Jackson Township, Lebanon County, passed the resolution Monday, joining other local governments trying to pre-empt future gun control measures.
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🔗 Harper’s Valley Farm
Back in 1919, Harper’s Tavern was the given name of a sleepy crossroads in northern Lebanon County near where the Indian Creek flows into the Swatara Creek.
🔗 LCCF inmate in solitary confinement for refusing to cut dreadlocks
An inmate at the Lebanon County jail claims the punishment for not cutting his hair violates his First Amendment rights.
🔗 Money needed to restore Lebanon County’s oldest building for public tours
Lebanon County’s oldest building, built in the 1700s, could soon be open to more visitors if enough money is raised to restore it properly.
🔗 How political party insiders — not voters — dictate Pa. special election candidates
Critics call the process “undemocratic” and rife with “insiderism.” The parties say it works just fine.
🔗 ‘She’s singing forever’: 23-year-old Lebanon woman remembered for caring, loving spirit (Paywall)
Beth-elle Elisabeth Loye loved to sing, her family said. Now, her mother said, she’s singing forever.
🔗 This Presidents’ Day, remembering Lebanon’s links to our country’s highest elected office
Although Lebanon County hasn’t produced one (yet), we have plenty of ties to the nation’s highest elected office: The Presidency.
🔗 Lebanon VA honors Veterans on Valentine’s Day
The Phillie Phanatic visited Veterans at Lebanon VA Medical Center on Thursday, Feb. 13 as part of the hospital’s National Salute to Veteran Patients.
🔗 The Meaning of St. Valentine’s Day, from the Daily News in 1914
We are re-publishing a column today that ran more than a century ago in the Lebanon Daily News.
🔗 Officiating need approaches crisis level, so it’s Randy The Ref to the rescue
To this point, Randy Pierre has officiated 32 junior varsity games, mostly in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, and has done about 35 elementary, travel games.
🔗 Council to consider alternatives, no longer pursuing state grant for Cornwall intersection (Paywall)
Cornwall Borough Council agreed to leave the intersection of Cornwall Road, Burd Coleman Road, and Freeman Drive in Cornwall center as it is and not seek a state grant to improve it.
🔗 Three-alarm fire damages two homes in Lebanon County
The fire was reported shortly before 9 a.m. on the 200 block of S. Christian Street in Cleona.
🔗 Family dog shot and killed by member of nearby rifle range
Man who shot dog in Swatara Township said he mistook it for a coyote.
🔗 Rally held in Lebanon County in an effort to save horse racing in Pennsylvania
The event fights back against Gov. Wolf’s 2020-2021 budget proposal that would cut $200 million from the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Trust Fund.
🔗 Luck yields corn crop for Lebanon County farmer
Daryl Alger, owner of Mark Hershey Farms Inc., placed first in division strip/ridge-till non-irrigated in the National Corn Growers’ corn-yield contest. His field yielded 319 bushels per acre.
