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Free Medicare counseling available during open enrollment

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania residents can receive free counseling to help navigate Medicare's annual open enrollment period, which begins Oct. 15 and continues through Dec. 7. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging's Pennsylvania Medicare Education and Decision Insight, or PA MEDI, program provides trained counselors who can help Medicare recipients compare Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, including costs, provider networks, benefits, prior authorization requirements and drug formularies. Counselors can also help determine whether individuals qualify for cost-saving ...

Police reports

Identity theft reported in Oliver Township McVEYTOWN — Pennsylvania State Police at Lewistown are investigating an identity theft reported Oct. 6 involving a 54-year-old McVeytown man. Police said an unknown person used the victim’s identity to make a purchase at a Home Depot store. The incident was reported at about 8:22 p.m. on U.S. 522 South in Oliver Township. The investigation is ongoing.

Supervisors receive building code inspector proposal

LEWISTOWN — The Derry Township Board of Supervisors received a proposal from a Building Code Inspector during its meeting Monday evening. Officials claim they have been looking into available building code inspection services for permitting residential and commercial construction in the ...

Signs of Fall

Mifflin County woman dies in Route 322 crash

NEW BUFFALO — A 24-year-old Mifflin County woman died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash late Saturday on U.S. 322 in Perry County. Callie Espigh died of multiple traumatic injuries following the crash, which occurred at about 11:52 p.m. Oct. 3 near mile marker 225.6 in Watts Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Newport and the Cumberland County Coroner’s Office. The coroner’s office ruled Espigh’s death accidental. State police said Espigh was traveling east on Route 322 when her vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons. The vehicle traveled ...

Mifflin County adds 35 measles cases as Pennsylvania total reaches 1,078

LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County accounted for nearly half of Pennsylvania’s 74 new measles cases since Monday, adding 35 infections and raising its total to 153. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s measles dashboard, only Lancaster County, with 401 cases, has reported more infections. Lancaster added 10 cases during the same period. Mifflin County added nearly three times as many cases in two days as it did during the previous week. The county had 93 confirmed cases on Sept. 21, 106 on Sept. 28 and 118 on Monday. Its total has risen by 60 cases, or about 65%, since ...