FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to an all-time high of more than 50,000 per day on Thursday, with the infection curve rising in 40 out of 50 states in a reversal that has largely spared only the Northeast.
There were 832 additional COVID-19 cases statewide on Thursday — including 233 in Allegheny County — marking the largest one-day increase in more than a month statewide.
ELYSBURG — Knoebels Amusement Park updated its mask policy after being only open for one day during its 94th season.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is denying Congress access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation through the November election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring.
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award.
STATE COLLEGE – Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour said Wednesday that season ticket holders could be the only fans in Beaver Stadium for Penn State football games this fall.
Todd Robatin has been elected to serve as chairman of the Snyder County Republican Committee.
HARRISBURG -- State residents are now required to wear face masks whenever they are out in public and can’t maintain social-distance from others.
HERNDON — Bus changes are in effect for the 2020-21 school year for the Line Mountain School District.
The state permanently lost $444 million in June alone, with that number expected to be $5 billion overall by this time next year.
ELYSBURG — The Dehavens missed the opportunity in April to celebrate their anniversary at Knoebels Amusement Resort, the place where they were married four years ago on opening day.
Culture shock set in when Jason Little moved to the Central Susquehanna Valley.
WASHINGTONVILLE — Dozens of cars lined the road leading into the Montour-DeLong Fairgrounds on Wednesday morning, hours before the scheduled start of free milk giveaway.
Watsontown Police Chief Rodney Witherite advised attendees of Sunday's protest in the borough to seek medical guidance because first responders at the event may have previously been exposed to COVID-19.
MILTON — Louise Wright and Mary Welch took a drive from Williamsport on Wednesday to see if their favorite restaurant was open.
HARRISBURG -- A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday on shot down a legal challenge by Senate Republicans who were trying to force Gov. Tom Wolf to end his disaster emergency declared to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Singer, musician, composer and teacher Jen Wagner developed a passion for all aspects of music during her time in the Lewisburg Area School District and as a member of the Susquehanna Valley Chorale's Children's Choir. Now a teacher at the Milton Hershey School, she led a group of students in song at the White House and more recently composed a piece performed by students from various schools in a video that has gone viral online.
HARRISBURG — Cancellation of municipal fireworks shows have led to spectacular sales numbers, according to fireworks industry reports.
Jennifer Polinchock unpacked her belongings Wednesday and introduced herself to the central office staff at Lewisburg Area School District as she settled into her new office on her first day as superintendent.
STATE COLLEGE — Anthony Leonard, 34, doesn’t have to search too far into his memory to find examples of prejudices he’s faced as a Black man in State College.
Despite some aerial fireworks display cancellations due to COVID-19, Valley residents will have some opportunities to see fireworks this weekend.
DANVILLE – Kurt Wrobel has been named president of Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) and executive vice president, insurance operations for Geisinger.
HARRISBURG — “Choose PA Dairy” promotional material is available at no cost to dairy farm families and other dairy stakeholders who want to showcase the value of dairy farming in their communities.
MIDDLEBURG — A 19-year-old Selinsgrove man is accused of providing marijuana to a 15-year-old girl and having sex with her.
The state Department of Health announced 11 additional COVID-19 cases in the Valley and two new deaths as the number of new statewide cases reached its largest single-day increase in nearly three weeks Wednesday.
Three shows for the Bloomsburg Fair's grandstand have moved back their performances until 2021, fair officials announced.
HARRISBURG — Eligible businesses can now apply for the COVID-19 Relief Statewide Small Business Assistance program online.
MANDATA — The Line Mountain backpack program, in conjunction with the Central PA Food Bank, will continue distributing meals to all people in the Line Mountain School District throughout the summer months.
SUNBURY — The Heart and Heritage Festival Planning Committee is looking for volunteers to help with the city’s semiquincentennial celebration, slated for July 2022.
ELYSBURG — The Ralpho Township Public Library reopened for in-person service on Monday.
SELINSGROVE — The Selinsgrove Community Pool will open at noon Friday.
SUNBURY — It's been 31 years since Barbara Miller went missing and the cold case is far from over, Sunbury Police Sgt. Travis Bremigen said Tuesday.
LEWISBURG — The Fence Drive In will open at 11 a.m. today for the first time this year.Â
ELYSBURG — Knoebels Amusement Resort will open today for the first time this season, operating at 50 percent capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a very early age, Sierra Medina says she had to endure and overcome discrimination because of the color of her skin.
Nick Dunn spent the last four months training as though he was on call, prepared to hop a plane and play baseball at the word "go."
STATE COLLEGE — Abdullah Azim Haywood, 34, moved to State College in 2003 from Philadelphia to attend Penn State University.
MIDDLEBURG — The 62-year-old Palmyra man who robbed a woman as she changed her baby’s diaper in the back of a parked vehicle in a Monroe Township department store parking lot in October will spend at least 12 years in prison.
States can't cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
MIDDLEBURG — Convicted rapist Craig L. Poust was sentenced Tuesday in Snyder County Court for two counts of indecent assault.
SUNBURY — The Sunbury Hill Neighborhood Council will host a “Hill Work Party Weekend” on July 17 and 18.
HARRISBURG — The state Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to send Gov. Tom Wolf the first two pieces of police reform legislation spurred by statewide Black Lives Matter protests that erupted following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board are calling on licensed liquor establishments and their patrons to abide by social distancing and masking requirements to help slow the spread of COVID-19, according to state officials.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor's pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that's widely condemned as racist.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania jumped back to more than 600 on Tuesday, including the first confirmed case of a resident of a long-term care facility in Union County.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia is bringing a halt to its plans to allow indoor dining, bars, gyms and fitness centers to reopen, with officials saying Tuesday that the city is seeing rising case COVID-19 counts and could be affected by a growing epidemic elsewhere in the country.
WATSONTOWN— A Watsontown man on Friday was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant after Watsontown Borough police were dispatched to the 100 block of E. Brimer Ave. for a disturbance.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania jumped back to more than 600 on Tuesday, including the first confirmed case of a resident of a long-term care facility in Union County.
Geisinger plans to open its a health center for patients 65 and older this fall in Shamokin Dam. It will be the first clinic in the Valley. The system has already or is about to open similar facilities in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties.
