News Archive

Tony Abraham

Amaury Abreu

Arthur Abrom

Zach Alger

Nancy Allwein Nebiker

Anne Hayes, MD

Nelly Arvizu

Associated Press

Don Baer

Chris Baxter, Editor in Chief of Spotlight PA

Jess Benninger

Jess Benninger is a reporter for LebTown. She is currently earning a bachelor’s degree in English at Lebanon Valley College. When she is not writing, she enjoys hiking, listening to music and learning new things.

Lucy Bickel

Emily Bixler

Emily Bixler was born and raised in Lebanon and now reports on local government. In her free time, she enjoys playing piano and going for hikes.

Bruce D. Bomberger, Ph.D.

Bill Bova

Chris Bronder

Sophie Bruce

Dr. Faith Bucks

Wayne Campbell

Jack Cantwell

Mayor Sherry Capello

Carissa Hower and Jess Gutekunst (Annville-Cleona)

Carl R. McAloose, MHA, NHA, CASP

Kyle Cassel

Bruno Cervera

Bruce Chadbourne

Though “not from these parts,” Bruce has been fascinated with the rich history of the Cornwall Iron Furnace, the ore banks, and the local architecture. The more he explores, the more he is amazed how the “Coleman story” breathes life into each period of American history, from the colonial days to…

Casandra Chesser

Casandra Chesser is a Florida native and mom to six kids. Her husband is a Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient. She works from home as a freelance writer, and currently lives in Annville with her family. As transplants to Pennsylvania, they love discovering things to do around Lebanon, going…

City of Lebanon Authority staff

Calvin Clements, DVM, CCRP

Jake Cole

Congressman Dan Meuser

Christopher Connell

Sponsored Content

Cornell Wilson

County Commissioner Bill Ames

Chris Coyle

Chris Coyle writes primarily on government, the courts, and business. He retired as an attorney at the end of 2018, after concentrating for nearly four decades on civil and criminal litigation and trials. A career highlight was successfully defending a retired Pennsylvania state trooper who was accused,…

Laurie Crawford

Annette Damato

Dan Morrissey

Rev. Timothy Dewald

Jeff Dewees

Jeff Dewees has written about sports for more than 30 years, with local stops including the Patriot-News, York Daily Record, Hummelstown Sun and Carlisle Sentinel. He resides in North Lebanon Township.

State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-102)

District Attorney Pier Hess Graf

Douglas E. Hill, County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania

Jennifer Doyle

Jennifer Doyle is president and CEO of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.

Dr. Anthony Aquilina

Dr. Terrence Alladin

Duncan MacLean & Susan O. Wood

Matthew Duvall

Christian Eby

Christian Eby is a freelance sports reporter based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He worked four years as a high school sports reporter at the Carlisle Sentinel and was recently on the LNP | LancasterOnline staff as a high school sports investigative reporter. He is a 2021 graduate of Shippensburg University…

TJ Eck

TJ Eck joined LebTown in January 2024. He has been a sports journalist for more than 10 years. Aside from covering sports feature stories for LebTown, TJ covers boys basketball for LLHoops.com and serves as a sports correspondent for LancasterOnline.com.

TJ began his journalism career in 2013 as a…

Aubree Fahringer

Aubree Fahringer is a producer and reporter for LebTown.

Jeff Falk

Jeff Falk is a seasoned journalist based in Lebanon, PA. He’s a graduate of Cedar Crest High School, Penn State University, and a lifelong resident of Lebanon, born and raised. Currently, he is a feature writer for Engle Publishing in Lancaster, the editor of LebCoSports.com, sports director at WLBR…

Harry Fenton

Thomas Fields

Mike Firestine

Forward Together Lebanon

Bob Frye

Bob Frye is a long-time, award-winning journalist and book author. He’s written for newspapers, blogs, magazines and other outlets, often about the outdoors, but also about history, culture and more. A native of western Pennsylvania, he relocated to the Lebanon Valley in 2020 and now lives in Cleona.

