Local News

SELINSGROVE — Plans for a solar farm on up to 20 acres off Reichley Road in Monroe Township has a ham radio operator worried about interference.

LEWISBURG — The Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania’s 15th District is hosting a Union County Town Hall on Thursday.

Over the green pastures of central Minnesota, Jake Pettit spends his days shifting portable fencing to guide his cattle onto fresh grass. At Pettit Pastures in Milaca, this routine is rooted in farming philosophy focused on giving animals space to graze.

SUNBURY — A 35-year-old Sunbury man jailed on felony arson charges and 130 misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person following a June three-alarm fire on Market Street will appear for a preliminary hearing on Aug.25.

LEWISBURG — The annual Sidewalk Chalk Festival will be held Friday after being postponed due to poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke drifting into the region from the Canadian and Minnesota wildfires.

RIVERSIDE — The railroad crossing on Route 54 at the end of the Danville Riverside Bridge will be closed for repairs for three consecutive days in August.

LEWISBURG — A jury of eight women and four men was selected in Union County this week for the trial of a Lewisburg woman accused of leaving her self-harming preteen daughter alone and unsupervised.

DANVILLE — A 38-year-old Florida man has been charged with multiple felonies after attempting to defraud a Liberty Township woman of $42,000, then fleeing from police.

RYAN TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say one person is dead after a evening crash in Schuylkill County Wednesday. Pennsylvania State Police say they were called to help the Blythe Police Department as they responded to a crash involving a car and a tractor trailer on Burma Road Wednesday evening. Schuylkill County Coroner David [...]