Gettysburg News

Each woman has a unique story, but they all have one goal: helping young women with breast cancer.

A 48-year-old Gettysburg man struck a borough police car after a traffic stop on July 19, according to state police in Gettysburg.

GETTYSBURG >> Applications are now being invited from food vendors, craft vendors and non-profit organizations for the twenty-third annual Adams County Heritage Festival, to take place Sunday, September 21 from noon to five at the Gettysburg Recreation Park, Long Lane.

As the nation continues its ongoing 150th anniversary remembrance of the American Civil War, our area has had many reasons to pause and reflect on the contributions and sacrifices made by local troops who helped preserve the Union.

This is a bird's eye view from the Market House, known today as the borough hall on South Second Street, looking toward the center of town in 1864.

Since March, motorists commuting between Gettysburg and Hanover have had to take a seven-mile detour around a closed section of Route 116.

An Aspers man will spend seven months in Adams County Prison for his role in a slew of burglaries around the county that led to five arrests and more than $130,000 in stolen property, according to court records.

In February, 2013, they moved to Jerusalem from their home in Springfield Township, intending to be there for a four-year assignment.

Music will be played mainly on original instruments such as fife, banjo, and mandolin and will include songs of balladeers, Victorian dance music and dance performances.

A Civil War Remembrance Weekend is slated for August 1-3 in Warren to celebrate the legacy of the 111th and the 150th anniversary of Cobham's death at the Battle of Peachtree Creek.

Stacy Brandt comes back to us on 92.1 FM WVLT Saturday, from noon to 2 p.m. to talk about fighting drug addiction and what treatments she has found available, and her new book, and she brings a guest.

Adams County officials will install bullet-resistant glass at the county's four magisterial district judges' offices in an attempt to heighten security.

GETTYSBURG >> "Birds with a Gettysburg Address 2014" is the topic of a special Aug. 2 evening campfire program at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Abbottstown resident Doris Junga with exchange students Jesper Laugesen, left, and Jones Najim at her home on July 15. Jones Najim wanted to see his dream car.

The discovery of an unmarked natural gas line has led to a detour going up on Biglerville Road about a mile north of Gettysburg in Cumberland Township, Adams County.

The newly published book "Civil War Damage Claims: Chambersburg Burns, Volume 1" was compiled by Anne Hull, president of Franklin County Historical Society-Kittochtinny.

GETTYSBURG >> "Soldiers of the Civil War," a living history village with first-person demonstrations and presentations will be held Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, at the historic Daniel Lady Farm on Hanover Road.

CHAMBERSBURG >> On July 30,1864, General John McCausland, as ordered by General Jubal Early, levied a tribute against Chambersburg, demanding $100,000 in gold or $500,000 in Yankee dollars.

More than 25 students were found to have violated Gettysburg College's policy, resulting in expulsions, suspensions and dismissals from campus, according to a letter from college president Janet Morgan Riggs.

Heath Cross holds a picture of his daughter in prayer and a God's eye. Before she died, Brooklyn Cross started a project to make one God's Eye for every American soldier serving on the front lines, and today, her dad Heath is carrying on what she started.