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MIDDLEBURG — Sealed bids for a new generator are being requested by Snyder County for its new inmate booking center in Middleburg.On Tuesday, the commissioners agreed to seek bids for a generator to be installed at the new booking center currently undergoing renovations at 12 S. Main St. next to the courthouse in Middleburg.Board Chairman Joe Kantz said the new location could be ready for occupancy by Snyder County Corrections before the end of the year. The department is currently still working out of the former prison on Old Colony Road outside Selinsgrove. — MARCIA MOORE

SELINSGROVE — The Selinsgrove Area High School Alumni Association will display memorabilia from the district in two glass cases at the high school.

SELINSGROVE — A new pedestrian crossing is planned at 18th Street by the Selinsgrove Area School Board.

ELYSBURG — Knoebels Amusement Resort was named 2026 Park of the Year by Amusement Today during Saturday’s Golden Ticket Awards in Austin, Texas.

Prosecutors allege the man was buying equipment to carry out a mass casualty attack in the U.S. inspired by ISIS.

The three winners will join the 90 toys enshrined in the National Toy Hall of Fame.

WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Wyoming County doctor has been sentenced on charges that he prescribed controlled substances, which placed his patients in danger. 62-year-old Dr. Raphael Benjamin Kon, of Noxen, was sentenced to 14 to 48 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to unlawful administration, dispensing, delivery, gift, or prescription of a Schedule [...]

Crime scene photo leaks in the Idaho murders have potentially resurfaced, which is illegal under newly passed state law.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police confirmed a woman was hit by a car in Wilkes-Barre Tuesday, leaving her hospitalized with severe injuries. Traffic was backed up early around 5:00 a.m. on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard between Butler Street and Conyngham Avenue as police had the area blocked off after a woman was hit by a car. [...]

Stanford researchers used new software to trace ancestry across animal genomes and found multiple coyote DNA segments in chihuahuas.