Just Some 'Friendly' firefighter competition Games are highlight of Picnic in...
MOUNT CARMEL - In demonstrations of skill and speed, members of the Mount Carmel Borough Fire Department showed off their talents in a pumping contest Saturday afternoon.As part of the annual Picnic in...
View ArticleMountainside, 'taking ownership,' helps to clean Independence Street
SHAMOKIN - With brooms, shovels and community pride, volunteers from a local church worked together to beautify one part of the community.Members of Mountainside Assembly of God Church, Coal Township,...
View ArticleMemorials: Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library
SHAMOKIN - The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library has announced that memorials received from June 13 to July 31 have been presented for the following persons: Joanne M. (Joni) Anderson by Dolly...
View ArticleAdrenaline rush: Jeep owners find AOAA trails 'fantastic'
COAL TOWNSHIP - Metal striking rock. Rubber against stone. Tires snapping fallen tree limbs like toothpicks. What would cause a normal driver to cringe and flee from such obstacles is exactly what...
View ArticleRep: $60M fine should stay in state
HARRISBURG - A key House Democratic lawmaker wants child victims aid agencies in Pennsylvania to be the sole recipients of $60 million in fines levied against Pennsylvania State University. The $60...
View ArticleDistrict Court 8/4/12
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Sept. 24 at Northumberland County Court, Sunbury,...
View ArticleReport: When it rains, state's downpours are getting worse
Pennsylvania's heaviest downpours have gotten wetter and more frequent in the last six decades, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment.Between 1948 and 2011, the state has seen a 52...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area Public Library
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Public Library is grateful for the following memorial donations, the most important and basic source of funds to the library.Birthday memorialAnthony V. Miscavige...
View ArticleJeep Jamboree enthusiasts enjoy meal, atmosphere
EAST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - "You got a gold mine here."That was the reaction of Glenda Gau, adventure consultant for Jeep Jamboree USA, when asked Friday night to describe the potential for the Anthracite...
View ArticleEvents planned to help man with rare blood cancer
SUNBURY - Two fund-raising events will be held in the near future for Dave Burns, of the Selinsgrove area, who is battling a rare blood cancer and needs a full bone marrow transplant to survive.The...
View ArticleReturns to port
NORFOLK, Va. - Lt. Thomas G. Litwin of the U.S. Navy, a son of Barb A. and Thomas F. Litwin, of Catawissa, was among sailors of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Nicholas who...
View ArticleNoteworthy 8/4/12
Duck drop winners announcedSHAMOKIN - Winners of the Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce annual "Duck Drop" races held July 29 were:Sponsor duck racesFirst, Harry Morgan, $300; second, Chris...
View ArticleCoal Township native to ride for cancer research
LONGMEADOW, Mass. - Greg Valania, a Coal Township native, is riding in the 33rd Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) today and Sunday.The PMC is a bicycle ride to raise money for pediatric cancer research and...
View ArticleEx-substitute to appear for pre-trial conference
SUNBURY - A former substitute teacher for Shamokin Area School District is scheduled to appear for a pre-trial conference next month after deciding not to enter a guilty plea in the case...
View ArticleMan bites roommate, hits officer
SHAMOKIN - A 42-year-old Shamokin man who told police he's killed 16 people is in Northumberland County Prison today after allegedly biting his roommate in the neck, resisting arrest and spitting in...
View ArticleAtlas woman caught with drugs in her bra
BLOOMSBURG - An Atlas women being brought back to prison on a probation violation had a dozen heroin-soaked cotton balls hidden inside her bra, police told a local newspaper.Police said Kylee Wargo,...
View ArticleFamily's pop-up struck after leaving Knoebels
BEAR GAP - A family who witnessed a tree destroy a pop-up camper and injure a teenage girl Sunday at the Knoebels Amusement Resort campground had their own pop-up camper destroyed Monday in a...
View ArticleRV slides off road; couple, grandkids OK
CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP - A Massachusetts couple and their four grandchildren were safe and smiling as they stood along Hemlock Road Monday morning near Lake Glory Campground, happy to have escaped without...
View Article'Six Diverse Women' exhibit opens Friday
SHAMOKIN - The Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities (NCCAH) will open its latest exhibit, "Six Diverse Women," with a reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at its Fine Art Gallery...
View ArticleDocumentary on Shenandoah to be released this fall
SHENANDOAH - As a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer was on his way to the coal region to scout ideas for a film about working-class America, all hell was breaking loose in Shenandoah. David Turnley...
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