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LEWISBURG — WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg is hosting a free healthy heart screening on Friday.

MIDDLEBURG — The Herr Memorial Library invites the community to a creative afternoon in support of the library at a Paint & Sip fundraiser on March 8.The event will be held at 1 p.m. and hosted at Shade Mountain Winery, 16140 Route 104, Middleburg. The library is located in Mifflinburg.Participants will enjoy a guided painting experience led by artist Andrea Seebold in a relaxed, welcoming setting.

MILLMONT — Christ’s United Lutheran 4 Bells Church, located west of Mifflinburg, will host its spring drive-thru pot pie sale on Saturday, March 7. Pre-sale orders are being taken now, ahead of the event.

SELINSGROVE — The Selinsgrove High School yearbook committee is appealing to alumni for help in compiling photographs for the school’s 100th edition.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say a Hazleton homicide suspect has been sentenced after pleading guilty to murder. The Luzerne County Chief Deputy District Attorney says Jenndry Rodriguez-Contreras pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for the 2022 shooting of Felix Dini of Freeland. The incident happened at the corner of South Fulton Court and East [...]

HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Cold winter temperatures are keeping many people indoors, but a hospital partnering with local school districts is changing that. Wayne Memorial Hospital works with schools to open hallways, providing a warm, well-lit, and safe place for evening walks during the winter. This year, more than 300 people have registered for [...]

MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A total of four people, including one firefighter, were taken to a nearby hospital as crews responded to a reported house fire in Monroe County on Tuesday night. Marshalls Creek Volunteer Fire Company confirmed that crews were called to the 3600 block of Bristol Circle East in Middle Smithfield [...]

SELINSGROVE — A California man extradited to Snyder County on Monday for allegedly threatening a Geisinger nurse and several others in numerous phone calls and emails is being held without bail.

DANVILLE — The Montour Area Recreation Commission, as of Monday evening, officially leases the Montour Preserve land surrounding the Sugar Shack.

Rabbittransit, in partnership with the Northumberland County commissioners and Veteran Affairs office, is offering free medical transportation to veterans living in Northumberland County to the following: Wilkes-Barre VA Hospital, Lebanon VA Hospital, Williamsport VA Clinic, Schuylkill County VA Clinic and the Columbia County VA CBOC.