Local News

DANVILLE -- There is a new private police force at Geisinger Medical Center. Although it does have arrest power,...

VALLEY TWP. -- A Danville man was jailed for beating his wife and hurting his 4-year-old daughter with a wooden TV tray...

BLOOMSBURG -- The town's public works department will make a list of alleys that have potholes in hopes of filling them...

WASHINGTONVILLE -- A Valley Township mobile home was badly damaged by flames here Tuesday afternoon, a fire official...

COOPER TWP. -- A woman set her home on fire last year and fought with the fire department when they tried to rescue her...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state senators voted Tuesday to approve legislation that would make it a third-degree felony to make false threats of violence against schools.

HARRISBURG — Lines are growing at PennDOT driver license centers as the May 7 enforcement deadline nears for Real ID, and Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll warns travelers that they soon won’t be able to board a commercial domestic flight without the enhanced ID or another federally acceptable alternative such as a passport.

HARRISBURG — Corrections officers and support staff rallied Tuesday at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in opposition to a pending plan to close two state prisons and two community corrections centers as part of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Officials hope a $500,000 small water and sewer grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority can help fund a screen replacement at the Queen Street pump station in Northumberland.

MILTON — The Milton Area School District's finance committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday was rescheduled to 5 p.m. Thursday at the High School Literacy Cafe.