Yeagertown News

Barbara Treaster, 65, of Yeagertown, died on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at home. She was born on Nov.

A Burnham woman and her 4-month-old child were among the displaced after fire damaged their apartment on Sunday evening along Seventh Avenue in Burnham.

The hands of Lutheran parish women have been busy during the past year making hundreds of quilts for disaster relief victims across the world.

Rhonda Williams of Yeagertown fills out a silent auction ticket for the 'First Remembrance Quilt' Wednesday at the Beaver Community Fair in Beaver Springs.

The Lewistown Borough Council's decision to reduce service with Mifflin County Regional Police once again dominated the discussion of the board of directors meeting on Thursday evening.

Richard Raymond Miller, 75, of 488 Pine Glen Road, Lewistown, died at 1:40 p.m., Wednesday, Aug.

During the Mifflin County Planning Comission meeting on Thursday afternoon Bill Gomes, director of the Planning and Development Department, gave the comission members a review of what still needs to happen before the extensive Derry Heights project can get underway- and there is still quite a bit of work to be done.

For one local man, an inspirational, yet harrowing true account of northern Uganda's present nightmare made him want to make a difference.

Andrew Knepp, 3, and his father, Brandon, both of Lewistown, show how tall Andrew's sunflower plant has grown this summer while visiting his grandparents' house in Yeagertown.

Donald E. Breon, 81, a resident of Hearthside Manor, State College, formerly of Greenwood Ave., Yeagertown, died at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at Mount Nittany Medical Center.

Donald E. Breon, 81, a resident of Hearthside Manor, State College and formerly of Greenwood Ave., Yeagertown, died at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.

Donald E. Breon, 81, a resident of Hearthside Manor, State College, formerly of Greenwood Ave., Yeagertown, died at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at Mount Nittany Medical Center.

On Thursday afternoon, the Derry Township supervisors unveiled their proposed changes to the Mifflin County Regional Police Department's intermunicipal agreement in a public meeting at the Derry Township Senior Citizens Center in Yeagertown.

Alex Burke, 16, left, of Lewistown, and Ken Varner race down the first base line after hitting a line drive into the infield during the Mifflin Juniata Special Needs Center T-ball game against the Mifflin County Regional Police Department Wednesday evening at Meadow Field in Yeagertown.

Numerous Derry Township residents presented the township supervisors with various complaints, requests and disputes on Monday evening during the supervisors' semimonthly meeting.

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

Tourism generates revenue for local businesses, annual festivals and area attractions such as state parks - all of which are in danger of taking a financial hit if the state budget negotiations lead to significant cuts.

A Pittsburgh developer who is planning a large-scale building project in Derry Township is one step closer to breaking ground this summer.

A large-scale building project including hotels, a sports complex and an indoor water park that is expected to bring jobs and revenue to the region was the focus of the Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau's annual meeting on Monday.

Chase Booher, right, 10, of Yeagertown, gestures to some student artwork with his mother Jaynie Dillon Saturday morning at the 2009 Mifflin-Juniata Arts Festival in Lewistown.