Awards presented to members of the MCA Class of 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area Junior-Senior High School released a list of awards presented to 2013 graduates:The Frederick A. Morris Jr. Academic Achievement Award, $1,000 presented to the...
View ArticleZerbe Township plans to award bid to fix culvert
TREVORTON - If all goes well, Zerbe Township will award the contract for work on the First Street culvert project in less than a week, and for less than expected. At a special meeting Tuesday,...
View ArticleBrothers charged in violating workers' comp act
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two brothers who operate a garbage hauling business in Coal Township have been charged with more than 1,000 counts of violating the state's Workers' Compensation Act.Robert A. Jones and...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Wednesday, August 7, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Sept. 23 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleOrganization News: Our Lady of Home Council of Catholic Women
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Our Lady of Hope Council of Catholic Women met July 16 in the parish center. The meeting was conducted by president Margaret Forbes, who opened it with prayers and the Pledge of...
View ArticleFuel Gauge: Area gas prices are down two cents
Susquehanna Valley gas prices are down two cents this week, according to AAA East Central. The average price of a gallon of gas in the area now stands at $3.592.Across the nationTuesday's national...
View ArticleSUN Area Chapter of American Red Cross planning swing dance
LEWISBURG - The SUN Area Chapter of the American Red Cross serving Snyder, Union and Northumberland counties will host its second annual "Step Back in Time" WWII-style hangar dance at Heritage...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Bridge work to resume ThursdayDANVILLE - Preservation work on the (Route 54) Danville-Riverside Bridge in Montour and Northumberland counties will resume this week.The work planned on the...
View ArticleSeventh of eight 'doctor shopping' defendants turns self in to police
SHAMOKIN - A Trevorton woman who was among eight people charged last week with drug offenses involving "doctor shopping" was arraigned Monday by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III.Tammie Sue...
View ArticlePolice charge teen burglar
CATAWISSA - A 19-year-old Catawissa man accused of stealing rifles, copper piping and tools from 10 local properties this summer was arraigned Tuesday on approximately 50 counts, including burglary....
View ArticleA good time to fight crime
Several police departments throughout the area held National Night Out Tuesday evening. The event was aimed to get communities involved in crime and drug prevention and awareness. Mount Carmel and...
View ArticleKessler unsure how many guns he bought, sold for Gilberton police
FRACKVILLE (AP) — A Pennsylvania police chief suspended for a month for allegedly using department weapons and ammunition without permission said Tuesday he was unsure how many guns he bought or sold...
View ArticleLate offer added to Shamokin's options for downtown streetlights
SHAMOKIN - A late offer from General Electric led members of the city planning commission to change an expected recommendation to city council concerning the replacement of street lights downtown.GE...
View ArticleJeep driver cited for trespass at AOAA trailhead
COAL TOWNSHIP - A 27-year-old Shamokin man was cited by Coal Township police for trespass by motor vehicle relating to a July 25 incident at the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA).Joshua Hartman...
View ArticleBozza: Shamokin Street home to be condemned
SHAMOKIN - Shamokin Code Enforcement Officer Rick Bozza said Wednesday a dilapidated vacant structure at 14 S. Shamokin St. will be condemned in the near future.Bozza said a porch on the second floor...
View ArticlePolice: ATV riders will not face trespass charge
COAL TOWNSHIP - Three friends riding ATVs with a 49-year-old Gordon man who was killed July 21 on county-owned property will not be cited for criminal trespass by Coal Township police.Chief of Police...
View ArticleFracking challenged in Brasch's new book
The view that natural gas will provide a century of clean, inexpensive energy undergoes scrutiny in "Fracking Pennsylvania: Flirting with Disaster," a new book by Walter M. Brasch.Brasch, of...
View ArticleWork begins at Anthracite Steam and Fire Company
MOUNT CARMEL - After a long wait, Anthracite Steam and Fire Company's new ladder truck will soon be home.Renovations to accommodate the 11-foot, 8-inch-tall unit in the firehouse garage that started...
View ArticleCharges filed against boarding stable owner
NESCOPECK - Maria Ludwig Hayes, of Nescopeck, who operates a boarding stable in Mifflin Township, Columbia County, faces five counts of cruelty to animals, state police at Bloomsburg reported.State...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013
Missing Puzzle Place in today's editionThe Puzzle Place missing from Wednesday's edition is on Page 9 of today's News-Item. Today's Puzzle Place is in its normal position on the first page of the...
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