Drexel University master's
PHILADELPHIA - Amanda (Swartz) Sbriscia, daughter of Paul and Paula Swartz, Elysburg, earned a Master of Science in higher education with primary concentration in administration and leadership from the...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area has sad opening day with news of senior student's death
MOUNT CARMEL - It was a sad first day of school at Mount Carmel Area on Monday as students and faculty coped with the news of senior Gregory Leso's death.Leso, 17, of 136 S. Walnut St., a son of...
View ArticleMount Carmel couple on their way to help
LEWISBURG - American Red Cross officials are busy moving supplies and human resources into place before Tropical Storm Isaac makes landfall. Locally, 30 people, including six from the SUN Area, are on...
View ArticleShamokin police file charges against man arrested last week in Coal Township
SHAMOKIN - Multiple felony drug-related charges have been filed by city police against a 26-year-old Shamokin man who was arrested last week by Coal Township officers for delivering cocaine and...
View ArticleShamokin man serious after being hit by car
COAL TOWNSHIP - A 41-year-old Shamokin man remained in serious condition Tuesday after being hit by a car Monday morning while walking along the shoulder of Route 61 in the area of Sam Bressi Motors....
View Article'Learning process' leads to director position at LCCC Shamokin campus
SHAMOKIN - There's an old saying that suggests the teacher eventually becomes the student. Nicole Edmondson has experienced a bit of that this summer. A former special education teacher, she was...
View ArticleState says ex-ADA should get his job back, but he may not want it
SUNBURY - The state has ruled in favor of a union grievance that could reinstate John P. Muncer to his former position as an assistant district attorney in Northumberland County and grant him back...
View ArticleMan, 37, leaps from window
SHAMOKIN - A 37-year-old Willow Grove man visiting friends in Shamokin was found bleeding profusely from his head, leg and other parts of his body after reportedly jumping out a second-floor window in...
View ArticleNorthumberland County unemployment rate increases to 8.9 percent
The unemployment rate for Northumberland County increased for the second month in a row, increasing .2 percent from June to July, according to the latest figures from the Department of Labor and...
View ArticleLabor Day cleanup a success in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - Give up one hour of the holiday to clean up the community. That is what Shamokin Elementary fourth-grade student Rosalind Kane asked her mom, Marla, to post on Facebook to friends and...
View ArticlePennDOT blames motorists for yellow paint mess in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - PennDOT is blaming inattentive motorists, not its own crew, for the mess of wayward fresh yellow paint that veers off the center lines for six blocks along Route 61 in the heart of the...
View ArticleVNA Health kicks off flu immunization program
SHAMOKIN - VNA Health System has launched its annual flu immunization program by conducting flu awareness educational discussions at local senior centers and elderly housing units.Cheryl Donlan, LPN,...
View Article'Neighborhood' library now open in Trevorton
TREVORTON - When Sarah DeSantis was a little girl, she enjoyed visiting the Trevorton Public Library. She read everything she could get her hands on.That library closed in 1995, but DeSantis has picked...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Band festival at Knoebels SundayELYSBURG - The 24th Mid-Penn Band Festival will be held at Knoebels Amusement Resort Sunday. The festival brings together musicians from community bands across central...
View Article"Pennsylvania Hands" exhibit coming to Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library
by justin strawser SHAMOKIN - Sally Wiener Grotta said she loves to be an instigator. In fact, the award-winning photographer hopes her exhibit, "Pennsylvania Hands," opening Saturday at the...
View ArticleCherokee golf course will close at year's end
DANVILLE - Cherokee Golf Course, located along Route 54 midway between here and Elysburg, will close at the end of 2012 after nearly 40 years in business. The Brouse family announced the decision with...
View ArticleOutage not result of an ATV crash
ZERBE TOWNSHIP - Contrary to rumors, Saturday night's power outage was not caused by an all-terrain vehicle accident, brush fire or vandalism. A PPL Electric Utilities official confirmed Tuesday...
View ArticleShamokin's new parking meters - and new rates - arrive
By Rob Wheary SHAMOKIN - The lid was flipped open, the inside body replaced and the lid closed again. In less than two minutes, a new parking meter was installed in the downtown on Tuesday. With the...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area Public Library
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Public Library would like to thank everyone for the following donations, which have always been the most basic and important source of funds to the library....
View ArticleArrests made in Union Co. homicide
MIFFLINBURG - Nearly three months after 52-year-old Randy Alan Sampsell was found dead in his Mifflinburg home from a gunshot wound, four people have been charged in connection with his death and a...
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