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LEWISBURG — Eleven-year-old Willa Blum smiles every time she walks into Linntown Intermediate School in Lewisburg.

Emergency personnel battled a two-alarm fire in Lewisburg Borough on Wednesday night.

LEWISBURG — Union County has a new sheriff for the next four years, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's election.

DANVILLE — Mail-in ballots counted in Montour County on Wednesday unofficially confirm four of six open seats on the Danville Area School Board.

MIFFLINBURG — Three incumbents and two newcomers won positions on the Mifflinburg Area School Board, according to unofficial election results from Union County.Incumbents Thomas L. Eberhart, of Region 2, had 1,267 votes, and Brandon Straub and Melissa Wagner, both of Region 3, had 558 and 526 votes, respectively. Newcomer Brandon W. Hommel, of Region 1, had 986 votes, and Timothy Scholl, of Region 1, had 1,006 votes.Scholl, a Republican candidate, was the only candidate with competition. Democrat Precious Maria-Rios lost with 423 votes.— JUSTIN STRAWSER

DANVILLE — The Danville Area School District is funded through March 2026, but is looking to explore a tax anticipation note in case a state budget is not passed by that time.

MIFFLINBURG — The race for a Mifflinburg Borough Council position in the East Ward had more write-in votes than the sitting candidate, according to unofficial election results in Union County.

DANVILLE — Montour County mail-ins put newcomer David James ahead by less than four percent of votes in a close race for Columbia-Montour common pleas judge.

LEWISBURG — Local officials who work with older adults are pushing back on Spotlight PA’s ongoing articles focusing on the Area Agency on Aging.

SUNBURY — It’s a waiting game for Victoria Rosancrans and Andrew Ramos on who will serve Sunbury on City Council after both candidates deadlocked with 751 votes each Tuesday night.