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Chambersburg Middle School North Under Shelter-in-Place Protocol

Chambersburg Area Middle School North was placed under a shelter-in-place protocol Thursday morning while law enforcement searched the building.

School district police, Pennsylvania State Police and local law enforcement were involved in the investigation. All students were accounted for in their homerooms, and school officials reported there was no active threat.

The school said the building was being cleared as a precaution before the normal schedule resumed.

The eighth-grade school trip scheduled for Thursday was canceled.

Franklin County Employees Raise $7,224 for United Way

Franklin County employees raised $7,224.12 for the United Way of Franklin County through the organization’s annual fundraising campaign. A total of 139 employees across 26 departments participated through monthly dress-down

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