Becky Gacono

State Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48)

Roberta Geidner

Roberta Geidner is co-coordinator of the Advance Care Planning Coalition and serves as the Horizon Planning/Advance Care Planning Manager for WellSpan Health.

Madeline Gingrich

Lexi Gonzalez

Lexi Gonzalez has worked as a reporter with LebTown since 2020. She is a Lancaster native and became acquainted with Lebanon while she earned her bachelor’s degree at Lebanon Valley College.

Jeffrey Graybill

Jay G. Green, ChFC

Nelson "Chip" Greene

Robert Griffiths

Joshua Groh

Josh Groh is a Cornwall native and writer who began reporting for LebTown in 2019. He continued to regularly contribute to LebTown while earning a degree in environmental science at Lebanon Valley College, graduating in 2021. Since then, he has lead conservation crews in Colorado and taken on additional…

Karen Groh

Tom Harlow

Savannah Hershey

Michelle Hess

Margaret Hopkins

Margaret Hopkins reports primarily on West Cornwall Township, the City of Lebanon Authority, and the Lebanon County Metropolitan Planning Organization. A resident of Mount Gretna Campmeeting, she is interested in the area’s history and its cultural and economic roots.

As a former print journalist,…

Mary Huber

Pat Huggins

Pat Huggins covered local sports for the Lebanon Daily News for almost 25 years, beginning in January of 1999. Pat was born and raised in Lebanon County and is a 1987 graduate of Lebanon High School and a 1991 alum of Elizabethtown College. A huge Phillies and 76ers fan, Pat spends his spare time on…

Kandice Hull

Faith Ishler

Randy Jaye

Randy Jaye is an historian and Lebanon, PA native. He has recently researched and nominated four properties that have been successfully added onto the National Register of Historic Places. He is the author of three recent history books, and writes articles for historical journals, local newspapers, magazines,…

John E. Wetzel

Lindsay Johnston

Gordie Jones

Gordie Jones is a Lititz-based freelance sportswriter.

Joseph Otis Minott, Esq.

Jeffrey Kauffman

Pete Kauffman

Brent Kaylor

Janet Keens (ELCO)

Amy Keller

Kevin Keller

Jack Keosseian

KFF Health News

Laura Kise

Robert Kise

Tom Knapp

Tom has been a professional journalist for nearly four decades. In his spare time, he plays fiddle with the Irish band Fire in the Glen, and he reviews music, books and movies for Rambles.NET. He lives with his wife, Michelle, and has four children: Vinnie, Molly, Annabelle and Wolf.

Katie Knol

Katie Knol is a 2024 Penn State graduate with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science. She has reporting experience in student-run publications The Daily Collegian and CommRadio along with NPR-affiliate stations WPSU and WITF. Born and raised in the Hershey-Palmyra area, when she isn’t…

Kurt Koennecke

Michael Koval

Michael Koval is president of the Palmyra Area School Board of Directors. He spent 35 years in law enforcement and private security.

Amanda Krall

Amanda Krall is the President of the Lebanon County Association of Realtors.

Ed Krebs

Jennifer Kuzo

Todd Lassa

Todd Lassa is a career journalist with experience at metro dailies, a business weekly, a Capitol Hill newsletter publisher, and three national car enthusiast magazines. Lassa also contributes to LNP/Lancaster Online and Autoweek and is founding editor of thehustings.news. He lives in Columbia with his…

Dave Laudermilch

Gardy Lawrence

Lebanon Area Fair Board

Lebanon County Commissioners

Lebanon County Democratic Committee

Lebanon County Farm Bureau

Lebanon County Historical Society

Lebanon County Legislators

Lebanon County Library Association

Lebanon County Weather

Lebanon Valley Food Critics

LebTown Staff

Garry Lenton

Jim Lewis

Abigail Lindsay

Abigail Lindsay joined LebTown as a freelance reporter in January 2026. She graduated with her masters degree in strategic communications in January 2026 from Shippensburg University and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in journalism in May 2024 from Elizabethtown College. As a reporter, Lindsay…

