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Local projects receive more than $1M in state funding

LEWISTOWN — Six projects in Mifflin and Juniata counties will receive more than $1.1 million in state funding for road, sewer, municipal equipment and fire company improvements, state lawmakers announced Tuesday. The grants are among more than $5.2 million in Local Share Account funding awarded for projects in Mifflin, Juniata, Huntingdon, Blair and Fulton counties. The Commonwealth Financing Authority approved the funding Tuesday as part of its statewide Local Share Account program. Mifflin County projects will receive a combined $505,900. Armagh Township was awarded $155,900 to ...

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Teen cited after Route 235 crash

McALISTERVILLE — A 17-year-old Middleburg driver escaped injury after a vehicle struck a guide rail Sept. 7 in Juniata County. Pennsylvania State Police at Lewistown said the teen was driving a 2007 Ford Ranger on Route 235, about 2,123 feet north of Camp Lane, at about 2:34 p.m. when he ...

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Borough council addresses parking, e-bike enforcement

LEWISTOWN — The Lewistown Borough Council heard updates on local parking complaints, enforcement involving electric bikes and dirt bikes, school-zone traffic safety and ongoing wastewater improvements on Monday. During the communications portion of the meeting, Lewistown Police Department ...

Lewistown shooting suspect held without bail after Turnpike chase

LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man accused of firing 21 shots at five people outside a Logan Street bar is being held without bail in Lancaster County Prison after his capture following a Pennsylvania Turnpike pursuit. Kio Manuel Dejesus-Pena, 42, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Sept. 25, according to court records. He faces five counts of attempted criminal homicide and a series of related assault, endangerment and firearms charges stemming from the Sept. 5 shooting near the Major League Bottle Shop at Logan and South Pine streets. Pennsylvania State Police took Dejesus-Pena into ...