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Student creativity takes center stage

Local News August 23, 2026

MIFFLINTOWN — “Creativity takes courage,” French painter Henri Matisse once said, and that spirit was easy to spot inside the Juniata County School District administration building. Aug. 12 marked the opening of the annual Juniata County School District K-12 Art Show, which transformed the quiet administrative building into a bright, bustling gallery filled with families, color and the kind of excitement only young artists can generate. More than 100 students from across the district had work selected for this year’s show, a collection that will remain on display throughout the ...

Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival Returns to Reedsville

Local News August 23, 2026

BELLEVILLE — When Ryan Frankhouser walks onto the Mifflin County Youth Fairgrounds in Reedsville, he remembers what the place looked like when bluegrass filled it. Campers crowded onto the grounds, and families came back year after year. People settled into lawn chairs while the music ...

Wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada, forcing thousands to evacuate

National News August 23, 2026

The fast-growing Hawk Fire was spreading toward neighborhoods in northwest Reno early Sunday, growing to more than 10,500 acres (42 sq. km.) Nearly 14,000 homes were ordered evacuated, and the "GO NOW" zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. The fire has been burning across ...

Pete Buttigieg weighs another White House run

National News August 23, 2026

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The last time Pete Buttigieg was giving a political speech in South Carolina, it was to mark a distant finish in the state's primary that effectively ended his campaign for president. Returning this weekend as he mulls a second run for the White House, Buttigieg set ...

Police Reports

Local News August 23, 2026

Thompsontown man arrested for multiple warrants LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers stopped a vehicle on Lehigh Alley in Lewistown after it made evasive maneuvers at 2:37 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2026, according to a release issued on Thursday. A rear passenger gave a false name, but officers identified him through facial recognition as Stephen T. Dressler, 35, of Thompsontown, was taken into custody for multiple arrest warrants and lodged in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown. Citation pending after road rage incident in Lewistown LEWISTOWN — Two ...

Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires

National News August 23, 2026

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze. Indonesia has been battling fires driven ...