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NORTHUMBERLAND — A Shikellamy teacher was named one of 63 national winners for the Civic Star Challenge by The Bill of Rights Institute and iCivics.

WATSONTOWN — The Watsontown Historical Association will host a showing of a 2013 documentary about the lost village of Alvira in Union County.

I once heard that the first thing lost in war is humanity. I have never been in the military. I have never fought in a war. But I have been in a conflict zone on more occasions than I could have ever imagined.

MIDDLEBURG — Who says meals have to center around beef, pork and chicken? The world is full of wild animals whose meat just might make a tasty meal. Grilled antelope, anyone? Maybe some frog legs?

From staff reports

SUNBURY — A Sunbury man pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography and will wait to see if a Northumberland County judge accepts the deal.

SUNBURY — The Northumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board will accept applications to the county’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program beginning March 14.

DANVILLE — For Chelsie Derr of Danville, the ABC Fashion Show at the Pine Barn Inn is as close as she’ll likely get to the reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race. That’s why she went all out with her design this year for the fund raiser that invites contestants to walk the runway in “Anything But Clothes.”

The fighting has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon and 11 in Israel, according to officials. Six U.S. troops have been killed.

Police say 77-year-old Bonnie Micklesavage died from injuries sustained in the crash.