{div class=”page” title=”Page 1”}{div class=”section”}{div class=”layoutArea”}{div class=”column”}LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County is showcasing the Susquehanna Valley Chapter Membership Exhibition at Gallery 255 throughout April.
A federal judge says enforcing the requirement that Pennsylvania mail-in ballots include an accurate exterior envelope date violates the federal Constitution. Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Monday that election boards in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties can't invalidate mail-in ballots simply because they lack accurate, handwritten dates on their exterior return envelopes. It's the latest in a long-running legal dispute over what is a small percentage of votes cast in the state. Baxter says there's no compelling state interest that outweighs invalidating thousands of ballots.
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is being charged after police say he hit a pedestrian near Sheetz and left the scene.
According to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department, officers were called to Sheetz on March 31, around 2:50 a.m., for a reported hit-and-run involving a pedestrian.
Police said the pedestrian informed them that he was leaving Sheetz when he was struck by a car from behind and knocked to the ground. The vehicle then fled the scene without stopping.
BLOOMSBURG — High school students had the opportunity to see global issues through the lenses of other countries at Commonwealth University — Bloomsburg’s Model United Nations Conference on Monday.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state senators for the second time in less than one year approved legislation proposing that county district attorneys be mandated to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a criminal defendant is an illegal immigrant.
Just days after President Donald Trump signed an order late last week eliminating the collective bargaining rights of about one million federal workers, a lawsuit was filed Monday to block the move.
MONTANDON — More than 75 business leaders attended a five-hour Innovations Summit at the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit facility, where expert speakers explained how implementing artificial intelligence can make businesses more efficient, and competitive in their markets.
WATSONTOWN — Homes near a major natural gas leak in Watsontown were evacuated Monday as emergency responders and crews from UGI worked to contain it.
SUNBURY — A Sunbury woman is looking forward to helping her community and is excited to get her nonprofit, Rhoads To A New U, up and running in City Hall.
The recent release of a suspense and thriller novel about serial killers is a dream come true for a Bucknell University graduate.
