Union County News

After two decades presiding on the bench in Snyder County Court, President Judge Harold F. Woelfel Jr.

Lewisburg, Union County- The votes have been tallied and Lewisburg's next council member isa Bucknell student? We headed out in search of reaction to the upset election victory in Union County.

Lewisburg, Union County- In central Pennsylvania, there's a simple way to get into the holiday spirit and give back to the community.

Voters in Union County saws something new at the polls Tuesday to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus.

Real estate taxes are being appealed, and people are winning, East Buffalo Township Supervisor Lawson Fetterman said during a candidates' forum Wednesday night.

October was one of the Valley's wettest months in recent history, a meteorologist said Friday, and it's not over yet.

Unopposed in Tuesday's election to become a Union-Snyder county judge, Snyder County District Attorney Michael H. Sholley has been able to take it easy as far as campaigning is concerned, but there really is no rest for the challenge that lies before him.

By the end of the year, a local transportation organization should know whether it will have the funds to be the first business to unearth ground in the Pawling Station Business Park.

A convicted Snyder County sex offender who surrendered to police earlier this month on new charges faces another jail term and lifetime registration on Pennsylvania's Megan's Law list if found guilty, probation officers say.

As he nears the end of his 3,000-mile cross-country bicycle trip on Saturday, Justin Jarrett is inviting those who knew his best friend, Aaron Klinger, to join in the last leg of the journey.

A 58-year-old Mifflinburg driver was intoxicated before being killed Friday evening when his compact station wagon speeded around a curve, went airborne, hit an embankment and a tree, state police at Milton said.

Valley libraries may buy fewer books, stop programs and reduce hours as they face the 20.1 percent funding cut in the state budget signed last Friday.

A 7-year-old Winfield boy was killed Saturday and his mother seriously injured when the horse-drawn buggy in which they were riding was struck from behind by a sport utility vehicle on Route 304 in Union County.

Borough Manager Chad Smith is juggling numbers. His preliminary draft of the borough's budget for 2010 was presented to finance committee members Monday, and his projections show that without a tax increase, the borough may be putting itself in a precarious position heading toward 2011.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved a request by Citizens' Electric Co.

A Connecticut in-line skater faces assault and other charges after a confrontation over whether a 4-year-old on a tricycle had the right to be on a bike path.

After years of planning, the Red Bridge will be under renovation beginning this month.

Dazed and seriously injured, a Union County teen tried to use a cell phone to summon help to the scene of a crash in the Bald Eagle State Forest that killed his father, his father's fiance and her 9-year-old son.

Three Middleburg area residents, including a 9-year-old boy, lost their lives in a pickup truck accident in a remote area of the Bald Eagle State Forest in Lewis Township, Union County, according to state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officials.

Wet weather brings its share of worries, but all in all, most farmers would rather have to deal with too much rain than suffer through a drought.