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SUNBURY — City residents will have a month, beginning May 1, to remove unwanted items from attics and basements during Sunbury’s annual free spring cleanup event.

SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove Area Recreation Inc. is proposing improvements to the parking area at the Selinsgrove community swimming pool.

SHAMOKIN — A groundbreaking ceremony on Monday at the intersection of 9th and Independence streets marked the start of Phase 1 of the Independence Street Streetscape Project.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County Jail officials are changing a policy to keep video from inside the jail for a year after a judge upheld a decision granting a Mount Carmel man surveillance footage through a Right to Know request.

HARRISBURG — The Republican majority in the Pennsylvania State Senate carried a second vote this legislative session in favor of a proposed bill to designate sports by biological sex and prevent transgender women from competing in women’s sports.

SHAMOKIN — A 54-year-old Shamokin man told a witness he would become the “biggest mass shooter in American history,” according to charges filed by city police.

NORTHUMBERLAND — The Central Susquehanna Riverboat Society is holding a May 17 benefit concert to help fund the ongoing construction of the new riverboat for Lake Augusta.

RIVERSIDE — Dumpsters will be placed at the Riverside Street Department garage, located at 237 Avenue D, from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday for Dumpster Day.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Mayor George Brown has announced the performer for the 2026 Summer Concert, Dire Straits Legacy. Mayor Brown said Dire Straits Legacy will be performing on August 14 on Public Square for the 2026 Summer Concert. The band features original members of The Dire Straits. The concert will be free to [...]

JENKINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police have identified the man killed in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Tuesday evening. 25-year-old Yosef Loriner of Brooklyn was identified as the victim killed in a crash on Interstate 476 near the Wyoming Valley exit. Police say the crash occurred when Loriner's car, traveling northbound on [...]