Franklin County News

The Penn State Extension is warning farmers and fire departments about a heightened fire risk this summer -- the spontaneous combustion of hay that can lead to barn fires.

Christopher Ardinger, Mercersburg, Pa., and Grace Powell, Waynesboro, Pa., were among more than 2,000 young people nationwide honored in June by Kohl's Department Stores for volunteering in their communities as part of Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program.

The county's emergency communications system is going to cost taxpayers $4 million more than originally planned.

Groups representing first responders across Franklin County have endorsed the $4 million change to the Franklin County emergency communications system.

The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania estimates that several thousand jobs would be lost if $280 million in proposed hospital payment cuts are not restored.

For Sgt. 1st Class Christopher S. Levack, being an Army recruiter is not just about selling.

Today marks the start of the third week of summer vacation for local schools, and some local school districts are well into energy-saving programs and four-day work-weeks that they hope will save them money.

The four candidates who ran for Franklin County judge in the May primary election together spent nearly $200,000 in the race.

Sgt. Anthony Robinson of Chambersburg made his dad's day when he called him from Iraq to wish him a happy Father's Day.

The second major economic stimulus highway project in Franklin County should begin within weeks.

"It may be a crazy life, but it's our life," Kate Gosselin said in the introduction to her family's reality TV show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8." Many Franklin County families watch the reality television show on TLC featuring their fellow Pennsylvanians -- a young couple who first had a set of twins, then, trying for "just one more" child, as the show's ...

Want to shoot off some real fireworks in your back yard? You can find mortars and bottle rockets locally, but as a Pennsylvania resident you can't buy them unless you have a local permit to set them off.

It's rained every other day in May and June. "We're happy to see a green June, which is not what we're used to," Chris Snavely said.

It will be called the PA Hero Walk, an event that organizers hope will raise $250,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project.

A body was found hung in the cattle pen area of the old livestock sale barn off I-30 shortly before noon Wednesday, June 17.

Antrim Twp., Franklin Co. - State Police at Chambersburg are investigating a burglary that occurred at the Hollowell Church in Antrim Township, Franklin County.

A Shippensburg man was killed late Sunday when his motorcycle crashed on White Church Road in Greene Township.

A coroner in south-central Pennsylvania says the death of a 4-year-old girl who fell from a third-floor window at a college dormitory was accidental.

A four-year-old child fell to her death from a dorm room window at a Chambersburg college on Sunday.

Franklin County Art Alliance presented awards in excess of $1,000 at the opening reception of its 38th Annual Exhibition May 31 in Calvary United Methodist Church, 150 Norlo Drive.