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LEWISBURG — A White Deer Township father pleaded guilty Friday to allowing his three toddlers to live in “deplorable and unsanitary” conditions.

SELINSGROVE — A 49-year-old Selinsgrove man is accused of animal cruelty.

WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP — A Williamsport man accused of stealing a motorcycle in Union County was caught “black-handed” after he allegedly spray-painted the stolen vehicle, according to state police in Milton.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.