Rob W. Kauffman

Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioner Robert L. Thomas, who has been a commissioner since 1995, announced Friday that he will be able to continue serving in the post even as he undergoes treatment for the blood and bone marrow disease myelodysplastic...

The Borough of Chambersburg and an area business have been awarded state funding to purchase natural gas vehicles or convert existing vehicles to natural gas. The Borough of Chambersburg, along with project partners IESI Corp. and the Borough of...

Elected representatives should lead by example To the editor: Franklin County Commissioners Bob Ziobrowski, Bob Thomas and David Keller, along with state Reps. Rob Kauffman and Todd Rock, and state Sen. Richard Alloway recently voiced their support...

People touring a new facility that converts methane gas into electricity might have been turned off by the dreary weather Tuesday morning, but the microbes making the needed methane loved it. The microbes converting decaying landfill trash into...

Franklin County, Pa., municipal leaders joined their counterparts from communities with similar demographics Monday to push for prevailing wage reform in the state’s capital. Washington Township Manager Mike Christopher, Chambersburg Borough...

The Franklin County 912 Patriots will host a “Second Amendment Freedom Rally” on Saturday, April 6, from noon to 2 p.m. adjacent to the old courthouse in downtown Chambersburg. The event will feature numerous speakers discussing the importance...

Shippensburg Public Library nets $500,000 grant SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — State Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Cumberland/Franklin, recently announced a $500,000 grant through the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund for needed upgrades and repairs to...

An amendment that would increase the weekly prize limit from $25,000 to $35,000 for Small Games of Chance licensees was approved Wednesday by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as part of a bill containing numerous updates to the law. The...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday laid out a budget plan that calls for increased spending for public schoolchildren, senior citizens and individuals with developmental disabilities after years of cutting or flat-funding many programs. Corbett...

Winebrenner Theological Seminary announced the finalization of a $1.8 million deal to purchase the former Scotland School for Veterans Children on Friday. Settlement of the property between Winebrenner, of Findlay, Ohio, and the state of Pennsylvania&...

State Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Cumberland/Franklin, said Monday that the deadline for nonprofit organizations and charities to submit reports as part of the updated Small Games of Chance Act has been extended for one year. “I know many local...

Pennsylvania’s legislators, judges and top executive-branch officials will be receiving automatic salary raises of 2.2 percent, but some said they are not counting on that money for their take-home pay. Gov. Tom Corbett will be eligible for a...