Relay gets revitalized
SHAMOKIN - With a positive attitude and a change in leadership, volunteers hope to revitalize an area fundraiser in the fight against cancer. Committees from Shamokin and Mount Carmel have joined...
View ArticleThe Shamokin Monologues' writer inspired by tales of the coal region
Anyone having read "The Shamokin Monologues" must think author Bernard Jankowski is a coal region native - the owner of an overcoat that gives off a whiff of grilled onions from Coney Island, with...
View ArticleNews-Item readers can go 'all access'
SHAMOKIN - Starting today, subscribers to the print edition of The News-Item will have access to our electronic products at no additional charge. This includes unlimited access at our website...
View ArticleSound Off: Monday, Feb. 10, 2014
DeadbeatsI would like to know how some women in our society got so stupid that they let their boyfriends sit at home and do nothing all day or go out drinking and they go to work. Then they go back to...
View Article2 held on gun, drug charges
MOUNT CARMEL - Two men were jailed early Sunday morning on gun and drug charges stemming from the ongoing investigation into the shooting of a Milton woman. They are not charged with shooting...
View ArticleMount Carmel man charged with threatening to kill EMT, nurse
COAL TOWNSHIP — A Mount Carmel man transported by ambulance to a local hospital Saturday morning allegedly assaulted an emergency medical technician and threatened to kill the EMT and an emergency...
View ArticleTwo flee police in Shamokin, Coal Township pursuit
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two men wanted for probation violations avoided apprehension after leading authorities on a vehicle and foot pursuit through the woods of Big Mountain.According to Coal Township...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014
150th anniversary group to meetSHAMOKIN - Shamokin's 150th Anniversary Committee will host its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Independence Fire Co., Arch and Market streets. Civic-minded...
View ArticleMan accused of attacking Girardville officer out of hospital, in jail
GIRARDVILLE - A man who was shot after assaulting a police officer Jan. 31 was released from the hospital Friday and jailed.Carmen Almonti, 31, of 120 Line St., Girardville, was taken from Geisinger...
View ArticlePolice say Mount Carmel man threatened to kill EMT, nurse
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Mount Carmel man transported by ambulance to a local hospital Saturday morning allegedly assaulted an emergency medical technician and threatened to kill the EMT and an emergency room...
View ArticleEmployee said he stole $1,200 from Shamokin Turkey Hill
SHAMOKIN - A former employee at Turkey Hill Minit Market on West Lincoln Street has been charged with stealing approximately $1,200 by falsifying register receipts at the end of his shifts.Patrolman...
View ArticleTwo jailed for drug possession after Route 901 traffic stop
ATLAS - A Locust Gap driver and his Ashland passenger were committed to Northumberland County Prison on drug charges Monday night after being stopped by Mount Carmel Township Police earlier that day....
View ArticleYuengling expanding to Boston
By Thomas Leskin POTTSVILLE - Starting next month, America's Oldest Brewery will be shipping to Boston. D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc. announced Friday that it will expand distribution of its "highly...
View ArticleTrevorton teen arraigned on homicide by vehicle charge
SUNBURY - One count of homicide by vehicle was filed Monday against a Trevorton man stemming from a fatal accident in Upper Mahanoy Township.Aaron W. Rothermel, 22, was arraigned Monday before...
View ArticleAffidavit: Victim, felon texted just minutes before shooting
MOUNT CARMEL - A convicted felon questioned in the shooting of Salicia Yost was allegedly texting the Milton woman just minutes before she was shot in the head, according to a police affidavit.Yost and...
View ArticleScouts pay visit to The News-Item
SHAMOKIN — Six Tiger Cub Scouts from Troop 3254 visited The News-Item Tuesday evening in Shamokin for their Go See It Bead. Editor Andy Heintzelman told the Scouts about how the newspaper makes money...
View ArticleElysburg man pleads guilty to selling pot in Ocean City, Md.
An Elysburg man pleaded guilty to a felony count of distributing marijuana in connection with an incident in Ocean City, Md., June 14. Robert Beierschmitt, now 20, of 11 Columbia Drive, was sentenced...
View ArticleSCA receives $95,590 refund from construction project
CATAWISSA RR - The Southern Columbia Area School Board approved Monday a $95,590 refund to the district from the general contractor of the last construction project.The firm, eciConstruction LLC, of...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014
Snow emergency declaredKULPMONT - Mayor Bernard P. Novakoski announced a snow emergency is in effect as of 6 p.m. today along Route 61 (Chestnut Street).Parking will be prohibited along Chestnut Street...
View ArticleGlenn Masser earns degree in law from Fla. Coastal
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Glenn Paul Masser, a 2006 graduate of Southern Columbia Area High School, received his Juris Doctor degree from Florida Coastal School of Law.He has accepted a position as a...
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