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DANVILLE — The Danville Area School Board passed a proposed 2026-27 final budget of $51.1 million at a special Wednesday night board meeting.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday to approve a bill that asserts the commonwealth’s preemptive authority over local municipalities that adopt an ordinance, resolution or policy regulating firearms.

DANVILLE — A Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble school program on Benjamin Franklin sparked an idea for an America 250 door decoration undertaken by students at all four Danville school district buildings.

HARRISBURG — The state Senate Republican majority carried a bill through committee seeking to enact constitutional carry, ending the need for a license to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG — A Republican-sponsored bill proposing to restrict state taxpayer funds from being used toward gender transition care for minors advanced Wednesday within the Pennsylvania Senate.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County Sheriff Bob Wolfe will retire at the end of May.

TURBOTVILLE — The Moser Sports Complex in Turbotville is seeing major improvements.

LEWISBURG — More than 15,000 meals were packed in just a few hours at the First Presbyterian Church, where dozens of volunteers gathered one sunny Sunday afternoon in April for a hands-on service project with Rise Against Hunger.

Old Dominion University student Leah Hallwirth helped inspire a Perdue nugget now sold nationwide at Walmart.

The White House press secretary is currently on maternity leave and other Trump administration officials have been filling in the role in her absence.