Local News

NORTHUMBERLAND — The hull of the Central Susquehanna Riverboat Society’s vessel is nearing completion.

WATSONTOWN — The Watsontown Historical Association will host a showing of a 2013 documentary about the lost village of Alvira in Union County.

NORTHUMBERLAND — A Shikellamy teacher was named one of 63 national winners for the Civic Star Challenge by The Bill of Rights Institute and iCivics.

SUNBURY — A Sunbury man pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography and will wait to see if a Northumberland County judge accepts the deal.

SUNBURY — The Northumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board will accept applications to the county’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program beginning March 14.

DANVILLE — For Chelsie Derr of Danville, the ABC Fashion Show at the Pine Barn Inn is as close as she’ll likely get to the reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race. That’s why she went all out with her design this year for the fund raiser that invites contestants to walk the runway in “Anything But Clothes.”

A book by Sunbury native John P. Deeben features an anthology of soldier letters written specifically for publication in two local Northumberland County newspapers.

LEWISBURG — An employee of Westbranch Rental in East Buffalo Township paid for a chainsaw and blade using counterfeit cash on Feb. 24, according to the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department.

SUNBURY — The recommendations of the Shikellamy School District business manager are to hold the line on taxes in the 2027 school year.

The story of convicted killer Myrle Miller, who died in 2025 while serving a mandatory life sentence in state prison for the murder of her husband, was featured on the Investigation Discovery true-crime documentary series “Evil Lives Here.”