Big Mountain blaze considered suspicious
BIG MOUNTAIN - One of the last three residential buildings along Big Mountain Road burned to the ground overnight Sunday into Monday, and police suspect arson. A man who regularly drives the unpaved...
View ArticleMemorials: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
The following memorials were placed in the March bulletin at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church: In thanksgiving from M. Strike. John Shimock from Angela and Robert Feeney. For health of Mary Ellen...
View ArticleOwner: BJ's will return to Danville
DANVILLE - While investigators could not determine Monday the cause of a fire that heavily damaged two buildings, the owner of BJ's Steak and Rib House said he will rebuild in town. Fire broke out on...
View ArticleCoalTwp. man charged with sex assault on a child pleads guilty
By eric ScicchitanoStaff Writereric_s@newsitem.comSUNBURY - A Coal Township man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl last summer pleaded guilty Monday on two criminal counts.Kevin C....
View ArticleRape suspect found not guilty
SUNBURY - A Mount Carmel man on trial for a rape accusation was found not guilty of all charges.Jonathan Michael Mazak, 31, was found not guilty of felony rape and sexual assault and misdemeanor...
View ArticleThree bills introduced that will stop drones from spooking wildlife
SHAMOKIN - Three bills banning the use of unmanned aircraft from disturbing law-abiding hunters and fishers have been introduced in the state Legislature.Two bills were introduced April 7 in the state...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Festival meeting postponedMOUNT CARMEL - The festival committee meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has been postponed.The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,...
View ArticleStrange stench disturbs classes
COAL TOWNSHIP - A suspicious odor displaced all students and faculty in two entire wings of Shamokin Area School District's main elementary building on Tuesday. Superintendent James Zack said there...
View ArticleFuel Gauge: Gas prices increase three cents this week
Susquehanna Valley gas prices increased three cents to $3.70 a gallon this week, according to AAA East Central.On the national frontTuesday's national average price at the pump was $3.67 per gallon....
View ArticleMount Carmel man named Maryland state police NCO of 2013
TIMONIUM, Md. - Cpl. Jonathan Novack of the JFK Highway Barracks was named the 2013 Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for the Maryland State Police.Novack, a son of Rich and Mary Novack, of Mount...
View ArticleTwo bidders seek Leck Kill, Dalmatia buildings
MANDATA - Two bidders are seeking to buy Line Mountain School District's former elementary buildings in Dalmatia and Leck Kill.Jeremy Strohecker bid $25,100 for the Dalmatia building, and Jamie Reed...
View ArticleRecovery plan to be reviewed tonight in Shamokin
By Eric Scicchitano SHAMOKIN - City council will meet formally tonight with state officials for the first time since the release of a report that suggested many measures, some drastic, to repair...
View ArticleMinersville man dies in motorcyle accident
BERNVILLE - A Minersville man was killed late Monday in a motorcycle accident on Bernville Road (Route 183) in Jefferson Township, Berks County. According to state police at Reading, Daniel Joseph...
View ArticleDriver in fatal accident pleads guilty to 3 counts
SUNBURY - The driver in a fatal accident in January 2013 that claimed the life of a Trevorton teenager pleaded guilty Monday in Northumberland County Court to three criminal counts. Aaron W....
View ArticleThe Brew Dude: Dogfish Head
I attended my first beer festival in 1998 with my two best friends. At the time, the mere concept of a beer festival was mind boggling - so many breweries; so many choices.That changed when one friend...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court June 23 in Northumberland County Courthouse,...
View ArticleGroup gives permission to grieve
COAL TOWNSHIP - The cheerful loop of colorful ribbon marking the shirt of each person in the cafeteria at Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital (G-SACH) signified an otherwise undetectable stage...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Crime Watch meeting SHAMOKIN - A reorganization meeting of the Shamokin Crime Watch program will be held at 6 p.m. tonight at the Shamokin City Police Department, 511 N. Franklin St. Hall of Fame...
View ArticleTruck driver cited
POINT TOWNSHIP - A Canadian truck driver who survived an accident earlier this month along Route 147 that ripped the cab of a tractor-trailer to pieces and spilled dozens of bleach containers into the...
View ArticleTeen who fled cops, was shot is back in Northumberland County Court
SUNBURY — The teen who police say tried to run over an officer with his car before being shot last year is back in Northumberland County Court today. Naheem Reams, now 18, was led into the courthouse...
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