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Peace Corps at 60: Service changed the lives of these volunteers
Whether assigned to primitive villages in Africa in the 1980s, emerging democracies in Eastern Europe in the 1990s, or more recently to South America, they all joined the Peace Corps out of a desire to serve their country and to help people in need, using skills they already had or acquired in college. → Read More
Casey, union president: Health care workers need help
The dire need for providing health care workers with more ventilators, masks and other personal protective equipment that are vital on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis was the → Read More
Officials using more social media to promote Census
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused Census 2020 administrators to pivot from in-person promotional events to social media as ways to remind people to respond to online census questionnaires. → Read More
Selinsgrove teachers give out 200 bags of food to people in need
SELINSGROVE — Teachers representing the Selinsgrove Area Education Association, with help from Weis Market, handed out more than 200 bags of food to those in need in front of the → Read More
Northumberland road project nearly finished; several multi-million dollar projects planned in Valley
Finished at last. Or nearly so. → Read More
PennDOT gearing up for spring, summer grind
Valley residents set their clocks ahead last night or early this morning for Daylight Saving Time. → Read More
Food waste: Grocery chains work to reduce waste
Food waste is wasted profits for grocery stores and restaurants, but it is also expected. → Read More
Food waste fight: Households produce largest percentage of waste
Food waste has grown in every decade since 1960 in the United States and had tripled between then and 2017. → Read More
Recycling can turn trash into products, profits for processors, manufacturers
In the world of recyclables, modern-day science meets capitalism. → Read More
Rager-Kay: Gun reform necessary, but don't 'ban everything'
SUNBURY — The mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton and subsequent nationwide calls for some kind of gun reform prompted early questions in Wednesday's Daily Item editorial board conference → Read More
FATHER'S DAY 2019: Family values passed down
The Frank family: Robert, 88, William, 60, Eric, 37 → Read More
FATHER'S DAY 2019: Fathers blazed their own paths
The Shoshes: John Sr., 76, John Jr. 50, Nathan, 23 → Read More
FATHER'S DAY 2019: Raising kids: Like father, like son
The Yetters: Luther H., 80, Luther C., 59, Anthony, 35 → Read More
UPDATE: Coroner releases ID of man killed by train near Sunbury
SUNBURY — Northumberland County Coroner James Kelley identified the man killed by a train Sunday near Sunbury. → Read More
Police still have not released identity of man killed by train near Sunbury
SUNBURY — State police still have not identified the man struck and killed by a train on Sunday. → Read More
Remains of soldier killed in the Korean War return home
Army Pfc. Walter Hackenberg of Middleburg thus came home to his five still-living sisters, and will be laid to rest this Thursday at the Zion United Methodist Cemetery. Hackenberg was captured and died in a prison camp in 1951. → Read More
Pennsylvania WWI display focuses on US propaganda, local history
The exhibit at the Dale-Engle-Walker House includes news clips from the era, period artifacts, military uniforms and equipment donated by area collectors. → Read More
Congressmen still searching for answers about Army's runaway blimp
Claims of more than $300 million have been made by various parties in Pennsylvania following the October crash of a 243-foot-long blimp after it got loose from its tether. → Read More