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Search warrant executed at vape shop LEWISTOWN — The Lewistown Police Department executed a search warrant at Lewistown Tobacco and Vape at 10:21 a.m. on Sept. 3 after controlled buys and complaints confirmed the store was selling raw marijuana, according to a release issued on Thursday. A 23 year old employee from Alexandria, Va., and the West Virginia owner both claimed they didn’t know the products were illegal. Officers seized several pounds of marijuana, THC edibles, Delta 8 items, boxes of drugs and thousands in cash. Charges are pending. Runaway juvenile located at ...

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Reserve Now: • Goose Day dinner — Pick-up only 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sept. 29, Decatur Fire Co. Cookhouse, Route 522 North, Alfarata. Take-out only goose dinner $20, chicken dinner $15. Pre-orders only served. To order, call (717) 543-0921 by Friday, Sept. 25. Monday • 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. • UPS retirees luncheon — noon, Hoss's Steak and Sea House, 23 Hoss Drive, Lewistown. • Bingo — doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts ...

Red, White & Goose: Lewistown prepares for Goose Day parade

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LEWISTOWN -- Goose Day has had road rallies, races, restaurant specials and enough roast goose to keep an old local legend alive for generations. This year, it gets something new: a parade. Lewistown will hold its first Goose Day parade Sept. 29, bringing a procession through downtown on the holiday itself and tying the community’s longtime tradition to the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. The idea began with Kevin Kodish, a Mifflin County commissioner who also serves as president of the Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau board. Kodish said it bothered him that ...

Lewistown shooting suspect captured after Turnpike chase

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LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man accused of firing 21 shots at five people outside a Logan Street bar was captured early Friday after leading Pennsylvania State Police on a pursuit along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County. Kio Manuel Dejesus-Pena, 42, was taken into custody after ...

Community honors heroes, victims of 9/11 attacks

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LEWISTOWN — Community members and officials joined together Friday at the Mifflin County Courthouse in remembrance of the victims and in a tribute to the heroes on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. About 50 people attended the ceremony on Friday morning to give ...

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