Local News

MIFFLINBURG — Orders for the Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club's annual blueberry sale are being taken.

SUNBURY — Sunbury’s Revitalization Inc. has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Community Giving Foundation through the C.K. Battram Field of Interest Fund. The funding will support the Albright Center for the Arts’ monthly swing dance program, helping increase accessibility and deepen community engagement through the arts.

Streaks. Looksmaxxing. Sound familiar? Maybe. If not, it’s not you — it’s (partly) Gen Z. Niche terms like these are becoming increasingly common, as the internet spins an ever-growing web around the lives of teens and young adults today.

DANVILLE — The Danville Area School Board passed a proposed 2026-27 final budget of $51.1 million at a special Wednesday night board meeting.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday to approve a bill that asserts the commonwealth’s preemptive authority over local municipalities that adopt an ordinance, resolution or policy regulating firearms.

DANVILLE — A Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble school program on Benjamin Franklin sparked an idea for an America 250 door decoration undertaken by students at all four Danville school district buildings.

HARRISBURG — The state Senate Republican majority carried a bill through committee seeking to enact constitutional carry, ending the need for a license to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG — A Republican-sponsored bill proposing to restrict state taxpayer funds from being used toward gender transition care for minors advanced Wednesday within the Pennsylvania Senate.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County Sheriff Bob Wolfe will retire at the end of May.

TURBOTVILLE — The Moser Sports Complex in Turbotville is seeing major improvements.