Lebanon County News

North Londonderry Township police charged a Palmyra man with homicide Friday after he allegedly was driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol before to a fatal crash in January.

Elizabeth Judd and David Arnold take questions at a recent League of Women Voters candidate forum.

The Rev. David R. Ellis, shown here in a portrait, was a member of the crew of the USS Monitor ironclad the first such ship built for the United States during the Civil War.

Firefighters investigate a crash between a car and a sport utility vehicle, in the background, at Ninth and Willow streets in Lebanon at 8:36 a.m. Thursday.

University of Rhode Island Student Matthew Royer , who vanished on his way home from college en route to his Skippack home Thursday, has not been located, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.

This property at 1320 Cornwall Road was purchased by Lebanon County on Thursday.

A Lebanon man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months to four years in state prison for assaulting another city man last year.

Six Lebanon County high-school students have been selected to receive the Lebanon Daily News Student Journalist Award this year.

Of the six public school districts in Lebanon County, only two - Annville-Cleona and Northern Lebanon - featured actual contests during Tuesday's primary.

A state trooper investigates a crash involving a horse-and-buggy the buggy can be seen lying on its side in the background about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday on Route 501 just north of Schaefferstown in Heidelberg Township.

You don't have to dig deep to find fun at the library this summer. "Dig Into Reading" is this summer's reading theme for the Library System of Lebanon County.

Bruce Klingler, left, winner of the Republican primary for county sheriff, shakes hands with Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold at GOP headquarters on Tuesday night.

Members of Lebanon County Career and Technology Center's Joint Operating Committee on Tuesday night learned about an opportunity to save up to $550,000. Since January, PFM Group has been watching the bond market for the optimum time to refinance the school's 2008 bonds, valued at $8,450,000, according to PFM representative Scott Shearer.

ARD is a special probationary program for first-time offenders. Participants can earn dismissal of charges if they complete the ARD program.

The Pennsylvania State Police are still searching for a 21-year-old University of Rhode Island student who went missing last week.

Pennsylvania state police suggested Monday that 21-year-old Matthew R. Royer, missing since leaving Rhode Island on Thursday, might have decided on his own to detour from returning to his Montgomery County home.

The Partridge Street Redevelopment Project area, in the shadows of the Norfolk Southern Railroad overpasses on Ninth and 10th streets, is one of six new Keystone Opportunity Zones in Lebanon.

Although the counting of ballots is done after the polls close at 8 p.m., the write-in ballots are not tabulated until the official counting is done on Friday.

The six public and four private high schools in Lebanon County have scheduled their graduation ceremonies, beginning with Lebanon Catholic School on Friday and concluding with Lebanon Christian Academy and New Covenant Christian School on June 8. Lebanon Catholic School's commencement will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday at the school's auditorium.

One night before the primary election, Ann Gruber, a candidate for the Republican nomination of Jackson Township supervisor, found herself in handcuffs at the supervisors' regularly scheduled meeting.