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Warrant arrest made on Valley Street LEWISTOWN — The Lewistown Police Department took Brandon T. Hess, 28, of Lewistown, into custody on an active arrest warrant on Oct. 15, according to a release issued on Thursday. A department narcotics investigator observed Hess walking on Valley Street at North Pine Street in Lewistown at 1:51 p.m. Police were aware Hess had an arrest warrant related to a drug paraphernalia charge. Uniformed officers took Hess into custody. Hess was lodged in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown on the warrant. Online house sale turns out to be ...

From tragedy to hope: Wings of Kindness continues to lift local children

MIFFLINTOWN — More than two decades after a tragedy shook Juniata County, a foundation created in response to unimaginable loss continues to change the lives of local children. That mission was on display during the Oct. 15 Juniata County School District Board of Directors meeting at the administration building in Mifflintown, where Wings of Kindness founder Ted Pannebaker accepted a $3,500 donation from the Juniata County Education Association and, in turn, presented the district with three microscopes and a LeapFrog Magic Adventures Globe. JCEA collected the funds from a dressdown ...