Myerstown News

A confession to a school guidance counselor touched off a state police investigation that led to the arrest of a 68-year-old man for sexually assaulting three girls when they were less than 10 years old.

Goodman would destroy country Editor: Ellen Goodman always extols the virtues of the Obama administration and runs down anything the Republicans do, but this time she went way too far .

Marian Sechrist has loved dolls since she was a little girl growing up in Myerstown and Lebanon.

Myerstown will celebrate the season with three events Saturday, starting with the Myerstown Activity Network's holiday parade at 3:30 p.m. Following the parade, the Myerstown Women's Club will hold a community tree-lighting service at 7 p.m. at West Main Avenue and Locust Street.

Several residents of the Elco School District said they were "confused and disoriented" and "disgusted" during a community open forum Thursday night established to discuss grade configuration and plans for the Myerstown and Schaefferstown elementary school buildings.

AUTOMATIC ALARM: City fire crews responded at 3:14 p.m. Monday to Stevens Towers, 930 Willow St.

During his deployment in Iraq this year, Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Buck and his fellow National Guardsmen received numerous gifts from the students of Myerstown Elementary School.

Elco Superintendent Richard Nilsen on Monday night outlined next week's open community forum, focusing on the district's controversial intermediate school.

CRASH: Vehicles driven by Teri L. Callaghan, 43, of 116 American Legion Blvd., Pine Grove, and Brian Zimmerman, 32, of 617 Union St., Lebanon, collided at 1:44 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of East Cumberland Street, police said.

A 25-year-old Myerstown man has been convicted of the attempted rape and sexual assault of an 18-year-old mentally challenged woman more than a year ago.

Two local organizations are working to make sure the graves of veterans are decorated with holiday wreaths this year at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

The Elco school board Monday night borrowed $7.6 million to fund the final construction phase of the new intermediate school and to make repairs on existing facilities.

Thousands of miles from the village she serves in El Salvador, Guadalupe Cortez's soft smile spoke volumes in any language.

Two Jonestown men were charged with burglary, criminal trespass and theft following burglaries at 501 Jonestown Road on Thursday and Friday.

A 68-year-old man was sent to Bucks County Prison on Saturday on charges he sexually assaulted three young female relatives for years, state police said.

A barn fire reported Saturday morning in Lebanon County continues to burn but is under control, county dispatchers said.

A 21-year-old woman has been sentenced to state prison for her role in a convenience-store armed robbery and a burglary.

Crews from Berks County and Lebanon County were on the scene of a barn fire in Jackson Township, Lebanon County.

The South Lebanon supervisors Tuesday night approved the use of the township fire police to assist in traffic control in coordination with the state Department of Health for H1N1 mass vaccination clinics.

Fourteen people were sentenced Wednesday for drunken-driving offenses, including a South Annville Township man slapped with a state-prison sentence.