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MIDDLEBURG — A Snyder County jury acquitted a Middleburg man of stalking and disorderly conduct Friday.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Democratic Party unveiled the "biggest coordinated midterm effort" in commonwealth history on Friday, with Gov. Josh Shapiro committing $3.3 million toward the party and its “Rise Up Pennsylvania” initiative to unseat Republican congressmen and win majorities in both chambers of the state legislature.

TURBOTVILLE — A U.S. flag honoring Revolutionary War patriot Francis Watts that was flown over the Pennsylvania Capitol and the site of Fort Freeland will be taken to Towanda for a ceremony July 25.

SELINSGROVE — Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity met Friday with local business leaders to discuss areas of concern in the Valley.

LEWISBURG — Two Lewisburg Area High School students helped scores of their classmates become informed and engaged voters through an innovative civic education project sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Lewisburg Area.

HARRISBURG — The court-ordered trust formed for the bankrupted 23andMe settled its case with 42 attorneys general, agreeing to pay $18 million covering governmental claims against the former company stemming from a severe data breach in 2023.

LEWISBURG — An 18-year-old West Virginia contractor on a job site in East Buffalo Township is accused of threatening to kill his co-worker with a hammer on July 8 and causing more than $7,300 in damages to the victim's vehicle, according to Buffalo Township Regional Police Department.

SUNBURY — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point in June, according to a preliminary employment situation report issued by the Department of Labor & Industry on Friday. 

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— After a week no family wants to go through, 12-year-old Antonio "Tino" Bucci was welcomed home Friday afternoon. For the last week, he was at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) after surgery tied to a brain tumor. It was a welcome home the Bucci family, Tino's friends, and their loved [...]

DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More than 120 golfers raised money with every swing on Friday at the Frosty Valley Golf Course in Danville to help military families and first responders send loved ones to college. Folds of Honor is a national non-profit that raises money to create scholarships for those who qualify. The awards [...]