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YMCA Benefit Dinner helps ensure no one is left behind

Local News July 26, 2026

BURNHAM — For many people in Mifflin and Juniata counties, the Juniata Valley YMCA in Burnham is a place they visit a few times a week. For others, it is something much more profound. It is a lifeline during difficult times, a safe haven for children, a source of friendship for seniors, and a place where families find hope when they need it most. That is why the YMCA's 16th Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction, scheduled for Thursday, August 13, at the Reedsville Fire Co., is so important. More than a fundraiser, the event is an opportunity for the community to come together and ...

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Local News July 26, 2026

Today • Job Club — 10 a.m. to noon, Mifflin County CareerLink, MCIDC Plaza Building 58. Attendees can search for jobs, tailor resumes, apply for jobs and learn how to get jobs. • TOPS (Take off the Pounds Sensibly) PA 13339 meeting — 6:45 p.m., Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. New members welcome. For information: (717) 994-0156. Tuesday • Coffee with friends — 9 a.m. to noon, Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 Route 75 South, East Waterford. • Dominoes — 9 a.m., Derry Township Senior Citizen Center, 15 Mill St., ...

Red Cross aces severe summer blood shortage

Local News July 26, 2026

LEWISTOWN — The American Red Cross is entering one of its most dangerous points of the year, as midsummer blood donations have dropped to levels that threaten patient care. With vacations, travel and end-of-summer routines pulling regular donors away, the national blood supply fell nearly ...

Police Reports

Local News July 26, 2026

Unconscious scooter rider crashes twice LEWISTOWN — An unidentified 30-year-old area man was found unresponsive on North Grand Street in Lewistown after a recent scooter crash at 8:53 a.m. on July 16, according to a release issued by the Lewistown Police Department on Thursday. Narcan had no effect, he briefly lost his pulse and EMS revived him. He repeatedly stood up then collapsed, refused treatment and left on his scooter. He crashed again on West Fifth Street, was found unresponsive with a head wound and was transported to the hospital. Police said a social-media rumor that his ...

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Local News July 25, 2026

Reserve Now: •Chicken barbecue — ready at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 25, Stroup-Alexander VFW Post 5935, Belleville. Pre-order at (717) 935-2297. Leave a message. Available until sold out. Saturday, July 25 •Hometown Heroes breakfast — 8 to 10 a.m., Dream Center, 201 First Ave., Burnham (former Burnham Hardware building). Military veterans, firemen, policemen, EMTs, medical field personnel, etc. •Mifflin County Library Crafterday — 9 to 11 a.m., Kish Library, 174 N. Penn St., Belleville. A $5 nonrefundable fee is due at sign-up to hold your spot. Pay on the library ...

Right and wrong thinking

Religion July 25, 2026

The direction of a life is often determined long before a person takes a step. It begins in the thoughts. What we allow into our minds shapes what we believe, what we say, and eventually where we go. That is why Romans 12 gives such a clear instruction: “Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Renewing the mind is not a small matter. It is part of how God changes a person from the inside out. The world is constantly pressing its ideas, fears, desires, and philosophies upon us. Some of those ideas sound reasonable. Some may even contain a ...