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Local News July 19, 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. •Together With Veterans – HMJ meeting — 10 a.m. via Zoom. Together With Veterans is a community-based program that provides support and resources for rural veterans across Huntingdon, Mifflin and Juniata counties. For more information, contact Karen Rush at (814) 643-6300, karenr.firstcenter@gmail.com or togetherwithveterans.hmj@gmail.com. • TOPS (Take off the Pounds Sensibly) PA 13339 meeting ...

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Local News July 19, 2026

Burglary suspect found sitting on resident’s couch LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers were dispatched to the first block of South Pine Street in Lewistown for an alleged burglary at 1:04 p.m. on July 9, according to a release issued on Thursday. A resident reported that Brent E. Carolus, 53, of Lewistown, entered their home by removing an air conditioner from a window. Carolus was found sitting on a couch when the resident returned. Officers located him walking away and observed the air conditioner on the ground with damage. Carolus was arrested, and officers found a ...

Lewistown Country Club's Sixth Annual Ball Drop returns Friday

Local News July 19, 2026

LEWISTOWN — One thousand golf balls. One target. A summer evening filled with live music, prizes, food and community fun. Lewistown Country Club's Sixth Annual Ball Drop Fundraiser returns Friday, bringing one of the area's most unique fundraising events back to the No. 9 green. Doors ...

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

Local News July 19, 2026

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 ...

Mifflin County municipalities each receive Liberty Trees

Local News July 18, 2026

ALLENSVILLE — The Allensville Fireman’s Festival honoring America’s 250th anniversary on Friday night seemed like the perfect place to acknowledge the Liberty Trees that officials distributed to every municipality in Mifflin County. Across the Juniata River Valley, municipalities celebrate the Nation’s 250th birthday. From parties to parades, each township and borough has shown its love for its country. Every municipality in Mifflin County received a 6- to 8-foot oak sapling to plant in their community; Metzler Forest Products donated the trees. In 1776, the first ...

In the region

Local News July 18, 2026

Milroy Presbyterian Church chicken barbecue canceled MILROY — The chicken barbecue scheduled for Saturday, July 18 at Milroy Presbyterian Church, 321 S. Main St., Milroy, has been canceled due to smoke and air conditions, and potential rain on Saturday. Round Table to host historian Jonathan Noyalas STATE COLLEGE — The Central PA Civil War Round Table will host Civil War historian Jonathan A. Noyalas as its featured speaker during its next meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Activities Room at the South Hills School of Business & Technology, ...