Middleburg News

A 42 percent decline in traffic fatalities in the region during 2009 is the product of strong enforcement efforts and education, highway officials and state police said.

A record $123,240 has been collected in the 2009 Needy Family Fund. Recent donations have pushed the total over last year's previous high by $1,000. The Degenstein Foundation donated $25,000 after its challenge to contributors to reach the $75,000 goal was met.

A majority vote recently to purchase more than 80 acres of land for the Midd-West School District has angered several school board members, who say too much money is being spent for more land than is actually needed.

Robert R. Stewart Jr. made it easy for state police to arrest him for driving under the influence of alcohol when he walked into the Selinsgrove station asking to speak with a trooper.

By Tricia Pursell Residents of Indiana County in Pennsylvania like to call it the "Christmas Tree Capital of the World," but they know better.

The Snyder County sheriff's department and police chiefs are hopeful they will receive an approximate $200,000 grant to increase their crime-stopping force through a combined database system.

For the avid golfer who wants to help fund cancer research, the American Cancer Society 2010 Golf Pass is the solution.

A borough man who allegedly stabbed a Lancaster County resident and threatened to kill his former girlfriend held police from five different stations and a regional SWAT team at bay before surrendering Friday night.

The state Senate is preparing to debate a bill to expand legalized casino gambling in Pennsylvania.

A northeastern Pennsylvania school official has pleaded guilty to taking money for helping a teacher get a job.

Snyder County and a state trooper have been dismissed from a federal lawsuit that alleges a prisoner did not commit suicide but was murdered by guards and other inmates.

A bill to legalize table games and authorize two more casinos in Pennsylvania is nearing a vote as lawmakers try to finalize a key piece of the state budget.

The parents of murder victim Steven Rodriguez said they're dissatisfied with the prison sentence three men will likely receive after offering pleas in Snyder County Court Tuesday for their part in the May 11 shooting.

Someone spray painted a swastika on a stone pulpit at the Mount Piscah Alter, Chapel Road, off Shade Mountain Road, West Perry Township, Snyder County.

Fifteen projects totaling more than $800,000 are vying for an estimated $270,000 in federal funds in Snyder County.

Josh Kurtz helps Jayme Hendricks, of Winfield, tie down two Christmas trees for her family Sunday afternoon.

Mark Harris, of Middleburg, got quite a shock when he arrived at the truck stop in Turbot Township before dawn Tuesday morning.

Hundreds of bidders from the Valley will join buyers from Connecticut, New York, Delaware and Maryland today in what organizers call the largest annual Christmas tree auction in the U.S. About 53,000 Christmas trees will be sold at auction today, beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, wreathes and seasonal decorations were on sale.

Valley has donated $1.2M in 22 years By Marcia Moore SUNBURY - Seven years after Melvin and Florine Beachel took their infant niece into their home, they're still hoping to adopt the now 8-year-old child they call "daughter." But over the years, the Beachels, of Mifflinburg, have fallen on hard times and they've been unable to come up with the $700 ...

A Selinsgrove man was arrested Nov. 20 by Middleburg Police, and charged with stealing more than $9,000 from his employer, Troutman's Meat Market, in Middleburg.