Pennslyvania registered 7,360 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the fourth time in nine days with more than 7,000 new cases according to state Department of Health data.
SELINSGROVE — Saint Pius X Church held a midday drive-thru pick-up Thanksgiving hot meal, ensuring that people wouldn't go without turkey, fixings, and dessert on the holiday.
COVID-19 mitigation has put a halt to the growing trend of retailers getting a jump on the holiday shopping season by opening on Thanksgiving night, ahead of the traditional rabid Black Friday kickoff.
SHAMOKIN DAM — Nearly a mile of the Sunbury Pipeline had to be relocated to accommodate the southern section of the $865 million Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway Project and its interchange with the proposed PA 61 Connector.
SUNBURY — Rhonda Fisher's Wednesday night's prayers for good weather on Thanksgiving Day were answered.
Pennslyvania registered a record 8,425 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the state also surpassed more than 4,000 residents hospitalized due to the novel coronavirus, a 900 percent increase in the last two months.
SUNBURY — City code officer and head Shikellamy Braves High School softball coach Eric Long died of natural causes early Thanksgiving morning leaving officials and friends shocked and saddened.
A photo posted to social media by state Rep. David Rowe, R-85, showing him holding his cellphone and a drink, at a bar on Wednesday has drawn a large response, both negative and positive.
SUNBURY — A single mother of two is having to care for both her mother and her son, due to medical conditions that require constant attention.
MANOR, Pa. (AP) — Three people were rescued after their boat overturned early Thursday on a river in southern Pennsylvania.
WILLIAMSPORT — A regional radio station is going to broadcast a special radiothon from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 to benefit the Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.
SUNBURY— A Northumberland County inmate housed at Snyder County Prison possessed a false urine kit on Nov. 10, according to County Detective Degg Stark.
There are eight new active COVID-19 cases at SCI-Coal Township according to the state Department of Corrections. Additionally, the Department of Human Services shows 23 active cases at the Selingrove Center.
LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg Borough Office is closed to the public effective immediately, according to a notice issued Wednesday by the borough. The notice cites the increase in COVID-19 cases locally.
SELINSGROVE — Union-Snyder Community Action Agency (CAA) announced that all appointments will be conducted either online or by telephone until further notice.
SELINSGROVE — The Festival of Trees will be on display at the Gelnett Memorial Library and online beginning Monday.
DANVILLE — This year, the chefs roasting turkeys in the St. Joseph School cafeteria ovens wore masks.
ELYSBURG — This weekend marks the launch of Knoebels Amusement Resort's first-ever Christmas celebration.
President Judge Michael Hudock issued an emergency order Wednesday limiting face-to-face contact in Union and Snyder county courts and emphasizing the use of internet technology to continue daily judicial operations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
