Pat Huggins on how the late state Sen. Dave Arnold was a devoted father and softball coach to his daughter Reese and other young girls before he died of brain cancer in January at 49.
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🔗 Lebanon VA Med. Center announces COVID-19 vax availability for all VA-enrolled veterans
On Monday, the Lebanon VA Medical Center announced all veterans in south-central Pennsylvania who are enrolled in VA health care may receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
🔗 GOP chooses Lebanon County businessman to run for open Senate seat
Lebanon County businessman Christopher Gebhard was chosen to be the Republican candidate to compete in a three-person race in the May 18 special election to fill the open 48th state senatorial district seat.
🔗 Poultry plant owned by Bell & Evans will be fined for polluting Susquehanna River watershed
The fine amount will be determined during the penalty face of the litigation.
🔗 Sunoco fined half a million dollars for polluting Snitz Creek in Lebanon County
Sunoco paid Pennsylvania half a million dollars in fines for polluting Snitz Creek in Lebanon County in connection to their Mariner East 2 Pipeline Project, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
🔗 Comcast opens North Cornwall Township store on Wednesday
Comcast will open a store at Cedar Crest Square at 1792 Quentin Road in North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County on Wednesday.
🔗 Lebanon County police officer arrested for alleged involvement in U.S. Capitol riots
A North Cornwall Township Police officer has been arrested in connection to the riots at the United States Capitol.
🔗 Candidates line up for GOP nomination for open Pa. Senate seat; Democrats still searching for one
GOP candidates so far include Gregory Moreland, Larry Minnich, William Bering Jr., Christopher Gebhard, Kenneth Rummel, and Thomas Morrissey Jr., all from Lebanon County; Maureen Roth from Dauphin County; and Thomas Ryan and Robert Harkins from York County.
🔗 Pop-up COVID-19 test site slated to open Saturday in Lebanon County as part of state’s extended testing program
The site will be open Saturday through Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Lebanon County Fire School, 833 Metro Drive, Lebanon.
🔗 Small airplane conducts emergency landing on Pa. Turnpike in Lebanon County
On Monday evening around 6:45 p.m., a Cessna plane emergency-landed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about a mile west from the Lawn Plaza Center in Lebanon County.
🔗 Friendly’s has a new owner
The restaurant chain that was once owned by the Hershey Foods Corporation has a new owner. Amici Partners Group announced last week that it had completed the acquisition of Friendly’s Restaurants. The group said it plans to continue to keep all of the locations open.
🔗 Uni the creek-sailing Groundhog masks up as popular central PA tradition is canceled
This year, Uni’s normally scheduled travel down Tulpehocken Creek at Myerstown Community Park on Feb. 2, has, like many other voyages, been canceled due to the coronavirus.
🔗 Special election date set to fill seat left vacant by Sen. Dave Arnold’s death
A special election to fill the 48th state senatorial district seat left vacant by the recent death of Sen. Dave Arnold will be held on May 18.
🔗 Shooting competition in Palmyra prevails despite COVID-19
The 22nd Annual Palmyra Invitational, a shooting competition, took place Sunday afternoon with precautions for COVID-19.
🔗 Fatal house fire in Lebanon kills two, displaces others
Two women died in a house fire on N. 11th Street in Lebanon Friday morning according to Lebanon City Fire Department.
