Mount Carmel man wins big in Cash 5
HARRISBURG - A Mount Carmel man kicked off 2013 in a big way with a jackpot win in the Pennsylvania Lottery's Cash 5 game.According to the Pa. Lottery's website, John E. Wojcik, claimed a $325,000...
View ArticleLegislators' Take on the Budget
HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett presented his annual state budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday and proposed $28.4 billion in state spending. Following the governor's...
View ArticleWoman in Tuesday accident in critical condition
COAL TOWNSHIP - An elderly woman who was injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon was listed in critical condition late Wednesday afternoon by a Geisinger Medical Center nursing...
View ArticleNorthumberland County prison ups security, technology
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Prison, which uses 48 security cameras to keep track of prisoners and the facility, expects to have 90 video surveillance cameras operational within the next two...
View ArticleShamokin starting early to get pool ready for summer
SHAMOKIN - The Shamokin City Council members have decided they need to act quickly to replace equipment at the city pool if they want to open it to the public this year.It was decided Wednesday night...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, February 7, 2013
Swim practice starts FridayCOAL TOWNSHIP - Special Olympics swim practices will start Friday at the Shamokin Area Middle/High School pool. They will run from 6 to 8 p.m. each Friday through the end of...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Thursday, February 7, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court March 25 at Northumberland County Courthouse,...
View ArticleSupers: Budget is good and bad
Local superintendents are happy to see education funding increases in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2013-2014 budget, but they say it's a case of good news-bad news."It's great to see a funding increase,...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Stations of the CrossMOUNT CARMEL - Stations of the Cross will be held at 6:30 p.m. each Friday during Lent at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 47 S. Market St.
View ArticleMCA expects more education funding
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School District is projected to receive approximately $120,000 more in state allocations in 2013-14, but also will experience an approximate $5,000 reduction in special...
View ArticleSentence upheld by judge in infant death
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Judge Charles H. Saylor has upheld his 12- to 60-month sentence for a Sunbury mother charged in connection with the death of her 1-year-old daughter.In a seven-page...
View ArticleUnited Way total jumps to $42,408
SHAMOKIN - The Lower Anthracite Region United Way (LARUW) campaign total shot up from $24,000 at the end of January to $42,408.27 this week, chapter executive director Whitney Fetterman reported. The...
View ArticleKepner seeks court OK to withdraw as Binsack's lawyer Attorney says legal...
An attorney for Scott J. Binsack says his client dropped him this week, and that "substantial" bills for legal services have gone unpaid.Attorney Frank E. Kepner Jr., of Berwick, filed a motion Friday...
View ArticleVoters say don't privatize lottery management
Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly think privatizing management of the state lottery is a bad idea with some saying they'll no longer play if that happens, according to a new Franklin & Marshall...
View ArticleCasey, Toomey to sit together at State of the Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the spirit of bipartisanship, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced they will sit together during President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday....
View ArticleCorbett privatization plan worries beer distributors
Local beer distributors are worried that the changes to the alcohol business proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett might just be the end of their livelihood.Under the governor's plan, announced Jan. 30 in...
View ArticleChurch News: Saturday, February 9, 2013
All Saints All Saints Evangelical Lutheran, 12th and Scott streets, Kulpmont. Pastor - The Rev. Alfred J. Bashore. Worship service with word and sacrament - 9 a.m. Participants - Marsha Karnes,...
View ArticleSCA seeks donations for 'Empty Bowl' fundraiser
CATAWISSA RR - The Southern Columbia Area senior class and art club announced Friday they are planning the inaugural Empty Bowl fundraiser to be held Feb. 24 in the high school cafeteria.The goal is to...
View ArticleElysburg area man guilty of burglary
POTTSVILLE - A Northumberland County man faces state prison time after being convicted Monday in Schuylkill County Court of breaking into a Shenandoah home in May.Dale R. Heintzelman, 35, of Bear Gap,...
View ArticleHearings set next week for couple charged in SUV theft
MOUNT CARMEL - The preliminary hearings for a young couple who allegedly stole a sports utility vehicle in December and eluded police for nearly nine hours while transporting an unrestrained...
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