Union County, PA

Francis S. Dauberman, 87, of Lewisburg, passed away at his home Saturday morning, June 12, 2021. A native of Union County, he was born in Mazeppa July 11, 1933, a son of the late Elmer and Estelle (Rheppard) Dauberman. He was married to the former Patricia Smith and his death breaks a marital union of 61 years.

UNION COUNTY – Rohrer Bus Service says they handle transportation for twenty area school districts and the company is looking for new drivers. Three local hiring events feature the opportunity for anyone to test drive a school bus on a guided course. Saturday, 9am to 1pm, in Selinsgrove, you can...

MIFFLINBURG — Garden enthusiasts toured the vibrantly decorated yard of Jack and Joannah McGregor’s Market Street home Sunday afternoon as harpist Erin Rute played nearby. Six homes in the Union County borough were opened to the public as part of the annual garden tour fundraiser for the Mifflinburg Buggy Museum.

Mifflinburg, Pa. – A man in Union County who allegedly repeatedly kicked a woman in the head and threatened to kill her was charged with aggravated assault. Nathan A. Snyder, 43, had taken a female victim into the basement of a residence in Limestone Township the evening of May 16. He allegedly forced her on the floor and began kicking her in the head, according to the arrest affidavit.

SELINSGROVE – A 1992 conviction is the basis of a weapons charge against a Snyder County woman charged with poisoning her husband in 2018. Myrle Evelyn Miller, 76, who until arrested lived outside Winfield in Jackson Twp., Snyder County, is charged with illegal possession of a weapon that belonged to her dead husband.

HARRISBURG –There has been a slight increase in the number of daily coronavirus cases statewide. According to the state Department of Health, the new coronavirus cases number 560 today, bringing the statewide total to 1,207,495. Locally, there were eight new cases reported. Northumberland County has five new positive tests, bringing...

EAST BUFFALO TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Milton man has been charged in the alleged sexual assault of a girl who was younger than 16. Anthony Bach, of Schoolhouse Lane, Milton, was charged this week in the office of District Judge Jeffrey Rowe, of Lewisburg, with two felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and a misdemeanor charge of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverages to minors.

Pennsylvania continued its streak of days with fewer than 500 new COVID-19 cases and dropped 60 more patients from its hospitalizations list, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The DOH data report for Wednesday also included 42,099 new vaccinations, 549 of them in Valley counties. The 496 new infections...

LEWISBURG – One person was unresponsive after a two vehicle crash in the Lewisburg area Monday afternoon. According to the Union County Fire Wire, the accident was first reported around 4:45 p.m. Monday along West Market Street in East Buffalo Township, Union County. According to the fire wire, two vehicles...

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania is reporting under 500 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since last June. In its daily update Tuesday, the state Department of Health says there were 450 additional new positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 1,206,439, of which 96% have recovered. Locally there were 13 new cases; Northumberland County has nine of those new cases, bringing the county total to 9,680, Union County has two new cases with at total of 6,140 cases, and Montour has one new case, with a total of 2,022 cases. Snyder County also has a one new case for a total of 3,669 cases.

COVID-19 community spread increased enough in Montour and Snyder counties last week to move them into the moderate transmission risk category of the state's Early Warning Monitoring System. Union County's cases decreased enough to drop into the low-risk category and Northumberland County remained in the moderate level for another week.

MIFFLINBURG — A Union County man has been charged with felony counts alleging rape, aggravated indecent assault and strangulation after a vehicle pursuit and investigation. Troopers claimed that at about 6 a.m. June 2 at a Limestone Township, Union County, address, Jeffrey J. Irvine, 38, of Mifflinburg, forcibly had sex with a female. Papers filed allege the rape followed an argument with the victim, who claimed Irvine also dragged her out of a shower by the hair and struck her.

Pennsylvania reported 488 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the third time in seven days new infections were fewer than 500. It has been almost a year -- June 24, 2020 -- since the last time that happened. On Saturday, the state Department of Health did not include a report...

District Judge Jeffrey A. Rowe, Lewisburg Preliminary hearings. Formal arraignment for charges waived or held was scheduled for Monday, July 26 in Union County Court. • Kenneth R. Gough, 40, of Williamsport, had two felony counts of robbery, inflict threat or immediate bodily injury held for court. Two counts of misdemeanor simple assault, single counts of theft by unlawful taking movable property, receiving stolen property, possession of an instrument of crime with intent and a summary count of operating a vehicle without valid inspection were also held.

LEWISBURG — A modified Union County Veterans’ 4th of July Parade will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 7 in the Silver Moon complex parking lot off Zeigler Road, Kelly Township. Terry Burke, Union County Veterans’ 4th of July Parade (UCV4JP) committee president, credited Silver Moon management...