Lebanon County farmer Daryl Alger lives by the adage, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.”
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🔗 Man charged as Jonestown school intruder enters plea
A Palmyra man has pleaded to allegations he entered Jonestown Elementary School with a gun, stole a truck, and ran over a Jonestown borough employee in February.
🔗 Paying rent to your jailers: Inmates are billed millions of dollars for their stays in Pa. prisons.
Lebanon County Correctional Facility is a focus of the PA Post’s look at charging rent to inmates, with LCCF said to be one of the first in the state to start the practice as a “cost recovery program.”
🔗 Cornwall Borough Council announces police chief successor; current holder to retire in 2021 or sooner (Paywall)
Cornwall Police Chief Bruce Harris has no plans to leave his post in the near future, but when he does decide to hang up his holster, in 2021 or possibly sooner, borough council president John Karinch announced Sergeant Brett Hopkins, of the Cornwall Police Department will be his successor.
🔗 Public input wanted to help guide I-81 improvements, website launched
The traveling public is encouraged to share feedback about their driving experiences — from safety, congestion, condition of and access needs — along Interstate-81 in southcentral Pennsylvania on a newly launched website.
🔗 Expert snipers take their shot for chance at a national competition
At Fort Indiantown Gap this weekend, expert snipers from the PA National Guard competed for a chance to participate in the Winston P. Wilson Championship, a national competition held in April.
🔗 All 3,150 photos of Pennsylvania heroes who died in Vietnam have been located
All 3,150 photos of Pennsylvania’s American heroes who died in the Vietnam War have been found and are now posted on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s virtual Wall of Faces for everyone to honor around the world.
🔗 Lebanon City Council passes 2020 budget with large share going to police department (Paywall)
The Lebanon Daily News reports that the Lebanon City Council has passed a $14,149,354 budget for 2020, which will require no increase in the property tax.
🔗 Woman celebrates 101st birthday thanks to life-saving brain surgery
A Lebanon woman celebrated her 101st birthday all thanks to a team of doctors who decided to defy the odds.
🔗 Why a Lebanon County community elected a new township supervisor by way of write-in votes (Paywall)
The Lebanon Daily News looks into how a write-in campaign in Millcreek Township got a Newmanstown man elected as a new township supervisor.
🔗 Residents speak out against proposed 1 million square-foot warehouses in East Hanover Township
East Hanover Township supervisors heard a proposal for two warehouses near Interstate 81 that would total more than 1 million square feet. While the developer says it fits the township's zoning, many residents disagreed.
🔗 Newmanstown man killed in Pennsylvania Turnpike crash
30-year-old Newmanstown man Matthew Firestine was killed in a weekend crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in West Pennsboro Township.
🔗 Midstate chocolate hub growing with new Ferrero distribution center in Jonestown
The Midstate chocolate hub is growing after global confectionery company, Ferrero, chose Lebanon County for its new northeastern U.S. distribution center which opened Monday.
🔗 AP Exclusive: FBI eyes how Pennsylvania approved pipeline
The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry highly volatile natural gas liquids across Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned.
🔗 Court delays ruling in underage trans name-change case, citing lack of precedent
Lebanon County Judge Bradford H. Charles, in the case of S.E.M., looked to cases nationwide in an effort to educate the underage petitioner as to what testimony is needed for further proceedings, in light of Pennsylvania’s lack of authority on the matter.
