Response questioned concerning rescue effort

Danville News - Fri Nov 27

Snyder County officials insist they did everything they could think of to get help during a search-and-rescue effort in a state forest, but each time they asked for help from PEMA, the state agency turned them down.

Court workers late for shifts

Danville News - Wed Nov 25

A number of courthouse employees have chronically been showing up late for their shifts, and Snyder County Commissioner Richard "Bud" Bickhart made it clear on Tuesday that he doesn't approve.

Live nativity play opens Saturday in Snyder County

Danville News - Wed Nov 25

Approximately 45 volunteers and eight churches have joined forces for the eighth year in a row to present a live drama of the Christmas story in a rural Snyder County barn.

Trailer, $26K in steel beams stolen

Dailyitem.com - Wed Nov 25

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

Woman sentenced to county prison for causing fatal crash

Dailyitem.com - Tue Nov 24

Family of a young Sunbury man killed in a January car crash asked a Snyder County Court judge for leniency Tuesday in sentencing the 22-year-old woman who admitted causing the deadly accident as she got high on dust remover.

Expensive buys result in arrest

Dailyitem.com - Tue Nov 24

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.

Derk weighs challenge to Rep. Carney

Dailyitem.com - Tue Nov 24

Snyder County Commissioner Malcolm Derk's supporters are urging him to run for Congress next year.

Police planning extra patrols for holiday

Dailyitem.com - Mon Nov 23

With the holiday season about to officially begin, state and local police are stepping up efforts to catch impaired and unsafe drivers.

1,600 wreaths being made for veterans' graves

Dailyitem.com - Sun Nov 22

Employees at Kohl's Stony Hill Tree Farm have made 13 percent of the 1,600 blue spruce wreaths needed for the "Wreaths for Our Warriors" project that honors veterans buried in Valley cemeteries.

23rd annual Needy Family Fund drive starts

Dailyitem.com - Sat Nov 21

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 ...