Granville News

Sara V. Bair, 75, a resident of the Malta Home, Granville, died at 4:25 p.m., Friday, July 3, 2009 at the nursing home.

The Granville Township Police Department arrested a Yeagertown man on Wednesday after an investigation into several incidents of sexting.

The Mifflin County Commissioners passed several resolutions Monday during a special public meeting on the subject of extending Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone status for several properties in Granville Township.

Even though final state funding questions remain, the Mifflin County School District Board of Directors is slated to conduct a final vote on adopting the district's 2009-10 general fund budget at next Thursday's monthly business meeting.

First Quality Baby Products LLC will receive a $2.3-million loan through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development announced Wednesday.

Designating the former Case New Holland plant in Belleville a Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone came another step closer to reality following action taken Thursday night by the Mifflin County School Board.

Representatives from four local municipalities met with Pa. Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary John Hanger in Lewistown on Thursday morning to discuss the establishment of a regional sewer authority.

Multiple emergency management crews and officers of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission raced Sunday afternoon to a water rescue scene on the Juniata River.

A 52-year-old Lewistown man was flown to Hershey Medical Center on Friday evening for treatment as a result of a two-vehicle accident that occured at the intersection of state Route 103 and Duquesne Way in Granville, a press release from Granville Township Police Department stated.

The Mifflin County Drug Task Force auction set for April 25 is shaping up to be a huge event this year.

A Lewistown woman led multiple police agencies on a chase early Sunday morning through Mifflin and Centre counties.

Two Mifflin County Industrial Development Corp. officers were thanked publicly for their tireless commitment in attracting new business to the area during Tuesday's Rotary Club of Lewistown meeting at the Birch Hill Club in Burnham.

Gladys Pauline Rishel, 89, of Malta Home, Granville, formerly of N. Grand St., Lewistown, died at 5:25 a.m., Thursday, March 12, 2009, at the home.

Emerald ash borer beetles, an invasive species that destroys ash trees, were identified recently in Granville, Mifflin County, according to Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.

A quarantine of ash trees in Pennsylvania was expanded to include Mifflin County on Thursday.

As part of a plan to enhance recreational facilities for local residents, the Mifflin County Planning and Development Department is implementing a project to help identify recreational needs in the area.

Strodes Mills community member Mary Stephens announced her intention to run for the office of Mifflin County Treasurer.

An invasive beetle that destroys ash trees has been found in central Pennsylvania.

Terra M. Noerr, of Lewistown, announced on Sunday that she is seeking the Republican nomination for the office of Mifflin County Jury Commissioner in the upcoming spring primary election.

Two misconceptions hamper the work of Habitat for Humanity, but the misconceptions do not need to remain, Wanda McCullough, secretary of Habitat for Humanity of Mifflin County, told members of Fort Granville ...