First AOAA public meeting set for tonight
SHAMOKIN - The first meeting of the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) Authority will be held tonight at the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center, 2 E. Arch St.Barry Yorwarth, one of five...
View ArticleWednesday to warm up
SHAMOKIN - The new work week began in much the same way the old one ended - with a winter storm and a treacherous commute.And while Monday's weather represented the norm for Pennsylvania winters,...
View ArticleSentencing postponed for Shamokin man charged with sexual assault
SUNBURY - Debate over whether a 34-year-old Shamokin man charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Coal Township is required to register with state police as a sexual offender for 15 years...
View ArticleMemorials: Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Church of Our Lady of Mount CarmelMOUNT CARMEL - The following memorials were received by the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for December.Joe West from wife Darlene and friend Bunny.Sylvia Fobia...
View ArticleFire on Route 61 destroys 4 homes
KULPMONT - Four houses were destroyed, four other buildings damaged and as many as seven families left homeless in a fire along Chestnut Street (Route 61) that started just before 5 a.m. Monday....
View ArticleSantore sentencing continued to June 24
SUNBURY - The sentencing of Robert Santore, 49, of Ranshaw, a police informant who played a key role in the conviction of Cornell and Diane Delvalle, of Coal Township, has been continued until the...
View ArticleGrandmother in overheated baby case may withdraw plea, seek trial
SUNBURY - The grandmother of a 1-year-old Sunbury girl, who died from hyperthermia after being left in a room for 19 hours with a space heater in 2010, reportedly plans to withdraw her guilty plea to...
View ArticleCivil suit against Tony Rosini, others, dismissed Monday
HARRISBURG - A federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit Monday that was filed by Joan M. Cicchiello against Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini, two Northumberland County judges and two...
View ArticleMount Carmel veteran is 100
A story in Wednesday's edition regarding the death of Ralph Starr, 95, of Shamokin, cited several sources from the Shamokin-Coal Township and Mount Carmel areas who said Starr was believed to be the...
View ArticleMCA Elks Students of the Month, November
The following Mount Carmel Area students were awarded Elks Students of the Month in November.Danny FletcherSenior Student of the Month is Danny Fletcher, a son of Patrick and Diane Fletcher. Fletcher...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
God's Chuckwagon pauses until MarchGod's Chuckwagon, a group of volunteers who set up in Mount Carmel and Shamokin downtowns once a week to provide free food to the needy, is shutting down temporarily....
View ArticleFirst meeting of AOAA Authority brings 100 people
By Justin Strawser SHAMOKIN - It's always been the intention of Northumberland County officials to address the nefarious deeds of illegal riders on the 6,500 acres of county-owned forest and coal...
View ArticlePraise offered for tired firefighters
Kulpmont deputy fire chief Jeff Gilotti was awake for more than 20 hours Monday into Tuesday, and estimates he was at a fire scene for 17 of them. "I'm a sore older guy today," Gilotti joked Tuesday...
View ArticleTimeline of area fires
Here is a timeline of fires from the past week and those from 2012 involving the same Shamokin neighborhood as some of the recent fires: Wednesday, Sept. 5: A fire breaks out shortly after 10 p.m....
View ArticleSHAMOKIN FIRE RULED ARSON
SHAMOKIN - James L. Neidlinger Jr. told police he was frustrated and angry over fights he had with his girlfriend over the past few days, and that's why he stuffed leaves and branches in a rear...
View ArticleOfficial 2013 guide to the Susquehanna River Valley available
LEWISBURG - The Susquehanna River Valley Visitors Bureau (SRVVB), which is the tourism promotion agency for Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties, is pleased to unveil its 2013 Official Guide. The...
View ArticleBoot print in snow, chatty behavior helped in arrest
SHAMOKIN - Police said a city man who initially acted as a witness had a lot to say after an abandoned apartment building and a neighboring house were allegedly torched on Sunbury Street Monday night....
View ArticleEast Cameron Twp. man, 47, charged in rape of woman, 29
EAST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - A 47-year-old East Cameron Township man has been charged with raping a 29-year-old woman with a learning disability at his home Sunday night.Kenneth Eugene Wertz, of 4178 Upper...
View ArticleKnapick sues over limited time to speak during public meeting
SUNBURY - A Coal Township man who claims he was not given ample time by Northumberland County Commissioner Chairman Vinny Clausi to express his opinions during a public meeting last week has filed suit...
View ArticleGordner's state tax equalization board legislation passes senate
HARRISBURG - Legislation to reform the State Tax Equalization Board (STEB) has unanimously passed the Senate, according to the bill's sponsor, Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27). Gordner introduced Senate...
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