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SASD has 10 applicants for armed guards

COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School District has received 10 applications for a full-time security staff being created in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in December in Connecticut.At least three...

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Family expresses anger at alleged rapist after court

MOUNT CARMEL - The family of a 29-year-old woman allegedly raped by an East Cameron Township man Jan. 27 held their emotions in check during Wednesday's preliminary hearing for the defendant, but...

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Rental wasn't stolen

SHAMOKIN - A city woman who lied about her rental car being stolen Saturday afternoon faces criminal charges, while her husband, who wrecked the car in Coal Township, will be charged as well.Jennifer...

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Applications sought in city for free home repairs

SHAMOKIN - Volunteers of Central Susquehanna Opportunities Inc. are going door-to-door in the city to collect applications for free home repairs to be performed this summer during a Christian mission...

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Noteworthy: Friday, February 22, 2013

MCA class soliciting for programMOUNT CARMEL - Members of the Mount Carmel Area High School senior class, under the direction of adviser Amy Mudry, are currently soliciting businesses to place their...

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Offers made for 7 Shamokin homes hit by flood

SHAMOKIN - Settlement offers have been made to the owners of seven homes damaged by flooding in September 2011. The owners were given until March 1 to accept the offers and continue with a voluntary...

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More snow due in Northumberland County

More snow here, too SHAMOKIN - The repeating pattern of nuisance winter storms will be evident again in Northumberland County today and Saturday.The National Weather Service on Thursday night was...

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Honor Roll: Southern Columbia Area School District

CATAWISSA R.R. - The Southern Columbia Area School District has released his distinguished and regular honor rolls for the second marking period of the 2012-2013 school year. To be named to the...

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Honor Roll: Shamokin Area Middle/High School

COAL TOWNSHIP - The honor roll for the second marking period at Shamokin Area Middle/High School has been announced by Chris Venna, principal. The two levels of achievement are an honors level and a...

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Millville man killed when truck crashes into roadside creek

MILLVILLE - A borough man was killed when his vehicle crashed into Little Fishing Creek Monday evening in Columbia County.State police at Bloomsburg reported Franklin Hays III, 34, died as a result of...

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Litter of nine pups found at Silver Bowl

MOUNT CARMEL - A litter of puppies has been given the name "Tornado Nine" after their mom gave birth inside the Silver Bowl.The canine family was discovered this week when a niece of Mount Carmel Area...

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MCA to dip $200k out of savings

MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area's budget deficit for next school year will be erased with reserve funding.The district school board voted 6-2 Thursday to use up to $200,000 from a reserve account to...

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Police Blotter: Friday, February 22, 2013

Underage drinkingTREVORTON - Zachary D. Zarr, 19, of 1131 Exchange Road, Muncy, was cited by Zerbe Township police for underage drinking involving an incident at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday on Market Street...

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Coal Township 'mom home' grant rejected

SHAMOKIN - An administrator for a regional nonprofit says its application for federal grant money to open a group home in Coal Township for troubled young mothers has been denied. Gale Zalar,...

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'Shenandoah' documentary coming to Pottsville

POTTSVILLE - A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer's documentary on the 2008 beating death of Luis Eduardo Ramirez Zavala in Shenandoah is slated to be screened in Pottsville."Shenandoah: The Story of...

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Saint Catherine Healthcare defies trustee, seeks to sell land, building

by peter e. bortner FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - The owner of the building that housed Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs wants to sell the property, and believes he can do so in spite of the...

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Senior action center activities: Week of Feb. 25 to March 1

Shamokin-Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards and puzzles, 8:30 a.m.; CSO Vita Taxes will be at the center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to do state and federal taxes for seniors only; yoga, 9:30 a.m.; Walk A...

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Two more steps toward remodeling Anthracite Steam's truck room in Mount Carmel

MOUNT CARMEL - Borough Council approved two steps Thursday night in getting the Anthracite Steam Fire Company's ladder truck back to its home after two years of house at the Mount Carmel Rescue Squad.A...

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Mount Carmel money use to be transparent on website

MOUNT CARMEL - As a way to increase the transparency of the borough, Mount Carmel Council President Tony Matulewicz plans to display employee salaries and spending plans on a website.Matulewicz took it...

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Women's photography stops nature in its tracks

SHAMOKIN - Take talent, mix it with being in the right place at the right time and sprinkle in the ability to see what others won't see, and that's the recipe for a good photographer, like Melissa...

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