Local News

LEWISBURG — Union County will open a cold shelter this weekend at the Saint Paul United Church of Christ in Lewisburg.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County is activating a "Code Blue" and offering up to 50 people a place to stay during the frigid temperatures expected to begin tonight.

SHAMOKIN DAM — Economist and University of Pittsburgh professor Lise Vesterlund will be the keynote speaker during the ATHENA Virtual Women’s Leadership event on Jan. 29.

LEWISBURG — Alisha Mack, a Bloomsburg University graduate with a B.A. in communications, has joined the Bucknell Small Business Development Center (SBDC) team.

Northumberland County Chief Clerk Nate Savidge said the county will extend hours at all senior centers during the cold snap. Five centers will open Monday at 8:30 a.m.

MIFFLINBURG — The annual Career Day at Mifflinburg Area Intermediate School took on added meaning this year with the introduction of a pilot pen pal program between fifth grade students and seniors at the SUN Area Technical Institute.

DANVILLE — Sergio Chavez Jimenez agreed to voluntarily return to Mexico on Thursday, with an understanding that he would be ordered to do so otherwise.

Dr. Jessica Riley, WellSpan York Hospital medical director of emergency medicine, has offered some expert tips to help citizens decide how to shovel and what to wear to prevent weather-related injuries.

LEWISBURG — A borough man was arrested after police say he assaulted a woman and strangled her on Jan. 17 in Lewisburg, according to Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department.

SUNBURY — A 47-year-old Milton man, who allegedly gunned down his girlfriend of seven years in a city alley in 2025 will either accept a plea deal that would likely send him to state prison for up to 40 years, or head to trial.