False alarm at SCA
CATAWISSA RR - Firefighters responded to the Southern Columbia Area Junior/Senior High School at 12:55 a.m. Sunday after a motorist reportedly saw smoke and the automatic fire alarm system...
View ArticleConcert will welcome back refurbished piano
MANDATA - The Dec. 15 concert at Line Mountain High School to dedicate a newly refurbished Steinway Grand piano will include remarks from a relative of the teacher who spearheaded the move to purchase...
View ArticleHelping hands available for qualified customers in need
We turned our clocks back weeks ago and Thanksgiving is coming soon. Winter is on the doorstep.Electric use tends to spike in winter, as it can in summer, and that means some customers who are...
View ArticleHarlem Wizards to play 'local celebrities'
The Harlem Wizards will play the "SoCo Celebrities" in a friendly basketball game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Southern Columbia Junior/Senior High School to benefit the Southern Columbia...
View ArticleMCA teachers have a contract
MOUNT CARMEL - Seventeen months of contentious negotiations ended Monday night when the Mount Carmel Area School District approved a three-year deal with the Mount Carmel Area Education Association to...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013
Mine fire on Travel ChannelThe Travel Channel will broadcast a piece on Centralia and the mine fire at 10 p.m. Sunday featuring interviews with Bob Gadinski, a former Centralia resident who now lives...
View ArticleMeeting to announce thruway timetable scheduled for today
SHAMOKIN DAM - State Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch and PennDOT officials are meeting today to announce the project timetable for the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway (CSVT) and the new state...
View ArticlePolice: Heroin killed Elysburg woman
CATAWISSA - An Elysburg woman is dead and two men face charges in connection with a heroin overdose last week.Locust Township Police said Erika Smith, 34, of Horvath Drive, died Sunday evening at...
View ArticleDeath probe awaits results
CATAWISSA - Authorities are awaiting the results of lab tests to determine the cause and manner of death for an Elysburg woman who died from an apparent heroin overdose. Montour County Coroner Scott...
View ArticleWintry mix, power outage prove disruptive for area before Thanksgiving holiday
A mixed bag of precipitation over the Susquehanna Valley caused sloppy road conditions throughout Tuesday. Precipitation fell early Tuesday as light snow, accumulating to less than an inch, before...
View ArticleFuel gauge: Gas prices are up eight cents
Motorists will be paying a bit more when filling up their tanks for Thanksgiving travel. Susquehanna Valley gas prices have risen almost eight cents to $3.32 a gallon, according to AAA East Central. On...
View Article8 suffer injuries in bus crash
DANVILLE - A school bus with 14 high school-aged passengers traveled off an embankment and rolled onto its side during the morning commute Tuesday about 1.5 miles northeast of Danville. It's driver,...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Reservations open for SCA Senior Citizen Holiday Dinner set for Dec. 5 CATAWISSA RR - Reservations are being taken for Southern Columbia Area's seventh annual Senior Citizen Holiday Dinner to be held...
View ArticleOfficials announce timetable for $558M thruway project
SHAMOKIN DAM - While those wishing to take advantage of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway (CSVT) will have to wait a decade before it's finished, the first construction contract for the northern...
View ArticleCollege News: McCann School of Business and Technology honors
SUNBURY - The McCann School of Business and Technology has listed its dean's list, honors list, and perfect attendance certificates for the summer 2013 term, which ended on Sept. 25. To be named to the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Dec. 30 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleSociety to host annual holiday tour
DALMATIA - A holiday house tour sponsored by the Mahanoy and Mahantongo Historical and Preservation Society will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Tour attractions include the Zeigler...
View ArticleHearing in case involving 800 packets of heroin continued
SHAMOKIN - A preliminary hearing for an 18-year-old Shamokin man found last week in possession of approximately 800 packets of heroin was continued Tuesday morning at the request of the arresting...
View ArticleWarrant issued again for landlord's failure to appear for Shamokin ordinance...
SHAMOKIN - Allentown landlord George Atiyeh has been given another chance to appear for a preliminary hearing on ordinance violations, but if he doesn't show Dec. 10, he may be sent to jail....
View ArticleBoard chair must stay away from two housing facilities
SUNBURY - While his criminal case proceeds, the chairman of the Shamokin Housing Authority can't go within 50 feet of two of the four properties the agency owns and operates. The ironic twist for...
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