Police Blotter: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013
One-vehicle crashZERBE TOWNSHIP - A Shamokin woman escaped injury in a one-vehicle crash during icy conditions at 10:30 p.m. Friday on Upper Road.State police at Stonington say Shannon M. Coutts, 30,...
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Music is a big part of the Christmas season. Radio stations change their play lists to primarily holiday favorites. Television specials feature the biggest names in the business singing the familiar...
View ArticleOld piping to be replaced by June in $1.8M project
SHAMOKIN - Work is under way on a $1.8 million water main replacement in Shamokin and Coal Township.The "Oak Street project," as Aqua Pennsylvania is calling it, began Nov. 11 and should be completed...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013
Marriage licensesJustin Michael Schadel and Katherine Elain Sulouff, both of 2799 Klingerstown Road, Herndon. Issued Dec. 5.Property transfersU.S. Bank NA (by agent) and Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Agent)...
View ArticleAlleged acts in Sunbury homicide conjure horrible comparisons to killer couples
An easy association for the case of Elyett and Miranda Barbour is that of the movie, "Natural Born Killers." The 1994 film directed by Oliver Stone is about two victims of traumatic childhoods who...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013
Shamokin anniversary meeting setSHAMOKIN - The city's 150th Anniversary Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Independence Fire Association, Market and Arch streets.Volunteers are needed...
View ArticlePhotos of family, nature, latest topic of Shamokin bank exhibit
SHAMOKIN - The visually stunning works of photographer Connie Renn of Paxinos are on display in Shamokin at Susquehanna Bank thanks to a partnership with the Northumberland County Council for the Arts...
View ArticleDistrict Court, Hearings: Monday, December 9, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesdsay before Magisterial District Judge Hugh A. Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Northumberland...
View ArticleSanta makes annual stop for photos in Coal Township
COAL TOWNSHIP - A chance for children to give Santa their wish list and get a photo with the "jolly old elf" himself helped out two organizations Sunday evening. On a cold December night, Joe and...
View ArticleClarification: Monday, December 9, 2013
In Sunday's article about the homicide arrests of Miranda and Elyett Barbour, Sunbury City Police Chief Stephen Mazzeo misspoke in referencing the state police in speaking about his own department's...
View ArticleArea spared from heavy covering; freezing rain, sleet may last unti 9 a.m.
The area saw its first sign of a snow snowstorm at 1 p.m. when flurries started to fall. By 3 p.m., roads and sidewalks were covered and driving was a bit treacherous. National Weather Service...
View ArticleMan dies on I-81
FOSTER TOWNSHIP - A Scranton man was killed and four others injured in a Sunday morning one-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 near Foster Township, Schuylkill County.State police at Frackville reported...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, December 9, 2013Noteworthy: Monday, December 9, 2013
Share your cookie recipesSHAMOKIN - The News-Item welcomes readers to share their favorite Christmas cookie recipes. E-mail them to living@newsitem.com or drop them off at 707 N. Rock St. They recipes...
View ArticleDistrict Court, Landlord/Tenant Claims: Monday, December 9, 2013
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgements were filed in Magisterial District Court.Hugh A. Jones, Mount CarmelMichael R. Kaleta, of Mount Carmel, filed against Jeff Welker and Jessica Brosh,...
View ArticleGirl, 13, dies in Shamokin fire
SHAMOKIN - A three-alarm fire claimed the life of a 13-year-old girl found in her attic bedroom and destroyed five South Rock Street row homes Tuesday. Melissa "Missy" Pangburn died from carbon...
View ArticleShamokin man accused of threatening ex, her kids in jovial mood at hearing
SHAMOKIN - A 25-year-old man accused of threatening to kill his estranged girlfriend and her three children and breaking the nose of her current beau was in a jovial mood Tuesday despite going before a...
View ArticleMan allegedly found with 800 packets of heroin in Shamokin waives hearing
SHAMOKIN - An 18-year-old Reading man who was found in possession of approximately 800 packets of heroin last month waived several drug-related charges to the Court of Common Pleas in Sunbury Tuesday....
View ArticleZerbe Twp. taxes to increase 1.5 mills
TREVORTON - Taxes will increase on average $14 for property owners in Zerbe Township in 2014, and the extra money will be used to fund street lighting and fire hydrants, officials said.Supervisors...
View ArticleMissy was 'always smiling'
SHAMOKIN - Melissa "Missy" Pangburn was "always smiling." That's how a friend described the 13-year-old Shamokin Area seventh-grader who died Tuesday in a fire at her home at 5 S. Rock St. Brianna...
View Article'Valiant effort' made at scene of Shamokin fire
SHAMOKIN - The loss of life in Tuesday's fire, especially that of a child, was hitting hard among emergency personnel. Authorities said Melissa "Missy" Pangburn, 13, died in the fire in the city's...
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