Marcia Moore

11 hours ago | dailyitem.com | Marcia Moore

MIDDLEBURG — A Sunbury man is accused of repeated assaults that left his 5-month-old son with broken ribs. Jeremy M. Erb, Jr. 23, is charged with assaulting his son on three occasions when he was caring for the child at a Center Township home in Snyder County, state police at Selinsgrove said. kAm!@=:46 =2F?4965 2? :?G6DE:82E:@? 27E6C E96 :?72?E H2D 3C@F89E E@ E96 v6:D:?86C 6>6C86?4J C@@> :? s2?G:==6 @? pAC:= ag H:E9 D4C2E496D[ 3CF:D6D 2?5 3=@@5 :? 2? 62C] uFCE96C 6I2>:?2E:@?

15 hours ago | dailyitem.com | Marcia Moore

SELINSGROVE — The Selinsgrove Area School board approved its proposed $53.1 million 2025-26 budget but did not approve a final funding resolution for it on Monday. The board voted 7-2 in favor of the $53,160,007 spending plan with a 2.5 mill tax increase and using $2,136,028 from the unassigned fund balance to close the deficit. The tax increase would raise the average tax bill by $33, business manager Michael Sokoloski said.

20 hours ago | dailyitem.com | Marcia Moore

MIDDLEBURG — Snyder County will collect $295 per acre for five years on 217 acres of farmland at Faylor Lake in Beaver Springs. A state-licensed auctioneer, county board chairman Joe Kantz held the auction at the county meeting room in Middleburg on Tuesday morning. kAmzJ=6 $FAA=66 @7 %FD4\'& p8 H2D E96 9:89 3:556C 2E Sahd A6C 24C6[ A6C J62C 7@C E96 @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ 8C@H 4C@AD @? E96 a`f 24C6D 7@C 7:G6 J62CD 368:??:?8 :? a_af[ H:E9 E96 @AE:@?

21 hours ago | dailyitem.com | Marcia Moore

MIDDLEBURG — Heidi Stroup has been chosen to fill a vacancy on the Midd-West School board through the end of November. Stroup, no relation to Superintendent Joe Stroup, was among four candidates who applied to fill the seat vacated by board director Tony McKnight last month.

1 day ago | dailyitem.com | Marcia Moore

MIDDLEBURG — A 52-year-old Middleburg man is jailed on charges he raped a young child on multiple occasions over three years. Matthew E. Gilbert is jailed in lieu of $250,000 on charges he raped the girl who was between the ages of 5 and 8 when the alleged crimes took place between May 2016 and June 2019, state police at Selinsgrove said.