Local News

SUNBURY — Keithan’s Bluebird Gardens is already beginning to bloom and that makes caretaker Lane Murray happy.

MIFFLINBURG — District officials in the Mifflinburg Area School District are reviewing bids for an entry building as part of the Wildcat Athletic Complex and stadium project after costs came in nearly $4 million over estimates.

SELINSGROVE — A Sunbury woman is charged with seven counts of felony retail theft for stealing more than $1,000 worth of items from Aldi in Shamokin Dam.

MIDDLEBURG — A Snyder County Recovery Symposium 2026 event sponsored by Walking Free Clubhouse, North Central PA Recovery Hub and CMSU is being held Saturday in Middleburg.

LEWISBURG — A Megan’s Law offender is facing criminal charges after violating probation by maintaining social media accounts and failing to disclose online aliases to state police, as required by law.

WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital is donating nearly three acres of land along JPM Road to Transitions of PA for what will become a front-facing hub for the service organization in the coming years.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County District Attorney Michael O’Donnell, District Judge Rachel Wiest-Benner, Sunbury and Northumberland police departments and Stonington state police will be targeting outstanding warrants in the city after April 24.

SHAMOKIN DAM — A new traffic signal will be installed next week at the intersection of Routes 11-15 and Eleventh Avenue in Shamokin Dam, with lane restrictions at times during the weeklong upgrade.

SUNBURY — An Elysburg man is jailed on $75,000 cash bail and faces felony criminal trespass charges after Sunbury police say he entered a Reagan Street home, ran from officers and resisted arrest.

MIDDLEBURG — Susquehanna University student Maggie Bachman credits her waitressing experience for being able to keep her cool with the public as she interned in the Snyder County Elections Office during the 2024 election.