Valedictorian at Misericordia University
DALLAS - Maria Kidron, of Elysburg, was named valedictorian of the Class of 2013 at Misericordia University during the annual Honors and Awards Ceremony in Lemmond Theater in Walsh Hall on...
View ArticleClassic cars will line the streets of Kulpmont Sunday
KULPMONT - Classic cars will own the road Sunday when the borough hosts one of the region's biggest summer parties.In its 11th year, the Great Kulpmont Cruise has grown into a community-wide event...
View ArticleOrganization News: CCW, Rosary Altar Society
MOUNT CARMEL - The Council of Catholic Women and Rosary Altar Society held their monthly meeting in the parish hall of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on June 6.President Theresa Conniff brought the...
View ArticleShamokin Area Middle-High School
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area Middle/High School announced its distinguished honor roll and honor roll for the fourth marking period of 2012-13.The two levels of achievement are an honors level and a...
View ArticleAttorney seeks exam for city arson suspect
SUNBURY - A county judge will decide if it's necessary for a Shamokin man charged with setting three fires to undergo an incompetency examination.During a brief hearing Thursday before Judge William H....
View ArticleChief Warrant Officer, Naval Engineering specialty, US Coast Guard
Chief Machinery Technician Shawn Barnes, son of long time Mount Carmel residents Judith and Charles Barnes, was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer, Naval Engineering specialty, in the U.S. Coast...
View ArticleCollege News: Sarah Stefanowicz
JOHNSTOWN - Sarah Stefanowicz, of Coal Township, was named to the dean's list for academic achievement at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown for the 2013 spring semester, earning a grade-point...
View ArticleAmerican Legion Auxiliary Unit 73
SHAMOKIN - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 73 hosted the Six County Council meeting June 6 at Calvary Bible Fellowship Church Hall.Thirty-six auxiliary representatives from Union, Snyder,...
View ArticleDistrict Court: June 28, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court July 29 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleNo open flame allowed within Shamokin limits
SHAMOKIN - The city's director of public safety reminds residents that burning wood, paper, cardboard and the like in a backyard fire pit is illegal.R. Craig Rhoades, city councilman, says charcoal or...
View ArticlePa. Senate unanimously supports turning mining museum over to Ashland
HARRISBURG - Legislation that would convey the Museum of Anthracite Mining to the Borough of Ashland received unanimous approval Thursday in the state Senate, according to bill sponsor Sen. David G....
View ArticleBoy doing well after near drowning
NORTHUMBERLAND - A 6-year-old Shamokin boy who nearly drowned at Splashland community pool here on June 19 "appears to have fully recovered."That's what Councilman Greg Carl told those attending the...
View ArticleRock Street floods in Shamokin, power outage hits county's southern end;...
A stormy Thursday evening produced flooding on Rock Street in Shamokin and a lengthy power outage in the Herndon-Dalmatia area.The good news was that, despite a tornado watch being issued as a line of...
View Article2 cars collide on 890
SUNBURY - A Sunbury woman was injured Thursday afternoon in a two-car collision on Route 890 in Upper Augusta Township. Samantha Gamble was transported to Sunbury Community Hospital for treatment.The...
View Article'Last train' left city 50 years ago today
SHAMOKIN - One day a year, local residents take advantage of a rare opportunity to board a passenger train and take a spin out of the city.That special occasion, a 45-minute round trip that's part of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, June 28, 2013
Teen injuredSHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP - A 16-year-old female from Shamokin suffered an arm injury in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday night near 1327 Mulberry Road in Shamokin Township.The teen, who was not...
View ArticleCollege News: Grier Melick
OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Grier Melick, of Catawissa, has been named to Stevenson University's dean's list for the spring semester.Melick is a freshman business major and also is a member of the university's...
View ArticleSaturday Spirit: Saturday, June 29, 2013
A pair of pears.Please let me explain. My wife, Jo Ann, works in human resources and payroll with the local plant of a large corporation. She puts her heart and soul - not to mention a considerable...
View ArticleShamokin man wounded at Gettysburg
For three hot days in early July, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought on the farm fields, in the woods, in the hills and within the town of Gettysburg itself in 1863. The martial contest pitted the...
View ArticleChurch listings: Saturday, June 29, 2013
All SaintsAll Saints Evangelical Lutheran, 12th and Scott streets, Kulpmont.Pastor - The Rev. Alfred J. Bashore.Worship service with word and sacrament - 9 a.m.Participants - Richard Kovach, communion...
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