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Twenty months after the retirement of long-time minister of music and associate organist, Timothy and Barbara Braband, the congregation, family and friends finally were able to gather at St. James

A three-story hotel with retail space may replace the City Mart convenience store at 150 Carlisle St. in Gettysburg.

The practice of "sundown towns" dates to the 19th century and is named after signs that would tell Black people they needed to leave by "sundown."

Peggy Gustafson, right, receives a certificate from Gettysburg Mayor Ted Streeter honoring her for 25 years of service on the borough Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB). During a borough council

Flatcats, selling a wide array of candle holders, trinket boxes and other home decor embellished with cat silhouettes, opened a few months ago at the Palmer Park Mall. The business features the original handpainted works of Forks Township artist Shirley Shaffer.

Wake Forest is undergoing a technological renaissance that is spurring on next-generation connectivity and entrepreneurial opportunity. As the community welcomes the presence of TING Internet and begins to construct its own progressive, fiber-optic loop, the town’s fiber infrastructure is about to become a lot more robust and much more accessible. Wake Forest is set on developing an infrastructure that is conducive to local innovation and enhanced quality of life for its entrepreneurs and res...

bcoupland@tribtoday.com HUBBARD — The replacement of a bridge that was built during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency was dedicated Monday after the work was done last summer and fall. Representatives of Hubbard city, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office took part in the ribbon cutting and dedication at the new bridge. Mayor Ben Kyle said the nearly $1 million bridge work was an Ohio Department of Transportation project through the county engine...

HUBBARD — The replacement of a bridge that was built during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency was dedicated Monday after the work was done last summer and fall. Representatives of Hubbard city, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office took part in the ribbon cutting and dedication at the new bridge. Mayor Ben Kyle said the nearly $1 million bridge work was an Ohio Department of Transportation project through the county engineer’s office with no co...

FCPH: COVID vaccine demand exceeds supply Courtesy photos Former Blue Lion basketball coach Gary Shaffer and wife Jeannie receive their vaccinations from MRC volunteer Teresa Wisecup, RN, and FCPH nurse Ashley Roberts, RN. Courtesy photos As Phase 1b of Ohio’s COVID-19 vaccination plan continues next week, Fayette County Public Health (FCPH) Deputy Health Commissioner Leigh Cannon is reminding the public that the demand exceeds the supply and vaccine remains scarce. “We are working as qu...

Bridge and Shop with a Cop issues addressed at JCC Suzette Lowe Reporter Two issues were brought before the Jackson County Commission during the public comment portion of the Dec. 9 meeting. Gary Shaffer and Travis Shaffer asked Commissioners Dick Waybright, and Mitch Morrison, with Mike Randolph attending by phone, to address a low water bridge that had been constructed years ago on Middle Fork. The bridge, which was built by a gas company, through time has become almost equal with the bank an...