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BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Running for nine days featuring family fun with music, food, and rides, the Bloomsburg Fair is the largest agricultural fair in Pennsylvania.

On Tuesday, students between 13 and 18 years of age could attend the fair for free for Student Day, and for each general admission ticket purchase of $8, $1 will go to the Ronald McDonald House of Danville.

What to know, what to do at the 2024 Bloomsburg Fair

We listen closely to music, getting lost in the lyrics. We listen to celebrity podcasts, anxious to hear the latest gossip. We’re on the edge of our seats listening to the thriller movie, waiting to hear every clue. But when it comes to our bodies, are we listening?

DANVILLE — From 2015 to 2019, there were 85,706 crashes involving at least one 16 to 19-year-old driver in Pennsylvania, resulting in 516 fatalities, the state Department of Transportation reports.

Republicans are stepping up scrutiny of Pennsylvania’s system for registering people to vote through its driver’s licensing centers. The move comes six weeks before the presidential contest in the battleground state. Auditor General Tim DeFoor is launching an audit of Pennsylvania’s so-called motor voter system. The Republican official says the audit will include checking whether noncitizens are screened out from registering to vote. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration says there's no evidence that noncitizens have registered to vote in Pennsylvania.

LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society was recognized by Preservation Pennsylvania for its acquisition and work on the former Packwood House.

HARRISBURG — The application period opened this month for a grant program designed to help build out Pennsylvania’s emergency medical services workforce.

Once certified by state officials in the coming days and weeks, thousands of mail-in ballots will be sent from county election offices to eligible voters who have requested ballots.

HARRISBURG — Election officials in Washington County tossed 259 mail-in ballots received on time in the April 2024 primary election without giving those voters an opportunity to correct the mistakes on the ballot return envelopes.

SELINSGROVE — Hometown Disposal employees are in the fifth week of a strike as they seek better wages, benefits and working conditions at the Monroe Township-based waste management service company.

LEWISBURG — It will cost Union County between $89,000 and $137,000 to replace seven HVAC units in the government center.