Crews battle two overnight fires in Mifflin County

October 20, 2026

LEWISTOWN — Emergency crews spent much of the night battling two separate building fires early Tuesday morning, including a four-alarm-equivalent blaze in Lewistown and a second-alarm fire in Belleville. The first fire broke out on Montgomery Avenue in Lewistown, where a pickup truck reportedly caught fire inside a garage. According to a Facebook post from City Hook & Ladder Fire Company No. 14, the blaze spread and eventually escalated to the equivalent of a fourth alarm, drawing assistance from multiple fire companies. Photos shared on social media showed heavy smoke pouring ...

Big Valley Rural

October 20, 2026

Sadie Peachey Oct. 10, 2026, greetings to all and a happy birthday wished to Katie J. Swarey of Jackson, OH. Thought to write and send this today since there is no mail day on Monday the 12th, Columbus Day. How many years has it since he discovered America? If my memory serves me right, it was 1492. So it would be 534 years ago! Quite a long time ago and all the changes since then...oh my! Callers this week were Sister Gertie and Jonathan. Gertie was here for the day on Tuesday, and we were served a lunch of yummy hoagies, ice cream, apple bars and snacks. An enjoyable day. Nanie was ...

Granville

October 20, 2026

JoAnn Plank Greetings everyone. It was quite a rainy weekend last week. We had a combination of rain, a few sunny days, then back to rain. With it being fall along with the hurricane season, we can expect that. I had to turn my heat on a few chilly mornings. Only to turn it back to air in the afternoon. Soon, we will have a big frost and back to heat. It will stay. I was admiring some of the great Halloween decorations up on 103 last weekend. The lights are very nice, and all the things you can make with a pumpkin besides delicious pies are unbelievable, but then are those little ...

Outdoors: Hunt pheasants on Oct. 24 and get in better shape

October 20, 2026

For outdoor exercise this fall and winter, hunt pheasants and other upland game birds once pheasant season opens statewide Oct. 24. Pheasant season follows the opening of ruffed grouse and woodcock seasons on Oct. 17. It is possible, if you hunt the appropriate game bird habitat, that you could flush all three species of game birds on the same hunt. That’s because grouse and woodcock sometimes live at the edge of woods bordered by pheasant fields. It is the pheasant, however, that recently has been stocked mainly on state game lands owned and managed by the Pennsylvania Game ...

Birth Announcements

October 20, 2026

BENUEL LYNN ZOOK Benuel Lynn Zook was born at 1:43 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at UPMC Harrisburg to Willie and Rachel Zook of Belleville. Benuel was 4 pounds, 11 ounces and 17 inches. KATIEANN DENA YODER Katieann Dena Yoder was born at 11:05 a.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at WellSpan Evangelical Hospital to Enos and Betsy Yoder of McClure. Katieann was 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 19 ½ inches.

Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to receive $5.1 million through state program

October 20, 2026

HARRISBURG — The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank that serves part of Mifflin County will receive $5.1 million in financial and in-kind contributions through Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Assistance Program to help address growing food insecurity across the region. The funding comes from businesses participating in the state program, which provides tax credits in exchange for contributions to qualifying community projects, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The Harrisburg-based food bank distributes food to pantries across 27 counties, ...