Local News

LEWISBURG — Artists & Artisans — A Cooperative Gallery is hosting a reception for the exhibit “A Painter & A Potter” on Jan. 30.

MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Area Community Scholarship Trust announced the creation of the “Clair W. and June Shively Bensinger Scholarship.”

LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County will present the artwork of James Shaffer in February.

SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove borough’s $482,775 shortfall in the pending Industrial Road reconstruction project has been reduced by more than half by a state grant.

DANVILLE — The Montour Area Recreation Commission is focusing on the bright side. Coming out of the weekend’s winter storm, they’re preparing for wintertime trail activities.

SUNBURY — After two scheduling conflicts with two hearings regarding a December stabbing, both defendants will appear for preliminary hearings Tuesday.

SUNBURY — Sunbury streets department crews worked through the past two nights and are prepared to keep pushing through until the streets are clear for residents, according to officials.

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg School District will spend more than $10,000 to upgrade its security system as part of a pilot program.

HARRISBURG — xAI, the company behind the post-Twitter social media website X and the chatbot Grok, is called on by 35 attorneys general, including Pennsylvania’s Dave Sunday, to act further to prevent the AI-powered chatbot from being used to create nonconsensual sexually suggestive images and child sexual abuse material.

One in four ChatGPT users sends a health care-related prompt each week, according to an OpenAI report released this month.