Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: PA State Police Chambersburg Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: PA State Police Chambersburg
Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: PA State Police Chambersburg A passenger has died in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday morning. State Troopers were called to the fatal crash along I-81 in Franklin County a minute before midnight on March 21. The crash involved an International Freight Liner Tractor Trailer and a passenger car, both traveling north on Interstate 81.  The tractor-trailer rear-ended the passenger car and "continued to travel straight north bound on 81, crossed both north lanes of travel and into the center grass median, striking the metal guide wire," police sta…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Business
Popular Rolled Ice Cream Franchise Opening First Location In Pennsylvania Popular Rolled Ice Cream Franchise Opening First Location In Pennsylvania
Popular Rolled Ice Cream Franchise Opening First Location In Pennsylvania A popular Rolled ice cream franchise is coming to Pennsylvania, Bennett Williams Commercial Real Estate announced on Wednesday, March 6. Sweet Rolled Tacos is rolling into a 1,330-square-foot space at  Gateway Plaza in Chambersburg, Franklin County, according to the real estate company's post. JUST LEASED 💥 Chambersburg, PA ☑ Gateway Plaza ☑ 1,330 SF ☑ Sweet Rolled Tacos coming soon! 📍All in-line spaces leased!... Posted by Bennett Williams Commercial on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Although Sweet Rolled Tacos specializes in rolled ice cream in sweet waffle taco shells, it s…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Obituaries
Details Released About Mom Killed In Head-On Dump Truck Crash In Mercersburg (UPDATE) Details Released About Mom Killed In Head-On Dump Truck Crash In Mercersburg (UPDATE)
Details Released About Mom Killed In Head-On Dump Truck Crash In Mercersburg (Update) Details about a local mom killed in a Franklin County dump truck crash on Tuesday, Jan. 30, have been released. Angel M. Rife (Peiffer), 49, of Mercersburg, died at the scene of a head-on crash into a 2006 Peterbilt 357 dump truck at 10148 Welsh Run Road/PA 995 in Montgomery Township, Mercersburg near Greencastle on Jan. 30, PSP Chambersburg Trooper Kevin Rhodes detailed in a follow-up release that evening.  **Scroll Down For More Details About Rife** Trooper Megan Frazer explained that first responders were initially called to the multi-vehicle crash between Bradley and Montgomery Ch…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg
Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg A 66-year-old man is dead and a woman was seriously injured in a crash in Guilford Township on Tuesday, authorities announced on Jan. 31. Rodney Sebring of Chambersburg, died at Chambersburg Hospital on Jan. 30 following a serious three-vehicle crash, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  It all started when Margaret Cole was heading south along Falling Spring Road, SR-2029, near the Briar Lane intersection. Suddenly, she drove her black Jeep Renegade into the northbound lane — side-swiping Brendan Finucane's silver Volvo S60. Then she crashed head-on into Sebring's silver Linco…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say Five Pennsylvania children were victims of a Florida man's international sextortion scam that started more than a decade ago, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.  Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 34, an Ecuadorian national most recently of Miami, Florida, was arrested at his home by PSP troopers in Miami with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, their Special Operations Team (SOT), and the Miami-Dade Police Department on Jan. 18, according to the release.  Police executed a search warrant of his home and seized num…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
Abandoned Kids Have Chambersburg Police Searching For Sex Offender Abandoned Kids Have Chambersburg Police Searching For Sex Offender
Abandoned Kids Have Chambersburg Police Searching For Sex Offender A sex offender with felony convictions in multiple Pennsylvania counties is at large and wanted on new charges.  Waldi Andre Cuello, 30, was first convicted of the incident assault of a child between the ages of 4 and 8 years old in Lebanon County in 2015, court documents show.  After he served his prison time he was expected to register with the Pennsylvania State Police for the Megan's Law Sex Offender Registry, but he failed to do this — multiple times — landing him several more felony convictions and prison time in Perry County in 2018, court record detail.  When he…

