district officials said.
🔗 Andres Rodriguez found guilty in 2020 fatal shooting of local tattoo artist
It took a jury almost three hours Thursday afternoon to find Andres Rodriguez guilty of first-degree homicide for the fatal shooting of a local tattoo artist.
🔗 Lebanon man charged with extortion
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that John Zayas, age 34, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on April 7, 2023, with extortion by interstate communication.
🔗 The dairy industry is trying to get Gen-Z to drink more milk
Alarmed by dwindling sales to Gen Z, the dairy industry is going all out to get younger Americans on the milk train.
🔗 Long time owner of Lebanon-based Italian restaurant opening new food truck
The owners of Pucillo’s Pizza & Pasta restaurant in Lebanon will soon unveil their new food truck to the surrounding community.
🔗 Son strangled mother to death in central Pa. home during attempted theft: DA
Before the discovery of 62-year-old Lois Gift’s body, police responded to a vehicle crash at 12:30 a.m. Monday in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, police said.
🔗 Lebanon County school district won’t allow Addams Family on stage, saying it promotes bad values
One of the nation’s most popular high school comedy musicals promotes bad values and has no place in the Northern Lebanon School District, according to officials who voted it down this week.
🔗 Lebanon County woman sentenced for making interstate threats
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lisa Marie Famiglietti, age 42, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 3, 2023, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to a period of time-served, consisting of 35 days’ incarceration, for making interstate threats.
🔗 Pennsylvania Senate backs whole milk in schools
The Pennsylvania Senate has unanimously asked USDA to allow whole milk in school meals and change dietary guidance to support the beverage. The March 6 resolution is merely symbolic but acknowledges long-running dairy farmer priorities.
🔗 2 years after Capitol riot, central Pa. man charged with assault, obstructing police
Cameron Hess slipped under investigators’ radar for two years—but this week, federal officials filed felony charges against the Lebanon County man for his role in the Jan. 6 riots.
🔗 Garbage truck driver charged with homicide by vehicle in Lebanon Co.
A garbage truck driver is being charged with Homicide by Vehicle and six other charges after an incident in 2021. According to the South Lebanon Township Police Department, officers answered to a crash involving a garbage truck along State Drive just south of Stonehedge Drive the morning of June 4, 2021.
🔗 Lebanon County-based APR Supply expands further into New Jersey
The recent acquisition now allowed APR Supply to expand and create a new branch in Cherry Hill, New Jersey – which marks the fourth branch location acquisition in southern New Jersey since December 2022, according to APR Supply.
🔗 State police charge passenger in fatal crash on Interstate 78 in Berks
A 36-year-old Lebanon man is accused of rushing from the third row of a minivan and grabbing control of the steering wheel from the driver.
🔗 Lebanon County-based DAS Companies Inc. expands into Kentucky
A full service, marketing and supply chain portfolio company named DAS Companies Inc. (DAS), recently announced that it is opening a new warehouse in Kentucky. The company is based in Palmyra.