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Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

ELYSBURG - The church was filled and all seated were quiet, as soft voices from behind the walls sang an opening hymn. Monday marked the final mass for a Solemn Novena held at the Carmelite Monastery...

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Point Township officials expecting word from DCED about financial discrepancy...

POINT TOWNSHIP - Point Township officials are expecting word as early as today from the Department of Community and Economic Development about whether a financial controversy involving the state agency...

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SAES roof project in high gear

COAL TOWNSHIP - Contractors replacing the roof at Shamokin Area Elementary School will be working around the clock toward completing the project before the start of school in August. Dave Petrovich,...

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Susquehanna University

SELINSGROVE-Courtney Conrad, of Coal Township, is spending the summer studying sea urchin development at Susquehanna University. Conrad's research involves administering thalidomide to the sperm of sea...

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Trevorton Patsies

The Patsies Senior Ministry of Trevorton held its monthly meeting at the Shikellamy Marina with 32 members present. The gathering was held at 11:30 a.m. July 16 with a covered dish social. The meeting...

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Red Cross announces Survivor Youth Camp

LEWISBURG - The SUN Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its third annual Survivor Youth Camp for children ages 11 to 15. The camp to be held at the chapter office, 249 Farley Circle,...

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Urgent-care center will start treating patients in September

DANVILLE - Geisinger Careworks Urgent Care, a partnership between Careworks Convenient Healthcare and Geisinger Health System, will open an urgent care clinic in September. The facility at 604...

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Noteworthy 7/20/12

Transportation changes plannedMANDATA - Bus changes are in effect for the 2012-13 school year for the Line Mountain School District.If a child's address or address of a sitter has changed, or if the...

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Police on the lookout for aggressive drivers today

Police throughout the area will be on the lookout for aggressive drivers today as part of a statewide wave continuing through Aug. 16. Local police departments taking part in the effort include...

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MCASB appoints principal

MOUNT CARMEL - High school social studies teacher Susan Nestico was unanimously appointed principal of Mount Carmel Area Elementary School Thursday night. Nestico, who will succeed Donna Veach, was...

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Ten bids in for MC flood control project

MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Borough Council announced that bids for the Shamokin Creek Flood Control project were opened by the Department of General Services (DGS) earlier this month."This is the...

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Coal Township business owner fed up with vandalism, cops say it's a problem...

COAL TOWNSHIP - While doing his best to maintain the look and quality of his businesses, owner Earl Sheriff deals with problems almost daily he has no control over. "I come out and clean and try to...

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Store helps gather supplies for charity

POTTSVILLE - The weather may be hot and humid outside, but Boscov's Department Store in the Fairlane Village mall is celebrating "Christmas in July" by assisting the Pottsville office of Catholic...

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Police: 12 dead in Colorado theater shooting

 AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver at a midnight opening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises,"...

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Colo. suspect's family: 'Hearts go out to' victims

 AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A neuroscience graduate student in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then...

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Michetti selected as delegate at ABA national conference

Antonio D. Michetti, attorney from Northumberland County, was selected to represent the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Young Lawyer Division as a delegate to the American Bar Association's (ABA)...

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Family Home Medical attains third level in veteran affairs program

MOUNT CARMEL - After a year of work, Family Home Medical Hospice has achieved We Honor Veterans Partner Level Three. Partner Level One was reached in July 2011 and Partner Level Two was reached in...

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For the Record 07-29-12

Marriage licensesJeffrey A. Bordner Jr. to Deanna Ashley Kline, both of 4906 State Route 147, Herndon. Issued July 26, 2012.Daniel Jeremiah Shoop to Nicole Elizabeth Shebelskie, both of 249 Hollow...

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Noteworthy 07-29-12

NoteworthyWork to begin on playgroundKULPMONT - Borough officials announced that final approval has been given from the state Department of Community and Economic Development for work to begin on the...

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Benton man faces homicide charge in May shooting of his girlfriend

MILLVILLE - A Benton man who is accused of killing his girlfriend in May saw all charges bound to Columbia County Court Friday.Abraham Kline, 38, is charged with criminal homicide and aggravated...

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