Chambersburg

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The Borough of Chambersburg's public workshop council meeting scheduled for Monday night has been canceled, Borough Secretary Tanya Mickey announced. The council's next meeting will be a regular public meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23.

The Ballet IV class of A&B Dance Dimensions, which is taught by instructor Natalie Price and student assistant Katie Zak, is one of several dozen groups scheduled to perform at Sunday's annual recital by A&B Dance Dimensions of Waynesboro, Pa. The recital begins at 2 p.m. at The Capitol Theatre in Chambersburg, Pa.

One teenager died and another teenager was in critical condition after a single-vehicle accident Saturday night in downtown Chambersburg, Chambersburg Police Department Chief David Arnold said Sunday. Jorge Adrian Navarro, 17, of 455 Madison Ave. in Chambersburg, was pronounced dead at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, according to a news release from Chambersburg police. A 13-year-old passenger was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center, where the teen was in critical condition with head and leg trauma, according to the news release sent Sunday afternoon.

Superstorm Sandy isn't going to spoil Halloween for some Tri-State area children, after all. Officials in Hagerstown and in Chambersburg, Pa., announced that trick-or-treating in those communities will be held as scheduled Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Hagerstown residents are reminded to invite children in costume by turning on their porch lights, a news release from city spokeswoman Erin Wolfe said. Parents are encouraged to accompany their children when they go door to door and make sure they cross at intersections.

A newly hired assistant emergency services chief in the Borough of Chambersburg will be continuing his passion for firefighting, while returning to his Pennsylvania roots. Howard “Butch” Leonhard, a Middletown, Pa., native, said his interest in fire service started at a young age. “I grew up right across the street from one of the fire stations in Middletown. In fact, it was the station where my dad was a volunteer,” he said. Leonhard, 50, said moving to Chambersburg will put him closer to family.

A veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has announced his candidacy for mayor of Chambersburg. Darren Brown, 32, said he wants to review police operations to ensure the most efficient use of tax money, ensure transparency for government operations, and establish and strengthen partnerships with nonprofit organizations. Chambersburg's mayor oversees its borough police department. That position is just one of many that will appear on ballots in the May 21 primary election and Nov. 5 municipal election.

The man charged in the shooting death of a Chambersburg teenager was arraigned in Franklin County this week, Chambersburg police said. Steffawn Spriggs, 23, is accused in the slaying of 18-year-old Calvin Warren James Beam last month. Spriggs, of no fixed address, was charged with first-degree murder, recklessly endangering another person, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure and persons not to possess, use, control or transfer a firearm. Chambersburg police said Spriggs was arraigned via video arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Larry Pentz on Tuesday.

A Chambersburg man waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on felony charges of homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle in the January death of a Shippensburg, Pa., woman. The charges against Jeffrey David Davies, 21, are third-degree felonies. He also is charged with reckless driving, careless driving and failure to obey a traffic-control device, according to online court records. The single-vehicle crash claimed the life of Kristi L. Myers, 18, of Shippensburg,  Pennsylvania State Police said.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is scheduled to speak about business initiatives April 4 at a luncheon in Chambersburg. The chambers of commerce in Franklin County, Pa., are distributing invitations in partnership with the Franklin County Area Development Corp. “This is an event that will be open to the public. There is a $25 registration fee,” said L. Michael Ross, president of the Franklin County Area Development Corp. “The proceeds from this event will go to the9/11memorial at Letterkenny Chapel,” he said.

Witnesses to a fatal shooting Oct. 22, 2012, in the borough of Chambersburg took the stand in court Wednesday to describe the chaos that night. Three people who were inside an East King Street home when Victor Hugo Campos-Olguin died testified during a preliminary hearing for Jason C. Shauf, 38, of Sollenberger Road west of Chambersburg. Shauf is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and multiple counts of kidnapping, unlawful restraint, robbery and conspiracy.