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Moore held on $500,000 bail

LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man remains in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility after failing to post $500,000 bail as court documents provide additional details about the investigation that led to his arrest. Randy Edward Moore, 32, is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. July 29 before Magisterial District Judge Kent A. Smith. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Lewistown police, Moore voluntarily came to the Lewistown Police Department after investigators contacted him Friday. After waiving his Miranda rights, he agreed to speak with police ...

EAA Chapter 518 to host museum bus trip

From staff reports REEDSVILLE — The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 518 will host a bus trip Sept. 19 to the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Del. The trip will depart from the Mifflin County Airport Administration Building in Reedsville at 6 a.m., with a pickup scheduled for 6:30 a.m. at Cedar Grove Brethren in Christ Church in Mifflintown. The group is expected to return at approximately 9 p.m. The cost is $40 per person and includes transportation only. Participants are responsible for the cost of meals and other incidental expenses. Organizers plan to make meal ...

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PennDOT announces weekly maintenance schedule

From staff reports LEWISTOWN — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced its maintenance schedule for Mifflin and Juniata counties for the week of July 20, with motorists advised to expect daytime traffic restrictions at several work zones. In Mifflin County, bridge maintenance is scheduled at three locations. Crews will work on Route 3017 (Ferguson Valley Road) at a bridge spanning a tributary of the Juniata River in Wayne Township on Monday and Tuesday, Route 1012 (Siglerville Pike) at a bridge spanning a tributary of Laurel Creek in Armagh Township on Wednesday, and ...

Mifflin County jury convicts woman of meth delivery

From staff reports LEWISTOWN — A Mifflin County jury convicted a Derry Township woman Friday of delivering methamphetamine following a one-day trial in the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas. Nicole Bohn was found guilty of delivery of methamphetamine, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to testimony presented at trial, Bohn sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant for $100 on June 28, 2024. Prosecutors said the drug sale was arranged through Facebook Messenger. During the trial, jurors ...

Rolling through history: Beavertown’s joyful end‑of‑war tradition

BEAVERTOWN — George “Tickey” F. Norman stepped into Beavertown’s square on Aug. 15, 1945, carrying the kind of determination that only comes from losing a bet in front of half the town. Japan had just announced its surrender, and the square was already swelling with people cheering, hugging and shouting the news across Main Street. Norman didn’t join the crowd. He walked straight to the patriotically painted barrel waiting for him, the one he had promised to roll eight miles to Middleburg if the war didn’t end by March 17. The barrel glinted in the late-summer sun, red ...