SUNBURY — City property owners should not see a tax increase in 2020 after Treasurer Kevin Troup said Mayor Kurt Karlovich was able to trim more than $100,000 from his police department budget keeping the city within its goal.
DANVILLE — Some protected health information of certain Geisinger Health Plan members may have been affected by a security incident at Magellan National Imaging Associates (NIA), a vendor hired by the health plan to manage radiology benefits. Geisinger no longer uses Magellan NIA for radiolo…
Two suspects accused of fraudulently buying tools from a Mifflinburg hardware store each told police it was the other’s idea to commit the crime, according to arrest papers filed in Mifflinburg district court.
DANVILLE — Preliminary hearings for a murder suspect and his girlfriend will be held Nov. 1.
Bucknell University’s student chapter of the American Chemical Society will host its fifth annual Halloween Chemistry Show at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct, 30 in the McDonnell Hall Amphitheatre. There is no cost for the event, but donations are welcome. The event was postponed from Oct. 22 due to t…
The Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority (ESCRA) is explaining its decision to put a moratorium on any new hookups at its wastewater treatment plant in a letter to the county commissioners.
Pier construction is complete on the nearly one-mile long River Bridge, of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway's Northern Section, said a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engineer on Friday. Now, the next major stage of the project will involve pouring concrete on the beams conne…
BLOOMSBURG — Mike Drotar said the best part about competing in the annual Special Olympics Bocce Ball Bash at Bloomsburg University is "getting along with everybody."
By Justin Strawser
1. A hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday on Wood-Mode LLC owner Bill French’s request for a property tax reassessment on the Kreamer plant.
SUNBURY — Customers can listen to jazz music, enjoy a hot dog, dip into some ice cream and wash it all down with an alcoholic beverage during a visit to the Duck-In.
SUNBURY — Arabella Parker has made significant improvements but continues to fight for her life a family spokesperson said Saturday.
TURBOT TOWNSHIP — A man from the Dominican Republican visiting his brother in Watsontown died after being ejected onto the interstate and struck by two other vehicles early Saturday morning in Turbot Township.
Authors drafting an ordinance proposal for consideration by Lewisburg Borough Council that would protect members of the LGBTQ+ community against discrimination say its adoption into local law would lend further credence to the perception that the borough is a welcoming place to work and live.
CENTRALIA — The former Michelle Buckley on Saturday found herself cleaning up garbage in the yard where her house once stood in Centralia
SUNBURY — The Shikellamy School District continues to make improvements in its sports departments as well as in the classroom and even in the JROTC program by heading to Washington D.C. later this year, according to Superintendent Jason Bendle.
MOUNT CARMEL — Mount Carmel Area Junior High School Principal Pete Cheddar will replace Bernie Stellar as district superintendent on July 1.
SELINSGROVE — A statewide search for a Selinsgrove borough manager is underway.
SELINSGROVE — A PennDOT maintenance crew will be working on Routes 11-15 northbound from the Route 35 ramp in the borough to the end of the bypass in Monroe Township on Wednesday.
SUNBURY — A Shamokin man accused of raping a woman posted bail on Tuesday when it was changed from $100,000 to $1 nominal bail.
SHAMOKIN DAM — The Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce received the 2019 Chamber of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Chamber Professionals (PACP).
LEWISBURG — A longstanding leader in the movement to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay was the keynote speaker Friday night at the 14th annual Susquehanna River Symposium, held at the Forum, Elaine Langone Center, on the Bucknell University Campus.
HUMMELS WHARF — An advocate against Medicare For All asked members of the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce for support on Friday.
SHAMOKIN — A federal official praised Shamokin and Northumberland County on Friday for their efforts in fighting blight and seeing progress with the federal opportunity zones.
A New Columbia man repeatedly exposed himself to a female clerk while shopping this week at the Sunoco off Route 15 in Lewisburg, according to arrest papers filed in district court.
The grandmother of a Northumberland County girl beaten so badly a portion of her brain was removed voiced concerns to county Children and Youth Services (CYS) officials on several occasions but was late to a custody hearing by 27 minutes last month.
A senior judge will hear oral arguments for DNA testing in the exoneration case of Scott Schaeffer next month.
A Union County manufacturing company looks to hire about 60 new employees as it launches a new line of affordable modular housing.
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.0 percent in September according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry's employment situation report released Friday morning.
New lane restrictions will go into place next week as a 6.7-mile resurfacing project on Route 147 in West Chillisquaque Township switches sides of the highway.
SHICKSHINNY — The Friends of Camp Louise want to scare you, if you are willing to take a hike.
LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County will use a $750,000 state grant to construct a 1,146-square-foot addition to the children's wing.
Site work began this week to restore a native wetland habitat outside Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School in Lewisburg.
An attorney filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Geisinger on Thursday in connection with the death of one of three infants who died following a Pseudomonas bacteria outbreak at the medical center.
MOUNT CARMEL — One of the men accused of covering up the homicide of Sean Maschal waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday.
SUNBURY — Upper Augusta Township received a $2,938,720 grant along with a loan of $250,326 to install a sanitary sewer system and extension line to service the village of Mount Pleasant Mills, according to a press release from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST).
SUNBURY — A preliminary hearing for a 19-year old Trevorton man police say beat a 3-year old baby so badly she needed part of her brain removed will now be held on Oct. 25, according to Shamokin District Judge John Gembic.
LEWISBURG — Four Valley nonprofit organizations on Thursday night divided $30,000 in grant money given by the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP), at an event and fundraiser held at Jim's Church of Antiques on North Third Street.
The scariest aspect of Thursday’s Sunbury Halloween Parade wasn’t the ghouls or monsters marching through the city, but the strong winds.
SHAMOKIN — The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting event to mark the official opening of the office for the Partnership for Revitalization in Shamokin.
DANVILLE — Montour County will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26.
PAXINOS — Officials representing several townships in Northumberland County will meet at 5:45 p.m on Oct. 24 at Masser's Restaurant Banquet Hall for their annual county convention.
SELINSGROVE — The Selinsgrove Area School District has been ranked by Niche.com as one of the top school districts in the state and nation.
MOUNT CARMEL — One of the men accused of covering up the homicide of Sean Maschal waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday.
LEWISBURG — Borough council adopted a proposed budget for 2020 with spending and revenue balanced at $3,047,367.16, a near 11-percent increase over the 2019 budget of $2,750,238.30.
LEWISBURG – Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital has been awarded a $50,000 KidCents Regional Grant to support community programs for its Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute (ADMI).
World-renowned jazz musician Kat Edmonson performs tonight at Bucknell University’s Weis Center, and we take some time to share her story via this week’s Keeping the Beat podcast.
MILTON — A Milton teen facing felony robbery charges for allegedly taking $20 from a juvenile at the Aug. 30 Milton Area football game waived his case to Northumberland County Court on Wednesday.
State troopers found copper pipe and suspected drugs inside a van that collided head-on with a school bus filled with children in front of Oaklyn Elementary School last month, according to search warrants.