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SUNBURY — Jeshua Rivera was 15 years old when he first walked through the doors of The Refuge, a Christian-based youth center located at 821 Market St., Sunbury.

LEWISBURG — A jury of seven men and five women was selected in Union County this week for the trial of a Winfield man accused of touching a 12-year-old girl and trying to kiss her.

MONTOURSVILLE — While a junior in high school, Sierra Zaborowski learned to pilot a plane. But when she majored in business aviation at Liberty University, in Virginia, the school review board told her she would never make it as a commercial pilot.

SUNBURY — Anyone wanting to learn how where to launch a boat or what gear is needed to fish will have an opportunity to have their questions answered Saturday.

A four-row planter trolls through a field just off the highway in Miami, Oklahoma. Panic hits the drivers passing by as they notice the cab is empty and the machine, though distant, seems to be headed straight for the road.

KULPMONT — An accountant at a state correctional facility in Luzerne County will spend up to four years in prison after pleading guilty to repeatedly beating a Kulpmont woman.

POINT TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old Sunbury man was killed in a motorcycle crash Thursday morning on Route 147 near the Ridge Road exit, according to Point Township Police.

MIDDLEBURG — Middleburg residents may experience low to no water pressure due to a water main break.

LEWISBURG — Addressing topics as diverse as data centers, ICE and privatization, Ray Bilger of State College, the Democratic candidate for Congressional District 15 in the upcoming midterms, spoke to an audience of 30 people at a town hall Thursday night at the Public Library for Union County.

FREEBURG — Brookfield Renewable representatives are balking at providing a financial guarantee to protect Freeburg’s public water system in the event it is damaged by the company’s proposed solar project.