Daily Item Sports Editor Kurt Ritzman and Lead Football Writer Todd Hummel talk about the final local football game of the season - Saturday's state championship matchup between Southern Columbia and Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — On a day of grace and grievance, President-elect Joe Biden summoned Americans on Wednesday to join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and their political divisions while the man he will replace stoked the fading embers of his campaign to “turn the elec…
HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration filed an appeal Wednesday to the state Supreme Court, seeking to undo an appeals court judge’s order directing the state to stop election certification a day after the state certified the results of the presidential election.
MILTON — Mackenzie Taylor has not been able to work during the COVID-19 pandemic because she can't find a day care for her six-month-old son.
TREVORTON — Fire investigators are still determining what caused a commercial building to catch fire Wednesday night.
Editor's Note: The students in Julie Prusch's kindergarten class at Selinsgrove Elementary School were asked how to cook a Thanksgiving turkey. Here are their answers.
There's a phrase across The Daily Item's newsroom that we try not to utter aloud, to avoid the side-eye from the corner office: That's the way we've always done it.
The Thanksgiving night game between the Ravens and Steelers has been switched to Sunday afternoon because of coronavirus issues with Baltimore.
DANVILLE — Brian Hufnagle has been filling Geisinger Medical Center with live music as he serenades patients with his violin.
MILTON — Gene Lloyd began building violins in his late 60s and today, at the age of 90, he's tackling the cello.
Pennsylvania surpassed 10,000 total deaths tied to COVID-19 on Wednesday as the state Department of Health announced another 6,759 cases, the seventh time in eight days with at least 6,000 new cases.
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vetoed two gun-related bills he dismissed as “meaningless” bids to shield the gun industry as the state seeks to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, taking direct aim in the final days of his administration at a Russia investigation that he has long insisted was motivated by political bias.
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf plans to veto legislation that would give protection against COVID-related lawsuits to schools, businesses and nursing homes, his spokeswoman Lyndsay Kensinger said Wednesday.
DANVILLE — A 30-minute documentary filmed in May, when Geisinger cared for over 100 critically ill patients stricken with COVID-19, will offer a raw look at the challenges faced by teams across Geisinger and their ingenuity to combat the pandemic and connect sick patients with their families.
Gov. Tom Wolf signed a third extension of his 90-day emergency disaster declaration in an effort to continue to provide support for state agencies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
SUNBURY — A sentencing hearing for a 72-year-old Coal Township man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four young girls over a 14-year period was rescheduled for January.
SUNBURY — Employees will be receiving new insurance beginning Jan.1 with a total saving to the city of at least $75,000.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second of three estimates on U.S. growth for the July-September quarter was unchanged at a record pace of 33.1%. But a resurgence in the coronavirus is expected to slow growth sharply in the current quarter with some economists even raising the specter of a double-dip r…
SUNBURY — Through the end of the year Weis Markets customers will have the option of rounding up their order or purchasing a $1, $3, $5 or $10 donation at checkout to help support families in need in their community as a holiday version of its Fight Hunger campaign.
LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County on Reitz Boulevard is closed until further notice due to no water in the building.
NORTHUMBERLAND — The Nativity Story is being shown, free of charge, on the big screen at The Point Drive-In, 3601 Point Township Dr., Northumberland, on Thursday, Dec. 3.
MILTON — The Improved Milton Experience (TIME) has canceled the 2020 Christmas Season Open House of the Milton Model Train Museum due to Covid 19 concerns.
As if 2020 hasn't been challenging enough, many health professionals and elected officials are telling families to stay apart as the holiday season begins this week.
HARRISBURG -- The state Department of Transportation is warning that hundreds of road and bridge projects could be paused on December 1 if the agency doesn’t find a way to fill a $600 million shortfall.
The Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA and Miller Center announced temporary operational restrictions to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Valley.
Selinsgrove and Mifflinburg school districts will all shift to remote learning in some fashion after the Thanksgiving break due to COVID-19 cases.
MANDATA — The Line Mountain School Board approved the employment of one teacher at Tuesday night’s board meeting via Zoom.
DANVILLE — The Mahoning Police Department will have a detective on staff by Jan. 1, 2021.
DANVILLE — As a precautionary measure to the rise in COVID cases, the Montour County Courthouse and all other Montour County government facilities will be open by appointment only beginning Monday and closed until further notice, said County Clerk Holly Brandon, on Tuesday afternoon.
Supervisors, managers and administrators of Milton Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility acted with “gross negligence” and “outrageous conduct” leading to the death of a nursing home resident who died of COVID-19, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Northumberland County.
Pennsylvania surpassed 10,000 total deaths tied to COVID-19 on Wednesday as the state Department of Health announced another 6,759 cases, the seventh time in eight days with at least 6,000 new cases.
DANVILLE — Sending goodies to Army National Guard personnel deployed in Kuwait and elsewhere in the Middle East was an idea that Liberty Valley Elementary School Librarian Carol Burke had after her kids collected donations that were given to American Legion Post 40, in Danville, for distribution.
SUNBURY — A Northumberland County Judge denied the commonwealth's motion to preserve the testimony of a witness in the 2017 homicide of Sean Maschal.
MANDATA — Board members of the Line Mountain School Board "begrudgingly" voted to sign the state's mandated attestation form for schools in substantial counties at Tuesday night's public meeting via Zoom.
SUNBURY — A witness in a 2018 Coal Township homicide must wait to hear whether a Northumberland County judge throws out the charges against him.
MUNCY — A mother who lost her cash assistance due to the pandemic will get some help this holiday season thanks to an internet search.
LEWISBURG — A family of six escaped unharmed from a house fire on Fisher Avenue in East Buffalo Township Tuesday afternoon.
SUNBURY — A city woman faces felony theft charges after police said she stole a vehicle, drove to the White House and asked Secret Service agents to speak with President Donald Trump.
Lewisburg Area School District shifted temporarily to remote education this week through Dec. 4. However, students who receive special education services can report to school for direct support beginning Dec. 3.
Union County Commissioners directed county employees, where feasible, to telecommute beginning Monday. Employees are asked to work with their supervisors to establish tele-work plans through Jan. 15.
Students in grades six through 12 in the Mifflinburg Area School District will receive instruction remotely Dec. 1 through Dec. 9 following three positive COVID-19 cases, according to Superintendent Dan Lichtel.
SELINSGROVE — Students in the Selinsgrove School District will move to a remote learning model all of next week, Dec. 1-8, after district Superintendent Frank Jankowski received word on Tuesday of four confirmed COVID-19 cases in the district this week.
DANVILLE — The Montour County Courthouse and all other Montour County government facilities will be open by appointment only beginning Monday, November 30, and closed until further notice, said County Clerk Holly Brandon, on Tuesday afternoon.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was certified Tuesday as winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump.
In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask — and so are your friends. That’s the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no intention of following it.
The Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA and Miller Center will temporarily scale back on operations to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Valley.
Active COVID-19 cases are increasing at federal and state prison facilities in the Valley according to data from the federal Bureau of Prisons and the state Department of Corrections.
Prices at the pump dropped by an average of three cents across the Valley this week, to $2.46 a gallon, as compared to last week, according to an AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report released Monday.
DALMATIA — Jessica Nungesser came to the Line Mountain Food Bank with a heavy heart on Monday.
