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Schools across the region and the YMCA are offering summer lunch programs to ensure children continue receiving meals when school is out.

SUNBURY — Accused murderer Denarii Springs is part of a gang linked to a series of related shootings and two homicides since June 11, 2020, according to a court filing by District Attorney Michael O’Donnell.

DANVILLE — Students in the Danville Area High School Class of 2026 visited all of their old haunts Tuesday during the annual Senior Walk.

TURBOTVILLE — The Warrior Run School District Board of Directors at Tuesday night’s meeting approved a $32,339,147 final budget with tax increases for property owners in Northumberland and Montour counties.

HARRISBURG — Members of the Pennsylvania House unanimously approved a bill that, if ultimately passed into law, would expand a repository program for cancer drugs to include more prescription medications and make it more accessible to patients in need.

LEWISBURG — Demolition began Wednesday on the former Slifer House in Lewisburg.

HARRISBURG — Legislation proposing a 5% tax on digital advertising revenue that supporters say would largely be paid by tech industry giants such as Google passed through a Pennsylvania House committee on Wednesday.

SUNBURY — A Mount Carmel man accused of felony aggravated assault on three Northumberland County Jail correctional officers in 2023 is asking for the charges to be dropped because of a violation of his right to a speedy trial.

MIDDLEBURG — Walking Free Clubhouse is holding its second annual kickball tournament in Middleburg on July 11.

EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One firefighter was sent to the hospital as crews responded to a fire in an auto shop Wednesday evening. Crews were called around 4:45 p.m. to Henry Street in East Stroudsburg, where a fire that started in a garage had started to spread to other parts of the building. [...]