Breaking News

Ronald Paul Evelhoch

Ronald Paul Evelhoch, of Lewistown, passed away Dece. 31, 2025. Born July 24, 1939, in Carlisle, he was a son of the late Paul and Edna Evelhoch. Ron graduated from Carlisle High School in 1957 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University. He was a standout football player ...

Dean A. Little

Dean A. Little, 67 of Mifflintown passed away, with his wife by his side, from complications following surgery from pancreatic cancer at 1:18 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 10 ,2026 at UPMC West Shore. Born on Feb. 19,1958, in Lewistown, Mifflin County, he was a son of the late Harold W. Little and G. ...

Gladys D. Varner

Gladys D. Varner, 88, of Lewistown, passed away on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 at Celebration Villa of Reedsville. Arrangements have been entrusted to King-Barr Funeral Home LLC, 120 Logan Street, Lewistown, and will be announced upon completion.

Anna M. Hosler

Anna M. Hosler, 71, of Mifflin, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital. Born March 29, 1954 in Lewistown, she was a daughter of the late George and Elizabeth (Thomas) Edwards. She is survived by her husband, Dennis R. Hosler, one son, Mike Hosler and partner, Nikki Green, of Middletown, and two sisters, Betty McNitt and husband, Jim, of Reedsville and Emma Stuck, of Burnham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, James Edwards and George Edwards Jr. and two sisters, Elizabeth Himes and Julia M. Hockenberry. Anna ...

James L. Brannon

James L. Brannon, 88, of Belleville, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. A viewing is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, at Heller-Hoenstine Funeral Home, Woodlawn. A funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. A complete obituary will be published at a later date.

Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir dies at 78

LOS ANGELES — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of endless tours and marathon jams, has died. He was 78. Weir’s death was announced ...