Lisa Schaefer, County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania

Kay Litman

County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz

Penelope Litz

Casey Long

Greg Lyons

Duncan MacLean

Jill Martin

Jill Martin resides in South Londonderry Township with her husband and three boys. She is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania and Maryland and stepped back from her full-time legal career several years ago to care for her children, one of whom has special needs. She was elected to the Palmyra Area School…

Troy Martin

Troy Martin was born and raised on a dairy farm in Lebanon County. As a young boy, he was drawn to broadcasting. In his teens Troy would get his shot working on radio at WADV, WLBR, and WQIC Radio. After graduating from Millersville University with a broadcasting degree he jumped into television working…

Tony Matula

Shirley McCormick

Megan Finlan (La Vie Collegienne)

Liann Melendez

James Mentzer

James Mentzer is a freelance writer and lifelong resident of Pennsylvania. He has spent his professional career writing about agriculture, economic development, manufacturing and the energy and real estate industries, and is the county reporter and a features writer for LebTown.

James is an outdoor…

Brianna Metsger (La Vie Collegienne)

Monica von Dobeneck

Ryan Montagna

Darrel Moyer

Lee Moyer

Sue Naughton

Jessie Nguyen

Jessie Nguyen is a graduate student at Northwestern University, where she specializes in investigative reporting and data journalism. She graduated from Penn State University in 2023 with a degree in broadcast journalism and two minors in economics and business. Jessie has written for ProPublica, the…

Duncan MacLean and Nélida Barrueta

Lauren O'Brien

Jared Odrick

Fran Odyniec

Page Olsen

Op-Ed Exchange

Pastor Bob Ierien

Alex Patch

Chelsea Peifer

Chelsea Peifer is a freelance writer based in Lancaster County. She graduated from Millersville University, where she studied journalism and philosophy. She and her husband have two children. When she’s not working, she enjoys gardening, hiking, reading, and going to the beach.

Ali Perrotto

Asha Prihar

Rich Raiders

LebTown Reader Letters

PA Ag Secretary Russell Redding

Matt Reedy

Matt Reigle

Rev. Dr. David A. Zwifka

Richard M. Brown

Russell Richmond

Marcus Riddell

Charles Robbins

Robert W. Callahan, Jr.

Maureen Roth

State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-101)

Samantha Sollenberger

David Sanko

Kira Schlechter

Liam Schmidt

Michael Schroeder

Carolyn Scott

Darby Seymour

Davis Shaver

Davis Shaver grew up in Lebanon and currently lives outside of Hershey, PA.

Jerry Shenk

Rochelle Shenk

Rochelle A. Shenk is a writer with over two decades experience. Her work appears in regional business publications and lifestyle magazines as well as area newspapers. She writes about business and municipal sectors as well as arts and entertainment, human interest features, and travel and tourism.

Rochelle…

Marylouise Sholly

Dan Sidelnick

Dave Smith

Spotlight PA

Jess St. Clair (Palmyra)

Alex Stanilla

State Sen. Dave Arnold (R-48)

Thyme Steele

Annie Steinfelt (La Vie Collegienne)

Gabi Stevenson

Justin Stoltzfus

Grady Summers

John Sygielski

The 19th

The Conversation

Olivia Tobias

Tom Deitlzer, COLA Executive Director

William Trostel

William Trostel is a full-time freelance photographer/videographer based out of Lebanon City. Beginning his career as a hobbyist trying to film his friends skateboarding, his camera quickly turned into a passion. Within two years of being a hobbyist, William began to book portrait sessions and commercial…

Renee Troutman

We Are Lebanon, Pa

Dwight Weidman

Lee Wells

T. Maenad Widdershins

Jean Wildauer

Paula Wolf

Paula Wolf worked for 31 years as a general assignment reporter, sports columnist, and editorial writer for LNP Media. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, she is a lifetime resident of Lancaster County.

Brandon Yeager

Rabbi Sam Yolen

David Zimmerman

Roselle Zubey