Bucknell University is one of seven members of the newest class of Excellence in Assessment designees, a national program aimed at recognizing colleges and universities who use assessments of student outcomes to drive internal university improvements.
Traffic along Interstate 80 westbound is backed up for more than 10 miles due to construction with a lane restriction between Danville and the Northumberland County line.
The Pennsylvania State Police is seeking donations of horses to support its mounted patrol unit.
The date chosen for Tuesday’s special election caused polling places in two eastern Union County voting precincts to temporarily relocate on the campus of Bucknell University.
BLOOMSBURG — Jose Lopez is a Shikellamy High School senior, but you won't find him in any of the school's classrooms this year.
LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg Children’s Museum and Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way are partnering on a new initiative to foster a facilitated safe space for parents and caregivers of children 0-4 years old to discuss parenting challenges and learn new techniques to add to their parenting …
HARRISBURG — Four of the nine casinos and betting parlors in Pennsylvania that offer sports wagering now take bets online, and the remaining five will likely soon join them, a representative of the state Gaming Control Board said Monday.
The fate of a medical marijuana dispensary permit relinquished last week in Shamokin is unknown at this time.
SUNBURY — The North Central Regional DUI Enforcement division made 14 arrests for various driving violations during a surprise checkpoint in the city Friday night.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Police troopers made 20,143 driving under the influence (DUI) arrests in 2018, which reflects a 1 percent increase from the total number of DUI arrests (19,963) in 2017. In addition, troopers investigated 4,926 DUI-related crashes in 2018.
LEWISBURG — A borough man pleaded guilty Monday to delivering a dose of fentanyl that caused another man’s non-fatal overdose last year and was sentenced in Union County Court.
A 19-year-old Northumberland County man died in Sunday's accidental drowning in the Susquehanna River, Northumberland County Coroner James Kelley said.
NEW YORK (AP) — After five years of investigations and protests, New York City's police commissioner on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man whose dying cries of "I can't breathe" fueled a national debate over race and police use of force.
SUNBURY — The case against accused killer Brian Heffner will move forward toward a trial in early 2020.
Cross off another milestone for Clemson, college football's newest superpower.
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvanians made an average of 655 complaints about robocalls a day in 2018, according to federal data.
MIFFLINBURG — Kathy Kron really wanted to see an activity center in Mifflinburg.
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SHAMOKIN — A different trail connecting the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area to city streets will be tested during a September ride and could ultimately serve as the permanent portal for off-road vehicles to access the downtown.
1. Accused killer Brian Heffner is scheduled to be in Northumberland County Court at 9:45 a.m. Monday in front of President Judge Charles Saylor for a pre-trial conference and criminal motion to dismiss. Police say Heffner fired the gun that killed Sean Maschal, 33, of Mount Carmel, in Mount…
MANDATA — The Line Mountain School District starts the new school year with a mental health initiative.
HARRISBURG — In the nation’s largest full-time state Legislature, many lawmakers have second jobs.
The sun shined down on the thousands of guests during Sunbury’s River Festival on Saturday.
SHAMOKIN — Jeff May lay resting in a deep sleep in his bedroom as flames quickly spread through his South Market Street home overnight Saturday and says if it weren’t for his son, he may not have made it out alive.
NEW YORK (AP) — A homeless man from West Virginia faced charges Saturday for allegedly placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station, forcing an evacuation and snarling the morning commute, police said.
The date chosen for Tuesday’s special election caused polling places in two eastern Union County voting precincts to temporarily relocate on the campus of Bucknell University.
Republican David Rowe by a wide margin raised more money and in-kind donations and spent more money than his Democrat opponent in Tuesday’s special election, Dr. Jenn Rager-Kay.
As Paul McNulty parked his vehicle outside the U.S. Department of Justice building on Sept. 11, 2001, he heard that one of New York City's World Trade Center towers had been hit by an airplane, dismissing it as "a bizarre aviation problem."
The three candidates running in Tuesday's special election to fill the open Pennsylvania House seat representing the 85th District couldn't be more different in background. One is an entrepreneur, another a physician, and the third, a retiree, a former banker.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. More than 1,000 people had been invited, one witness said, as fears grew that it could be t…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An airport security worker in New York has been fired for handing a passenger a handwritten note that said "You ugly!!!"
DANVILLE — Sections of a 10.9-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in Liberty and Valley townships, Montour County, will be closed beginning Sunday, said David Thompson, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Note: This story was updated from a previously published version to correct the victim's age.
LEWISBURG — Auditions for the 2019 Lewisburg Victorian Nutcracker are scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 24 at Strictly Ballet in Lewisburg.
NORTHUMBERLAND — Expect more construction work and detours in Northumberland Borough today, said Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman David Thompson.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University seeks local small businesses to participate in a pair of programs where engineering and management students assist in designing product prototypes and help in analyzing strategic management issues.
SUNBURY — Ax master Stephen Caruso's mobile ax throwing trailer might have offered to festival-goers the most unusual participatory event in the first full day of Sunbury's annual River Festival — 10 minutes of ax throwing competitions between players trying to hit a bullseye.
STATE POLICE, SELINSGROVE
1. High school football enthusiasts can get an early look today at their favorite teams before their season openers next Friday. The scrimmages include Bloomsburg at Shikellamy (10 a.m.), Montoursville at Lewisburg (11 a.m.), Milton at Montgomery (10 a.m.), Danville at North Schuylkill (11 a…
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Children, parents and fans were taking in the excitement of the Little League World Series complex Friday, a sunny day that started with the series’ second no-hitter in as many days.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," died Friday at his home of complications from lung cancer. He was 79.
The medical marijuana dispensary that was coming to Shamokin relinquished its permit as part of a settlement with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, according to an announcement from the state agency this morning.
SELINSGROVE — The owner of CCR&S Trans LLC supports the loosening of truck driving regulations that negatively affect her Selinsgrove-based business.
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday announced a sweeping plan to use an executive order to combat gun violence while waiting for the General Assembly to tackle the issue.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and three other states on Friday, including Pennsylvania, filed the latest court challenge to new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf directed state police and other agencies under his control Friday to focus greater efforts on addressing gun violence, two days after a gunman shot six Philadelphia police officers.
When the tiara descends during the coronation of the Crawford County Fair queen on Saturday, the young woman anxiously awaiting the rhinestone-encrusted crown will not be the same person who first accepted the honor last weekend at the fair queen pageant.
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose slightly in July to 3.9 percent up one-tenth of a percentage point from the record low that was held from April through June according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.
SUNBURY — Several singers at Thursday night’s ninth annual Valley’s Got Talent competition displayed such mature singing ability that the four-judge panel of experts and an audience of more than 450 people at the Shikellamy High School auditorium were left breathless, before bursting into applause.
