Local News

SELINSGROVE — The Selinsgrove Gelnett Book Festival, featuring 16 authors, vendors and children-friendly activities, will be held April 11 in Selinsgrove.

SUNBURY — Sunbury police are still searching for two individuals, one who may be suffering from severe stab wounds to his arms or hands, while three others were detained by federal immigration officials, according to Chief Brad Slack.

Valley gas prices have stabilized in the Valley, holding steady at an average of $3.77 a gallon, according to a AAA East Central Gas Price Report.

DANVILLE — The Danville Area Community Center (DACC) has received a $1,000 grant from the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania through the Robert L. & Joanne C. Aurand Family Fund to support programs and operations.

SUNBURY — The Shikellamy Forensics Team had seven middle school members compete in the first-ever National Catholic Forensics League Middle School National Championship on Saturday.

SUNBURY — Jose David Jusino-Morales will head to trial this summer on a fatal shooting on Market Street in Sunbury in 2023.

WILLIAMSPORT — A Bucknell University student experienced permanent neurological impairment after her intoxicated boyfriend allegedly caused two head injuries within less than a month in 2024.

ALLENWOOD — An industrial real estate developer has applied for a curative amendment in Gregg Township that would allow data centers to be constructed in the commercial manufacturing district in Great Stream Commons.

Saturday’s public auction for D.J. Ernst Books marked the end of an era for a longtime Selinsgrove institution, drawing crowds to the Freeburg Community Center to celebrate the bookstore’s 50-year legacy and disperse its vast collection of unsold books, photographs and local history.

MILTON — The two individuals who police say placed a skimming device on a payment terminal at a Milton convenience store will be extradited and returned to Northumberland for adjudication.