Chambersburg

A 53-year-old Chambersburg, Pa., man died early Thursday morning after a one-vehicle crash on U.S. 11 just north of Shippensburg, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Charles Smentkowski Jr., of 56 S. Main St., was identified as the driver and sole occupant of a 2003 Saturn Ion that left the roadway and struck a telephone pole in the area of 1317 Ritner Highway (U.S. 11), police said. While traveling north at approximately 4:43 a.m., Smentkowski's vehicle traveled off the western berm of the road for unknown reasons, struck a mailbox, then slid sideways into the pole, hitting his driver's door, police said.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Jalen Fitzpatrick passed for 114 yards and a touchdown as Harrisburg (1-2, 1-1) shut out Chambersburg (0-3, 0-2) in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth. Brian Reese threw for 116 yards for the Trojans, connecting for 41 yards each to ConRoy Smith and Jordan Franklin.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with stabbing a man Monday night at a home in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania State Police said. The boy, whose name was not released, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, according to a state police news release. Troopers allege the incident happened during a domestic dispute at 8:20 p.m. Monday, when the boy stabbed 29-year-old Michael W. Landon at a residence on Heintzelman Avenue in Chambersburg. Landon was taken to the hospital to be treated for two stab wounds, according to the release.

Commerce Street in Chambersburg, Pa., is closed due to flooding, according to Chambersburg Borough Manager Jeffrey Stonehill.

Northbound Interstate 81 between Chambersburg and Scotland was closed Friday afternoon as a result of a crash near Exit 20, according to a Franklin County 911 dispatcher. A Pennsylvania state trooper said the accident, which was called in at 2:16 p.m., involved more than one vehicle, but had no other details. A member of the Franklin Volunteer Fire Co. in Chambersburg said a medevac helicopter had been called to the scene. Traffic was being detoured at Exit 16 onto U.S. 30 east to Pa. 997, the dispatcher said.

Urology Associates of Chambersburg recently sent letters to patients who underwent prostate biopsies informing them of needles being reused in the procedure. According to a copy of the letter obtained by The Herald-Mail, patients were advised to have their blood tested for conditions. Accompanying the letter was a laboratory outpatient form for tests for Hepatitis Bs Ag, Hepatitis C and HIV. A Greencastle, Pa., resident who received the letter said Urology Associates paid for his blood test, which did not indicate he had infectious diseases.

A Chambersburg man charged in the October shooting death of a man in the 300 block of East King Street faces additional charges in the case after a hearing Friday before Magisterial District Judge Glenn Manns. Carl L. Varner, 54, of 238 E. McKinley St., now faces 10 counts of kidnapping, five counts of unlawful restraint, five counts of robbery and one count of person not to possess firearm. He previously was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery in the death of 29-year-old Victor Hugo Campos-Olguin.

On Saturday,  history replays with “1864 The Burning of Chambersburg,” when Confederate cavalry, under the command of Gen. John McCausland, serve a ransom on the town's courthouse steps. True to history, Chambersburg does not pay the ransom demand of $100,000 in gold or $500,000 in greenbacks, and the town is burned - with lights. “1864 The Burning of Chambersburg” is an impressive and realistic re-enactment and is interactive as Confederate soldiers take to the crowd, searching for shoes, food and valuables, according to a news release from the Franklin County Visitors Bureau.

William Alexander, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Chambersburg (Pa.) and burgess of the town, conceived the idea of the first flight over Chambersburg in 1911. The Chamber contracted Paul Peck, exhibition pilot for the Rex Smith Airplane Co., to fly over Chambersburg on Sept. 23, 1911. Peck was an aviation pioneer - the first pilot from West Virginia and the first to fly over the U.S. Capitol. He also was among the first to transport mail by plane. The biplane was manufactured at College Park, Md., and shipped on several flatcars by train and assembled in Chambersburg the day of the flight, according to historians.

A Chambersburg man was flown from the scene of a two-vehicle crash north of Greencastle, Pa., on Molly Pitcher Highway at Colorado Street, Pennsylvania State Police said. Bradley S. Lucas was not wearing a seat belt when the crash was reported at 1:33 p.m., troopers said. The driver of the other vehicle, Claudia T. Harris of Texas, and passenger Brett L. Haddock and a 2-year-old boy, both of Chambersburg, sustained minor injuries, troopers said. Both vehicles were towed from the crash site, troopers said.