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Rare Gold Coin Stolen From $4.2K Sold Auction Lot, PA State Police Say Rare Gold Coin Stolen From $4.2K Sold Auction Lot, PA State Police Say
Liberty Head Quarter Eagle Gold Coin Stolen At Kleinfelter's A rare gold coin was stolen from a Lebanon County auction, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Jan. 8, 2024.  An 1851-O Liberty Head Quarter Eagle coin was sold as part of a lot from Kleinfelter's Auction Inc. in Myerstown on Dec. 13, 2023, according to state police.  Sometime between that day and Dec. 27, the coin was swapped for a standard, still in circulation, dime, investigators explained.  The auction staff did not notice the change in the change, so the dime was shipped to the winner of the lot. When they received the wrong coin and notified the auction house, the …

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Police & Fire
Car Split In Two, BMW Driver MedEvac'd After Lebanon County Crash: PSP Car Split In Two, BMW Driver MedEvac'd After Lebanon County Crash: PSP
Car Split In Two, BMW Driver MedEvac'd After Lebanon County Crash: PSP A 36-year-old man is in the hospital with serious injuries following a high-speed crash in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.  The Myerstown driver was in his 2005 BMW 325 going at "a high rate of speed" when he lost control – exiting Weavertown Road north of Pineapple Road in Jackson Township around 10 p.m. on Saturday, state police said.  The BMW spun out and slammed into a tree near the westbound lane – "splitting the car into two pieces," troopers said.  "The rear end traveled northwest into a field and (the) fron…

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Obituaries
Parents Of 3 Killed In Head-On Collision On Way Home From Church Parents Of 3 Killed In Head-On Collision On Way Home From Church
Parents Of 3 Killed In Head-On Collision On Way Home From Church Parents were killed in a head-on collision on their way home for a Christmas candlelight service at their church on Sunday, according to state police and the couple’s family. Arthur “Art” Matz, 50, and Jody L. Matz, 44, both of Myerstown, Pennsylvania, died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash in the 4700 block of the Stiegel Pike/Route 501 on Sunday at approximately 8:20 p.m., according to a release by police. The couple was heading north in their 2008 Honda Civic when a 2012 Infiniti QX56 operated by Eric S. Martin, 34, of Myerstown, crossed over from the southbound lanes and struck thei…

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by Jillian Pikora