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Maternal and Family Health Services will host a free Mother's Day celebration in Scranton with cooking demos and educational classes.

HARRISBURG — A split vote cast along party lines Monday advanced a proposal in the Pennsylvania House to legalize marijuana as Democrats used their majority position to swiftly introduce a voluminous bill and put it to the test in the Health Committee.

SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove borough is hiring a fifth full-time officer and renovating the police department building.

SELINSGROVE — Thirteen Selinsgrove businesses and organizations, including Selinsgrove School District, will receive a notice of a pending water shutoff by the borough due to noncompliance with a grease trap ordinance.

DANVILLE — Dozens of state troopers and other law enforcement officials conducted various searches through the woods and in the sand traps at the Frosty Valley Resort in Danville on Monday hoping to find their golf balls during the annual Susquehanna Valley Law Enforcement Camp Cadet golf tournament.

MILTON — Chef Boyardee, an iconic American company founded in Milton more than 100 years ago, has been sold by Conagra Brands for $600 million to Hometown Food Company, a division of Brynwood Partners.

LEWISBURG — The owner of Paris Bakery & Café in Lewisburg expects a 30 percent increase in the cost of imported ingredients from France due to the Trump administration’s new tariffs.

POINT TOWNSHIP — Furmano Foods will hold a Tomato Trot 5k Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run at 10 a.m. Saturday.

LEWISBURG — A Lewisburg man who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography will spend 15 months to 10 years in state prison.

SHAMOKIN DAM — Five Shamokin Dam residents are seeking the Republican nomination in the May 20 primary race for four borough council seats.