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SHAMOKIN DAM — Improvements to the softball field in Shamokin Dam’s Weller Field Park are underway.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Three Norry residents say Mayor Dan Berard used racial slurs during an April 17 incident that took place 8:30 p.m. at the Second Street Playground.

LEWISBURG — Union County will apply for bridge work on at least six county-owned bridges.

SUNBURY — Two out-of-state individuals accused of releasing 683 mink from a Northumberland County fur farm in 2024 were granted a trial continuation.

SELINSGROVE — Three members of a religious organization set up a table inside Selinsgrove Middle School on Tuesday morning and offered free New Testament Bibles to anyone interested.

LEWISBURG — Union County commissioners granted $92,000 in opioid settlement funds to Transitions of PA in Lewisburg.

LEWISBURG — Kinley Swanger treats her artwork as a release.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County Commissioners informed all departments this week that the county will be on a budget freeze, meaning no additional funding will be allocated in the 2027 budget.

HARRISBURG — Legislation proposing guardrails in the use of artificial intelligence in both healthcare and commerce advanced toward a floor vote in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Americans saw prices at the pump sharply rise in recent days as the nationwide average cost for a gallon of regular gas shot up 38 cents over the past week, according to GasBuddy.