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Trial to be scheduled for Mifflinburg businessman
MIFFLINBURG — A Union County businessman waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday on charges that he spent $241,000 for personal debt and expenses instead of investing it in a storage facility partnership in West Buffalo Township as he told 10 clients he would.
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Restaurant owner: 0.05 percent DUI level is too low
SELINSGROVE — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Tueday that states should shrink the standard from the current 0.08 percent blood alcohol content to 0.05 percent - and that doesn’t sit well to many Valley business owners.
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Danville's Mill Street to be featured in new TV series
DANVILLE - For the premier episode of the Pennsylvania Cable Network’s “Discover Main Street PA” program, viewers will see the sights and sounds of Danville’s Mill Street.
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OJ back in court for Day 4 in bid for new Vegas trial
LAS VEGAS — The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson’s unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday.
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Sen. Bob Casey defends Pennsylvania military bases from cuts
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is asking a Senate committee to forgo the process of looking at potential closures of military installations.
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New study: Fracking hasn’t polluted Arkansas water
PITTSBURGH — A new study has found that natural gas drilling, or fracking, hasn’t contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas. But researchers say the geology there is more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas of shale gas drilling, such as Pennsylvania.
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Obama: No special prosecutor to investigate IRS
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today dismissed the idea of a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service, saying probes by Congress and the Justice Department should be able to figure out who was responsible for improperly targeting tea party groups when they applied for tax-exempt status.
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No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million
So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.
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At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornadoes
A rash of tornados slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered bodies, flattened homes, threw trailers onto cars.
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Dad's tree house project garners community support in Selinsgrove
SELINSGROVE — There’s overwhelming support for a Selinsgrove father who must tear down his daughter’s partially built tree house because it violates the borough zoning code.
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Union County murder suspect moved to state prison
COAL TOWNSHIP — Accused killer Joel R. Snider has been moved from county jail to the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township for the safety of himself and others.
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Danville driver killed in crash
BERWICK — A Danville area man died in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday.
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Sunbury man snatches $20 from woman's hand
SUNBURY — A Sunbury man has been charged with robbery after police said he ran past a woman on the street and grabbed $20 from her hand.
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Harrisburg area superintendent tapped as state education chief
HARRISBURG — The superintendent of a large suburban Harrisburg school district will be Gov. Tom Corbett’s nominee for education secretary and replace Ron Tomalis, who after a busy and rocky two-year tenure will move into an advisory role in the administration, Corbett said Wednesday.
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Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty
PHOENIX — Jurors in Jodi Arias’ trial on Wednesday found the former waitress should be eligible for the death penalty after they convicted her last week of murdering her one-time boyfriend.
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College hopefuls: Service Academy Day is this Saturday
WILLIAMSPORT -- Students with visions of attending college at a military academy can learn all they need to know this Saturday as Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., hosts his first U.S. Service Academy Day this year.
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TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Interstate 180 near Turbotville
TURBOTVILLE — A $100,500 bridge repair project involving two structures along Interstate 180 in northern Northumberland County begins this week.
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Couple charged with threatening to blow up government offices
LEWISBURG — A Northumberland County man and woman allegedly sent letters under another man’s name, threatening to blow up courthouses and government offices and murder officials around the Valley so the man would get the mental help he needed.
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Trial to be scheduled for Mifflinburg businessman
