Penns Creek News

A fire that started with sparks from either a furnace or wood stove in the basement of a farm house at 1260 Middle Road Friday evening, was extinguished within an hour by area fire personnel.

Toy trains are up and running in Union County, a sure sign that Christmas is just around the corner.

Legend has it that Conrad Weiser, Indian agent-interpreter, and Chief Shikellamy both had a dream.

A fire destroyed a mobile home late Tuesday, leaving two people homeless, but unharmed.

Medicare open enrollment period begins Nov. 15 and ends Dec. 31 of each year. At this time, you have the opportunity to compare your present prescription drug plan with what is available for the year 2010.

Excavations along Penns Creek have revealed cooking and flint-napping sites, as well as flints, pottery, triangle points and paleo-scrapers, indicating the area was inhabited at least 13,000 years ago and into the Colonial period.

A cemetery at the south end of the village has served as a sacred reminder of those living in the area for the past couple of hundred years.

ThereA A s plenty of good live music out in the Valley this weekend, from Danville to Lewisburg to Middleburg and Selinsgrove.

A small sign bearing the intriguing words, "We hunt what haunts you" hangs high on the porch of Ed Cover's 8th Street home.

It's time for more fall festivals. I know of three this weekend that offer music along with all the other fun stuff.

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

A Middleburg man was arraigned Wednesday on charges of hitting a horse-drawn buggy last Thursday in Penns Creek and then fleeing the scene.

A 45-year-old Middleburg man has been charged with hit-and-run and other offenses related to a crash in Penns Creek Thursday night involving a horse and buggy.

State police in Snyder County are using some paint chips to track down a driver wanted in a hit-and-run buggy crash.

The sound of two vehicles colliding in front of his store sent Gary Shrawder running onto Route 104 on Monday.

They stop by to play cards, talk, enjoy a meal - even to exercise. Valley seniors rely on senior centers to not only pass the time, but to make their lives a little bit richer.

The Silver Ring Thing tour, which promotes sexual abstinence for teens and young adults, made a stop at Grace Covenant Community Church on Sunday.

You don't have to go far to find a place Tarzan would have loved to call home. It's a safe haven in Snyder County for animals that have nowhere else to go.

You don't have to go far to find a place Tarzan would have loved to call home. It's a safe haven in Snyder County for animals that have nowhere else to go.

Members of PaFlyFish.com have selected Bellefonte in Centre County as the Best Fly Fishing Town in Pennsylvania for 2009.