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Among those honored was Michael Higgins, a lineman who was killed in a helicopter crash near Jim Thorpe in September 2025.

The family is putting the auction proceeds into Mason Deane's college fund, and he'll meet Chicago White Sox star Munetaka Murakami next month.

Uber has announced it is enacting stricter background checks and restrictions for its drivers.

In celebration of the American semiquincentennial, Forbes names the 250 greatest historical innovators in U.S. history, along with 250 living innovators.

LEWISBURG — Bigger, better and brighter.

The Central Susquehanna Valley, and Northumberland County in particular, has long played a role in innovation in America, claiming Thomas Edison, Joseph Priestley and several others who helped shape the country, according to Northumberland County Historic Society President David Ruths.

WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP — A paving business owner from Lackawanna County refused to pay more than $8,500 to a White Deer Township repair shop for work completed on a dump truck last year, according to state police in Milton.

LEWISBURG — Two-year-old Corey Edkin, who disappeared in 1986, has been legally declared dead following a petition filed by his father in Union County Court.

NEW BERLIN — Thanks to the persistence of 80-year-old Lane Murray and the help of SUN Area Technical Institute students, Keithan’s Bluebird Gardens now has a refurbished Peace Pole for visitors to see.

MILL HALL — The classic musical “Annie” may be about finding your family but a pair of Valley performers in a summer production doesn’t have to look beyond the stage to accomplish that.