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by Jillian Pikora
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA
Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA A man who previously was reportedly "living in a bad place" and thought to be experiencing homelessness last winter was kindly taken in by a couple – whom he thanked by stabbing – now, he will have a home for several years in a state correctional institution, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday.  Robert Lee Suders, 43, most recently of Harrisburg, confessed to the Jan. 27, 2023 stabbing at a hearing over the summer and was sentenced by the Honorable Jessica E. Brewbaker on Dec. 12, the DA said and court records confirmed.  Both of the victims "r…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania State Police 'Failed To Stop' Causing Crash During Chase Pennsylvania State Police 'Failed To Stop' Causing Crash During Chase
Pennsylvania State Police 'Failed To Stop' Causing Crash During Chase A Pennsylvania State Police Corporal and a trooper caused a crash during a pursuit on Tuesday, according to a state police release on Friday, Oct. 6.  The crash happened near the intersection of South Main Street and Mercer Avenue in Mercersburg Borough at 2:21 p.m. on Oct. 3, as detailed in the police release. Trooper Spencer Taylor, 31, was driving and Corporal Michael Kishbach, 29, was in the passenger seat of a marked Pennsylvania State Police 2000 Ford Explorer, according to the release.  They were pursuing another vehicle along Icehouse Lane when they "failed to stop at a stop sign"…

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by Jillian Pikora
Frederick, MD
Business
Retired Trucker Wins $1K Per Week For Life On Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Retired Trucker Wins $1K Per Week For Life On Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Retired Trucker Wins $1K Per Week For Life On Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station A lifelong Maryland Lottery player from Pennsylvania will now be set for life after winning big on a ticket sold in Frederick County. What started as a leisurely drive across state lines for "Pap Paw," to the Silo Hill Sunoco in Emmitsburg led to the biggest win of the retired trucker's Lottery career, as he cashed in a $1,000-a-week-for-life prize, easily topping the hundreds of dollars he's claimed over the years. The Maryland native who now lives in Pennsylvania said that he would get on the road each day for work and drive across the Maryland State line for more than a decade to play se…

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by Zak Failla
Chambersburg, PA
Traffic
I-81 In PA Reopens Following Triple Fatal Maryland Crash (UPDATE) I-81 In PA Reopens Following Triple Fatal Maryland Crash (UPDATE)
I-81 In PA Reopens Following Triple Fatal Maryland Crash (Update) Part of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania was shuttered following a triple fatal multi-vehicle crash at the border with Maryland, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Officials told Daily Voice on Friday.  Four tractor-trailers, at least two passenger vehicles, and several motorcycles were involved in a deadly crash at mile marker 10 on Interstate 81 South in Washington County Maryland around 11 a.m. on Sept. 1, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. Three people are confirmed dead, several others are entrapped, and at least one person has been airlifted from the scene a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Weather
Here's Where There Are Heat Advisories, Warnings In PA: NWS Here's Where There Are Heat Advisories, Warnings In PA: NWS
Here's Where There Are Heat Advisories, Warnings In PA: NWS Expect excessive heat and high humidity Thursday and Friday, July 27 and 28, say meteorologists with the National Weather Service.  Heat advisories are in effect for both days, as temperatures are expected to climb as high as 96 degrees Thursday and 99 degrees on Friday, meteorologists said.  Residents are advised to stay hydrated with plenty of water, bring strenuous activities indoors or avoid them altogether, and wear lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothes to beat the heat.  An NWS map shows excessive heat advisories in effect for all of Philadelphia and Delaware counties an…

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by Mac Bullock
Lower Paxton, PA
Lifestyle
Award-Winning Drag Queen, LGBTQ+ Advocate Joins Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registry Award-Winning Drag Queen, LGBTQ+ Advocate Joins Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registry
Award-Winning Drag Queen, LGBTQ+ Advocate Joins Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registry A once popular Drag Queen and beloved LGBT activist is now behind bars for the next 22 to 44 months after pleading guilty to 10 counts of child pornography.  A 28-year-old Brice Williams, also known as the drag queen Anastasia Diamond, was caught uploading child pornography to Dropbox, authorities explained at the time of his arrest. Williams was an esteemed LGBT+ advocate who previously worked with Franklin County Coalition for Progress, and United Way of Franklin County, according to social media.  The LGBT Center of Central PA awarded Williams a Rising Star Award in 2020, acco…

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by Jillian Pikora