By JULIE MARIE MAXWELL MYERSTOWN - The Jackson Township supervisors received a report from the Keystone Hook & Ladder Co. this week stating that incidents rose in 2011. "For the 2011 year, we responded to 380 emergency calls, an increase of almost 16 ...

By STEVE SNYDER Mitch Hemperly holds his grandson, Hayden, during a recent Goodwill Fire Co. event. Hemperly died unexpectedly Monday at 53. (SUBMITTED) Although Mitch Hemperly's obituary lists no sons among his survivors, don't be misled.

Audits of two Lebanon County volunteer firefighters relief associations recently determined they were in compliance with tested laws and regulations. Speedwell VFRA and Myerstown VFRA were both audited by the office of state Auditor General Jack Wagner ...

By STEVE SNYDER MYERSTOWN - By the narrowest of margins, the Lebanon Valley will have six more weeks of winter. "He's seen his shadow," Grundsau Lodsch 17 hauptman, or president, Robert Schoener announced at 8:13 am Thursday, just moments after the ...

By BRAD RHEN Bridget Nicholson, center, the young-adult librarian at the Annville Free Library, plays a game of Go Fish with Kelly Hewitt, left, and Alyssa Jennings on Tuesday in the library s Young Adult Room. The room routinely attracts dozens in a ...

State Sen. Mike Folmer, left, and US Congressman Jim Gerlach chat at the Lebanon County Republican Party's petition signing event at GOP headquarters in Lebanon in this photo taken on Feb. 9. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS JEREMY LONG) State Sen.

A Lebanon woman was arrested Tuesday, accused of forging five checks from her employer's bank account and using business credit cards to buy bath salts and other items between September and November, police said. Jody Latta, 52, of 741 Mifflin St. was ...

By LES STEWART Staff Writer A 25-year-old woman who helped a city murder suspect flee Lebanon County has been sentenced to Lebanon County prison. Judge Charles T. Jones Jr. on Wednesday sentenced Hilary C. Bogan, 1023 Willow St., Lebanon, to six months ...