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Muncy schools to receive $138,000 boost in state funding for general education

The Muncy School District will receive a $138,000 increase in state funding over last year’s allocation, it was announced at the July meeting. Business Administrator Andrew Seese reported to school directors that the money, approved as part of the recently passed state budget, will include additional funds for general education, basic education, and the Ready to Learn Grant. The funding will help fill the more than half-million-dollar deficit of the district’s 2026-2027 spending plan approved in June, which did not include a tax-millage increase. School directors approved the ...

Clock ticking on skill games

Lawmakers have less than three months to take some sort of action concerning the estimated 70,000 “skill games” in the state before a stayed Supreme Court decision stirs up a potential political hornet’s nest. The Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro enacted a new state budget on July 12 ...

Driven by movie franchises and role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, interest in worldbuilding has grown rapidly in recent years. Lycoming College joined the party this spring with a popular course that attracted students from a large variety of majors. Led by Phoebe D. Wagner, ...

Dauphin County teen to stand trial for 2025 Halloween night shooting death in Williamsport

Vincent Baskerville, 17, of Dauphin County, will stand trial in relation to the shooting death of a 15-year-old male Halloween night, District Judge Aaron Biichle ruled following a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon. The charges he is being held on remain unclear, as all documents in the case are under seal. Baskerville was taken into custody on Tuesday, June 30, by agents with the city police Criminal Investigations Unit, who traveled to the Harrisburg area to make the arrest. City authorities were assisted in the apprehension by the U.S. Marshals Service, the Dauphin County ...