Shippensburg

A Chambersburg man charged in a 2011 traffic crash that claimed the life of a Shippensburg woman will not serve jail time following Wednesday's sentencing in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. President Judge Douglas W. Herman sentenced Jeffrey David Davies, 22, to 72 months to be divided between wearing an electronic monitoring device and probation. Davies was charged with homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault in connection with the Jan. 4, 2011, crash that killed Kristi L. Myers, 18, of Shippensburg, Pa., Pennsylvania State Police said.

Olivia Newton-John said she's always loved singing. She was in her first singing group by the tender age of 15. "But I didn't know that I would be able to make a career of it. But I'm very grateful that I could," she said during a telephone interview from California where she has lived since the early 1970s. Newton-John will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center on the campus of Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pa. "(The audience)

Cat owners would be amazed at the way Gregory Popovich is able to corral his cats in his show, Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, which stops Saturday for two shows at Shippensburg University. Popovich insists that it's not a special training technique, in fact, it's the same one he uses on his dogs - nothing. "In my case, special technique is based on their natural habits," Popovich said during a telephone interview on the road in New Hampshire, his Russian accent punctuating his English.

Greencastle-Antrim boys basketball coach Gary Martin was treated to an all-around performance as the Blue Devils used a 17-4 third-quarter run and solid point play from Zach Faulkner to defeat Shippensburg 59-56 in a tight Mid-Penn Colonial contest. “Our guys did a real good job executing,” Martin said. “It was a real good total team effort.” Leading that effort was Faulkner. Trailing by four early in the third quarter, the senior guard helped facilitate the run that catapulted the Blue Devils (14-3, 7-2)

The Boys & Girls Club of Chambersburg and Shippensburg (Pa.) are preparing to welcome many of the area's leading restaurants to compete in its second annual Wing Challenge at Chambersburg Country Club. Held on Jan. 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. and open to the public, the event will include wings from area restaurants. The cost of entry is $20 per person. All proceeds from the event will benefit the area's local Boys & Girls Club, according to a news release. In 2012, the Boys & Girls Club welcomed more 150 guests, or “judges,” to its first wings event.

A Waynesboro, Pa., man has been charged in a Monday morning accident at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and McKinley Street in which one woman died and two other people were seriously injured, Chambersburg police said. Heather Coble, 25, of Shippensburg, Pa., died at Chambersburg Hospital following the 12:16 a.m. accident, Franklin County Coroner Jeffrey Conner said Monday evening. An autopsy will be performed Wednesday, he said. Two other people, Nicholas Fortenberry, 30, and Madison Perry, 24, both of Shippensburg, were in the same vehicle as Coble and were flown to York (Pa.)

After two frustrating losses at the hands of Gettysburg and Boiling Springs in the past week, the Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils girls team finally jelled together, rebounding against Shippensburg for a 59-44 Mid-Penn Colonial victory behind Chloe Hoover's 27 points and 12 rebounds. Hoover, coming off of a disappointing four-point performance in a 35-32 loss against Boiling Springs on Wednesday, erupted against an overmatched Greyhounds squad. The junior forward capitalized on excellent interior passes and great point play from freshman Hannah Crist to cement herself as the game's top player.

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.

It was a lovingly maternal push that helped a young Clay Aiken realize that maybe he should share his voice with others. He'll be doing just that Saturday night when he makes a stop at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania as part of his “Joyful Noise” tour. As a child, Aiken said he was always singing. “My mom said I was singing before I was even talking,” he said during a telephone interview from New York City. But by the time he was in middle school, he didn't want to participate in choir.

No. 15 Shippensburg scored 45 points in the second half to blow by No. 10 Bloomsburg 58-20 in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday afternoon. The Red Raiders (11-1) won their first NCAA playoff game since 1991 - when head coach Mac Maciejewski was a nose guard for the team - and will travel to Super Region One top seed Winston Salem State (11-0) for a second-round game next weekend. Zach Zulli went 26 of 35 passing for 469 yards, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another 1-yard score.