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MIDDLEBURG — A Sunbury father who admitted breaking his infant son’s ribs in repeated assaults was sentenced to three to 14 years in state prison Tuesday.

MIDDLEBURG — A 32-year-old Selinsgrove man will spend the next eight to 14 years in state prison for providing drugs that led to his girlfriend's death in 2023.

MIDDLEBURG — A plea agreement that would have allowed a former school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting two autistic boys to serve less than a year in jail was rejected by a Snyder County judge Tuesday.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity helped deliver a proclamation making March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month on Tuesday in Sunbury.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s attorney general and commonwealth secretary joined officials from 20 other states demanding accountability from GoFundMe after the crowdfunding website reportedly automatically created donation campaigns for 1.4 million charities without advanced notice or permission.

LAURELTON — The West End Library in Laurelton received dozens of new items to move children’s programming beyond storytime.

SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove borough has been awarded $20,000 for renovations to the police department office by Central Susquehanna Community Foundation.

The new proposal would also ban ownership of pharmacy licenses by corporate middlemen accused of driving pharmacy closures.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man killed after a house fire in Wilkes-Barre has been identified. The Luzerne County coroner tells 28/22 News that 63-year-old Michael Barnes died from smoking inhalation, and the manner of death was ruled accidental. Crews responded to the unit block of Columbus Avenue around 7:00 p.m. on February 28. [...]

The congressman, now in his third term, has said he would not step down in response to the allegations.