Locally elected and appointed officials voted on the following matters in the past two weeks: Federal • The Senate was out of session. • The House was out of session. State • The Senate was out of session. • The House was out of session. County • Lycoming County ...

Churches in California and Minnesota, backed by a conservative legal group, filed lawsuits this week against the governors of their states challenging restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak that they contend are violations of religious liberty. They’re the latest in a long ...

A Pennsylvania county that has tangled with Gov. Tom Wolf over his pandemic restrictions agreed Friday to spend $2.8 million on a universal masking-wearing campaign. Lebanon County said it will promote mask-wearing by its residents as part of a legal settlement in which Wolf agreed to release ...

Masks were the fashion accessory of the day as members of the Leadership Lycoming Class of 2020 received their plaque at graduation ceremonies Thursday. In delivering the remarks for the class, spokesperson Brittany Fischer commented on how the class’ year which had begun as a regular and ...

Members of the Loyalsock Township School Board, earlier this week, discussed how to handle a recommendation to extend a contract with Ronald Insinger, the district’s athletic director, for the upcoming school year factoring in the uncertainty of school sports during the pandemic. One board ...

Loyalsock Township Superintendent Gerald McLaughlin told the district’s board that plans to bring students back to school for the fall five days a week for in-person instruction are moving forward with the date for opening set at Aug. 31. McLaughlin made the comments at the board’s ...