MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Area Community Scholarship Trust will award $58,000 in scholarships this year, including $43,000 to members of the Class of 2021 and $15,000 to collegiate students that graduated from Mifflinburg.
LEWISBURG — A local podcast producer is calling on residents in the Susquehanna Valley to share memories and stories from the last year for a podcast episode that will be released in mid-March.
SUNBURY — Mel and Bill Purdy had just finished an hour of vinyasa yoga on Sunday in the upstairs room at Iron Vines Winery, and they were both feeling pretty good.
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Pennsylvania's health official registered 1,945 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the seven-day average of new cases and hospitalizations dropped to levels not seen in nearly four months.
LEWISBURG — The Valley may be producing some science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals as more than twenty children arrived at the Lewisburg Children's Museum on Saturday for Bucknell University's first "STEM at LCM."
An investigation into the discovery of the body of an unidentified white male in the Susquehanna River in the Upper Augusta Township is underway, according to state police.
SUNBURY — Gov. Tom Wolf's office is aware that 21 people were removed from Sunshine Corners but his office is giving no other details.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University ranks No.4 among small schools on the Peace Corps list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020.
Susquehanna University Professor Shari Jacobson, says she had to reinvent herself to live in the Congo as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1984.
At a time when the Peace Corps has suspended all operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recalled 7,300 volunteers from 60 countries — a first for the six-decade-old program — six former volunteers with Valley connections recall the value of their “life-changing” experiences and praised …
State Police along with Shamokin Dam Police and Northumberland County Chief Deputy Coroner James Gotlob are on scene at the Shady Nook Boat launch in Snyder County.
Pennsylvania hit 24,000 deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Saturday and the state Department of Health registered 3,361 new cases, the second day in a row the new case count increased.
Drivers who plan to use I-180 next week will have to contend with lane restrictions, Monday to Thursday, for crack sealing work on both the eastbound and westbound lanes in Delaware Township and Northumberland County.
WILLIAMSPORT — A lawsuit was filed Friday against a Bloomsburg University fraternity, sorority and 36 of their members in the 2019 death of a freshman who was plied with liquor to the point where he became so intoxicated that he fell down a steep embankment according to a suit filed by Kline…
HARRISBURG — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers on the House education committee on Friday called on the Department of Health to give higher priority to teachers.
A Danville native and her husband who are featured on BYU TV Cable series "Relative Race" promise "tons of smiles and tears" for those tuning in to see their journey in finding their biological families.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.
Mail sent from a court system address that contained contraband led to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections adding enhanced safety measures for incoming legal mail.
HARRISBURG -- The state Department of Health on Friday updated its guidance to say that individuals who’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID don’t need to quarantine if they’re exposed to others who have the virus.
Vaccinating older patients for COVID-19 can save the most lives and maximize years of remaining expectancy according to a new study co-authored by a Bucknell University mathematics professor.
COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped statewide and locally on Friday, while the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped back above 3,000 for the first time in a week.
The loss of the PIAA state championship swim meet cost the Valley an estimated $1.6 million in tourism revenue and is the latest blow to the food and hospitality industry reeling from ongoing pandemic restrictions, according to the region’s tourism director.
HUMMELS WHARF — Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Palange looks to identify a man accused of screaming profanities inside the Ulta Beauty store at Monroe Marketplace and upon leaving, making a threatening hand gesture toward the manager from outside the store.
SUNBURY — Eight city officers responded to nearly 9,650 calls in 2020, according to Sunbury police.
A second Pennsylvania health system has acknowledged that it gave the COVID-19 vaccine to employees' family members, but said it halted the program after discussions with the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped statewide and locally on Friday, while the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped back above 3,000 for the first time in a week.
SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna University announced it will begin distributing one-time emergency student aid grants this week through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Union County is one of 25 counties in the state where farmland owners are eligible to receive disaster relief assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture due to losses caused by drought that occurred during the 2020 crop year.
MIDDLEBURG — Snyder County residents who receive a per capita tax bill will see a $5 reduction with the county's decision to eliminate the "outdated" tax this year.
Some Pennsylvania residents who have had the required full doses of COVID-19 vaccine do not need to quarantine after exposure to another person with the novel coronavirus, according to updated guidance from the state Department of Health.
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, more experienced workers seem more comfortable working from home while their younger counterparts are more eager to return to the comforts of an office according to a survey of U.S. workers.
Note: This story is updated to clarify that UPMC's vaccine data is statewide.
SUNBURY — Sunbury officials want the Northumberland County District Attorney's Office to review inspections conducted at the now-closed Sunshine Corners, which has not been inspected by the Department of Human Services in 18 months and where a state agency found 40 code violations earlier th…
HARRISBURG — Lawmakers used a budget hearing for the Department of Health to blast the state’s response to the COVID pandemic, chiefly taking aim at an early move to order nursing homes to readmit residents with coronavirus and the more recent problems distributing vaccine doses.
A Geisinger official said Wednesday that no patient appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine were canceled as a result of three special clinics it held for employees and approximately 3,600 of their relatives.
New COVID-19 cases continued to drift lower on Thursday when the state Department of Health registered 2,356 new cases statewide. It marked seven consecutive days of fewer than 3,000 new cases and the third day in a row the case count was lower than the previous day.
SELINSGROVE — Central Susquehanna Regional 911 System dispatcher Anastasia Kitchens joined the agency two years ago because she wanted to help people.
SHAMOKIN — A former Northumberland County coronor is now running for mayor of Shamokin.
SUNBURY — An Act 34 public hearing will be held inside the Shikellamy High School auditorium on March 4 for the proposed construction project at Chief Shikellamy.
Former Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s explanation for the issues did not match previous reporting by Spotlight PA.
Citing a reduction in on-campus positive COVID-19 cases, Bucknell University is lifting some restrictions for students including resuming athletics on Friday.
New COVID-19 cases continued to drift lower on Thursday when the state Department of Health registered 2,356 new cases statewide. It marked seven consecutive days of fewer than 3,000 new cases and the third day in a row the case count was lower than the previous day.
MILTON — A contractor from Montgomery allegedly took a down payment from a customer and never started the work, according to state police at Milton.
SUNBURY — Native Snyder County singer and musician Vaughn Hummel was 13 years old when he “took up the guitar,” he said.
SUNBURY — A Northumberland man faces felony drug felony charges after a Snyder County detective said the 48-year old delivered methamphetamine to a confidential informant.
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Reform Caucus was renewed Wednesday following the release of a report on the agency's need to improve staffing and employee wellness programs.
HARRISBURG -- Republican legislative leaders in the General Assembly say the Wolf Administration has “slanted” a ballot question in a bid to sway voters to oppose a proposed Constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to terminate an emergency declaration after three weeks.
Applications open next month for $145 million in state grants for small hospitality businesses, with a significant change by lawmakers intended to make the money is more accessible to people of color.
