HARRISBURG — Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania suffered physical and sexual abuse including violent rapes, according to four related lawsuits filed Wednesday.
The number of Americans older than 65 keeps rising – and will for decades to come.
DANVILLE — Around two dozen Scouts, their families and a dozen veterans did their annual part Tuesday evening to dress up veterans’ graves before Memorial Day weekend.
SUNBURY — A Northumberland County conflicts attorney will represent a 33-year-old Shamokin man in an attempted homicide trial after a judge denied a request for recusal Tuesday.
MIDDLEBURG — Admitted child sex abuser Robert C. Swaggerty will spend up to 10 years in prison following his guilty plea in Snyder County Court.
Elvis Presley’s estate is fighting what it says is a fraudulent scheme to auction off Graceland to the highest bidder. An auction had been scheduled for this Thursday. But court documents show a Memphis judge blocked it after Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sought a temporary restrainin…
HARRISBURG — Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House voted Tuesday to advance separate bills proposing both the creation of a dedicated savings account and a waiver of the commonwealth’s Realty Transfer Tax for first-time homebuyers.
A second team doctor with Penn State football testified Tuesday about multiple times that he said Coach James Franklin attempted to interfere with the medical decisions of team doctors and trainers.
CHESTER, Pa. — A former employee armed with a handgun opened fire early Wednesday at a linen company in a Philadelphia suburb, killing two people and wounding three others, police said.
SELINSGROVE — The offices of Union-Snyder Community Action Agency (CAA) will be closed to the public on Monday in observance of Memorial Day.
HARRISBURG — Two men were killed in a Tuesday night shooting in Harrisburg that injured three others, police said.
SUNBURY — Nationwide and in the Susquehanna Valley, gas prices dipped two cents in the last week, according to AAA East Central's Gas Price Report.
Valley theater programs were recognized for their stellar performances at the Community Theatre League’s Ray of Light Awards on Saturday in Williamsport.
LEWISBURG — Union County will house two work-release eligible inmates for Snyder County at its correctional facility at the Union County Courthouse.
TURBOTVILLE — The Warrior Run School Board at Monday night's meeting approved a $48,700 bid by T-Ross Brothers Construction Inc. for junior/senior high school corridor upgrades.
The NFL has awarded the 2026 draft to Pittsburgh with the Steelers ready to tap Pennsylvania’s deep football tradition trying to meet the new standard for host cities. League officials announced the decision Wednesday as part of the NFL spring meetings. Owners chose Pittsburgh after reviewin…
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has been fined $75,000 by NASCAR for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Stenhouse’s father, who joined the fracas, was suspended indefinitely. Busch was not penalized for his action in the Sunday night race. The two tangled on t…
SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove coach Brent Beiler said he had a feeling things would come together in Tuesday's playoff opener against rival Shikellamy.
BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including 10 points in overtime after Jaylen Brown’s tying 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds remaining in regulation, and the Boston Celtics rallied just in time for a 133-128 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conferenc…
Many high school students in the United States are sensitive to the ongoing climate crisis, and some are demanding more paths that allow them to work on solutions to the planet's warming. Colleges and universities are responding. Some have rebranded traditional sustainability and environment…
A judge has blocked the auction of Graceland by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a loan that used the property as collateral. Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins issued a temporary injunction against the proposed auction during a hearing Wednesday. A public notice for a …
An undisclosed number of people were killed when a tornado tore through a small Iowa town and left a wide swath of obliterated homes, crumpled cars and splintered trees. The tornado destroyed much of the town of Greenfield. Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Alex Dinkla says at least a dozen people were…
Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades.
The New York trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break after Manhattan federal court jurors were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case before getting stuck in an elevator. They won't return until after Memorial Day next week to hear more evidence in…
Iran’s supreme leader has prayed over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Hundreds of thousands of people later on Wednesday followed a procession honoring them down Tehran's main boulevard. But the…
