Geisinger on Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list
DANVILLE - Geisinger Health System (GHS) has been ranked 18th in the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2014 by Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company....
View ArticleDog rescued from fire succumbs to injuries
RANSHAW - Despite the efforts of firefighters and an ambulance ride to Sunbury Veterinarian Hospital, Loki didn't make it. The 5-year-old female mixed-breed died from injuries suffered in a fire...
View ArticleShamokin, Coal Township team on effort to raze 14 blighted properties
SUNBURY - Coal Township and Shamokin are working together to take control of 14 blighted properties from the current owners and demolish the buildings. Conservatorship petitions were filed Friday in...
View ArticleLate shoppers night, shopping pass days set in Danville
DANVILLE - Merchants in Danville and Riverside continue to mark the holiday shopping season with Late Shoppers Night Friday.Most stores and restaurants will be open later than their normal hours to...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014
Toy drive at basketball gameCOAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area varsity basketball cheerleaders will hold a toy drive during the Indians basketball game Friday at Shamokin Area High School.Collection boxes...
View ArticleSunbury woman wins 5-day trip to Las Vegas
HARRISBURG - The Monopoly Millionaires Club lottery game has produced another big winner in Northumberland County, this time through its second chance drawing.The Pennsylvania Lottery reported that...
View ArticleFriends gather in Shamokin to remember Missy Pangburn one year after fire
SHAMOKIN - More than 40 teenagers gathered Wednesday evening to sing songs, share stories and light candles at the site where their friend died one year prior in a fire. Melissa Lee "Missy" Pangburn...
View ArticleShamokin Twp. sells old loader for $29,600
SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP - Township officials accepted a bid of nearly $30,000 for an old loader; however, an issue with the title caused them to hesitate before moving forward with the deal.Roadmaster Jon...
View ArticleSchool News: MCA Rotary Student of the Month, September
The Mount Carmel Area Rotary student of the month for September is senior Christian Kelley, a son of Robert and Angela Kelley, of Kulpmont. Christian is a member of the National Honor Society and is...
View ArticleList of properties sought for local conservatorship
Coal Township and Shamokin officials have ask a county judge to permit conservatorship of 14 blighted properties, as permitted by state law. The properties are owned by four siblings. The owners,...
View ArticleChild porn hearings delayed for Mount Carmel men
MOUNT CARMEL - Two Mount Carmel men arrested by the state Attorney General's Office on child pornography charges had their preliminary hearings continued until next month.The continuances requested by...
View ArticlePolice: Grandson fired AK-47 from hip in Zerbe Twp. feud with neighbors
ZERBE TOWNSHIP - A Zerbe Township woman and her 14-year-old grandson are facing multiple charges, including a felony of attempted criminal homicide, after a family feud resulted in gunfire Tuesday...
View ArticleShamokin teen charged in assault found guilty in juvenile court
SUNBURY - A Shamokin teen charged by Coal Township police last year with raping a 12-year-old girl was adjudicated last week on a felony of statutory sexual assault. Robert N. Searls, 19, of 914 N....
View ArticleChristmas event planned for Mount Carmel town park
The Mount Carmel Fire Department will be holding a Christmas Event in Town Park Dec. 20. Starting at 5p.m., local emergency vehicles will be decorated in the holiday spirit and parade through the...
View ArticleSanta Sleigh schedule includes first visit to Mount Carmel
A visit to Mount Carmel is on the agenda for this year's Shamokin Rotary Club Santa Sleigh. It'll be the first time the popular holiday tradition will venture into the borough, previously having gone...
View ArticleJanet Weis Children's Hospital marks 20 years
DANVILLE - The Janet Weis Children's Hospital celebrates its 20th birthday today, and area parents of children who have been healed at the Danville hospital are grateful for every day of its...
View ArticleMCA hires Sheptock to lead Tornadoes
MOUNT CARMEL - Former longtime successful Wilkes University head football coach Frank Sheptock was unanimously hired Thursday night by Mount Carmel Area School Board to lead the state's winningest...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Dec. 12, 2014
Snow clearing plans announcedLocal communities have announced the following weather-related declarations:- KULPMONT - Borough Mayor Bernard Novakoski has declared a snow emergency along Route 61...
View ArticleMount Carmel woman to celebrate 100th Saturday
MOUNT CARMEL - Lucy Pulaski, of 225 S. Vine St., Mount Carmel, will celebrate her 100th birthday Saturday. Lucy was born in Mount Carmel in 1914, the second child of John and Stefania Piontkowski...
View Article13 charged with trespassing on AOAA
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police here have charged 13 people with trespassing at the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) at 8 p.m. Nov. 15.Dale Allen Sherman, 30, of 1515 Greenbriar Road, Rebuck, was...
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