Memorials: Oour Lady of Lourdes Regional School
The following memorials have been presented to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School for the months of September and October. In Honor of: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sandri (September and October) from Mr. and...
View ArticleMCA may vote on teachers' contract Monday
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School Board will hold a special meeting next week to approve or reject a new teachers' contract. During a meeting Thursday night, school board president Donna James...
View ArticleMonument in Shamokin salutes JFK
SHAMOKIN - Fifty years ago today, a man named Lee Harvey Oswald pointed a Mannlicher-Carcano Italian rifle out of a sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas and fired three...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Nov. 22, 2013
Ways to celebrate holidays explored ELYSBURG - Surprising and fun ways to celebrate the holiday season will be offered at Lifetree Cafe from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Elysburg Presbyterian Church, 320 W....
View ArticleYouth chorale concert Sunday in Lewisburg
LEWISBURG - The Susquehanna Valley Youth Chorale (SVYC) announced its fall concert, "In Gratitude for the Season," which will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. John's United Church of Christ, 1050...
View ArticleCoal Township police report 44 burglaries since January
COAL TOWNSHIP - There have been 44 reported burglaries in Coal Township since 2013 began, seven of which occurred this month. Officers have made 12 arrests in the burglaries, Police Chief William...
View ArticleCentralia native was last person to touch JFK's casket
When Metro Kowalchick, the man who pressed the button to lower John F. Kennedy's casket into the ground in 1963, retired in 1979, The News-Item dubbed him the last man to touch the assassinated...
View ArticleHousing authority to see funds for Madison Court
SHAMOKIN - The Shamokin Housing Authority (SHA) will once again work with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) on the building now known as Madison Court Apartments. Executive director Ron...
View ArticlePolice nab Shamokin teen with 798 packets of heroin
SHAMOKIN - An 18-year-old city man found in possession of 798 packets of heroin valued at approximately $16,000 was taken into custody Wednesday night and charged with multiple felony offenses. The...
View ArticleDrive carefully, pack supplies for winter driving
HARRISBURG - PennDOT is asking motorists to join the department in its efforts to keep roadways safe through the winter driving season.PennDOT has 5,400 operators and more than 2,250 trucks ready to...
View ArticleDivine Redeemer bells to ring again
MOUNT CARMEL - Beginning this weekend, church bells will be ringing again at Divine Redeemer Church after an absence of many years.The church's 118-year-old bell tower has been silenced because the...
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MANDATA - Line Mountain has been billed $4,268 so far in legal fees by the firm defending the school district in a federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a female student who wants to join the...
View ArticleArraignment set for Elysburg man charged with selling pot to Ocean City cops
An arraignment has been scheduled for Wednesday in the case of an Elysburg man who allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover police officer and fled the scene in Ocean City, Md., June 14. Robert...
View ArticleLine Mtn. quiet on building appraisals
MANDATA - Line Mountain School District is keeping the appraisals of Leck Kill and Dalmatia elementary schools close to the vest while the school board members determine what they want to do with those...
View ArticleJudge: Bridy, taxpayers have right to know Shamokin's insurance costs
HARRISBURG - A Lycoming County judge ruled Friday that Northumberland County Commissioner Stephen Bridy is entitled to information involving what the City of Shamokin has paid to provide health...
View Article'Fifth warders' sought to help with Shamokin parade
SHAMOKIN - A subcommittee consisting of people connected to the Fifth Ward of the city has been formed to organize a grand parade next year in celebration of Shamokin's 150th anniversary.Committee...
View ArticleOrganization News
MOUNT CARMEL - James A. Garfield Camp 34, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil, elected officers for 2014 at a meeting Nov. 13.Elected were David Berezovske, commander; William Beaumont, senior vice...
View ArticleGeisinger-Weis Markets family history campaign dishes up important...
DANVILLE - Thanks to a multi-year $250,000 donation by Weis Markets to the Geisinger Genomic Medicine Institute to create the Family Health History Campaign, families gathered to share a holiday feast...
View ArticleFire safety tips offered for Thanksgiving cooking
SHAMOKIN - Because Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, the Shamokin Fire Bureau, United States Fire Administration and the National Fire Protection Association has shared some fire...
View ArticleSanta ready to read letters online
SHAMOKIN - The News-Item and Tom Kutza will launch their 11th year of Letters to Santa at newsitem.com on Monday, Dec. 2.Kutza, with his "personal" connection to Santa Claus, started Letters to Santa...
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