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6 measles cases reported amid statewide outbreak

LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County’s confirmed measles count has risen to six as cases continue to increase across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 232 measles cases statewide, including 57 in the past seven days. Thirty-eight people have been hospitalized. Mifflin ...

Police reports

No injuries reported in Route 22 crash MILLERSTOWN — No injuries were reported in an Aug. 3 two-vehicle crash on U.S. 22 westbound in Perry County. Pennsylvania State Police at Newport said a 2026 Honda CR-V was traveling in the left lane near mile marker 214 at about 7:36 a.m. and attempted to enter the right lane when it struck the driver’s side of a 2023 Ford F-250 SuperCab. The collision caused denting to the vehicles. Both drivers were able to leave the scene, and no injuries were reported. Police issued the Honda driver a written warning for driving on roadways laned ...

PennDOT places speed display board on Route 144

From staff reports BOGGS TOWNSHIP — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has placed a radar-controlled speed display board along Route 144 in Boggs Township, Centre County, to remind motorists to obey the posted speed limit. The board faces southbound traffic between Governor’s Road and Doe Ridge Lane, about 4¼ miles south of Snow Shoe Borough. The speed limit in the area is 55 mph. The board uses radar to detect approaching vehicles and displays their speeds. It will remain at the location for four to six weeks. PennDOT said speeding and other aggressive driving ...

Tax cash to nonprofits more than doubled since 2016

In the past decade, government grants to nonprofits and the number of nonprofits that receive tax money has doubled, raising questions about whether public money is being wasted, an investigation by The Center Square found. In 2016, federal, state and local governments gave $149.5 billion in grants to about 56,000 nonprofits registered with the IRS, an analysis of nonprofit tax returns shows. In 2020, that number went up to nearly $310 billion with more than 110,000 nonprofits receiving taxpayer funding. Two years later, the numbers peaked at $319 billion though about 10,000 fewer ...

Lewistown man jailed on assault charges

LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man is facing multiple felony charges after police allege he fired a handgun into an occupied residence during a domestic dispute early Sunday morning. Paul Anthony Goldenbaum, 46, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault, five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, three counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, aggravated cruelty to animals, three counts of simple assault and five counts of recklessly endangering another person. He is being held in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility after failing to post $250,000 ...