Sequestration: No one locally knows what to expect
Sequestration looms in less than 24 hours, but there are few answers as to how cuts in federal spending would impact local programs. A spokesperson for Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit, which...
View ArticleGas prices in the area continue to increase
Area drivers are paying an additional six cents at the pump this week as prices average $3.86 per gallon.The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $3.782, 3.4 cents more...
View ArticleMount Carmel man charged in fourth case of drugging, sex assault
MOUNT CARMEL - Another victim has been added to the list of women Barry Thomas Adams allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted at his residence. Adams, 30, of 111 N. Market St., Mount Carmel, was...
View ArticleFather of boy who shot self is charged
POINT TOWNSHIP - The father of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with a pistol and suffered life-threatening injuries in August has been charged with a misdemeanor of endangering the...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, February 28, 2013
God's Chuckwagon resumes MondayGod'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, will restart Monday.God's...
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities
Shamokin-Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards and puzzles, 8:30 a.m.; yoga, 9:30 a.m.; Walk A Mile, 10:30 a.m.; nickel bingo, noon; executive board meeting, noon; members meeting, 1:30 p.m.Tuesday -...
View ArticleMan faces felonies after giving false ID to officer
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Mount Carmel man told police that his father, whom he identified as a Northumberland County judge, would be mad after he was issued traffic citations in October. Turns out his father...
View ArticleLocal bank exhibits wildlife art
SHAMOKIN - The Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities, in cooperation with Susquehanna Bank, has a new wildlife art exhibit on display at the Susquehanna Bank branch, 300 E....
View ArticleWoman pulls plea, seeks trial in death of her granddaughter
SUNBURY - A Selinsgrove woman charged in connection with the death of her granddaughter has withdrawn her guilty plea and plans to take her case to trial.Bertha M. Dreese, 65, reportedly changed her...
View ArticleBribery case could go to trial in April
SUNBURY - The prosecutor in a bribery case involving Shamokin landlord Barry Getchey hopes to have the defendant's trial in April.During a brief pre-trial conference Friday afternoon before Judge...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, March 2, 2013
Water conservation workshop todaySUNBURY - The Penn State Master Gardeners of Northumberland and Snyder counties will be presenting a water conservation program at 1 p.m. today at the Degenstein...
View ArticleAmerican Idol season '10 winner croons to cupcakery customers, Bucknell students
SELINSGROVE - American Idol 2010 winner Lee DeWyze has been where many young musicians can only dream of going.By the age of 26, the singer/guitar player from Illinois beat out thousands of singers to...
View ArticleShamokin Area to present 'Jekyll & Hyde' musical
SHAMOKIN - Tickets are now on sale for Shamokin Area Middle/Senior High School's 2013 musical, "Jekyll & Hyde," being presented April 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets are...
View ArticleChurch rejects plea deal
SUNBURY - A man who threatened his former girlfriend and claimed he would do "worse than what happened in Connecticut" at Priestley Elementary School near Northumberland in December has been offered a...
View ArticleSusquehanna University dean's list
SELINSGROVE - Patrick Erickson, of Shamokin, was named to Susquehanna University's dean's list for the fall 2012 semester.The dean's list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, March 3, 2013
BurglaryROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington report that sometime between 10 a.m. Feb. 1 and 3:45 p.m. March 1, someone broke into a cabin at 429 Buchs Hollow Road, Rockefeller Township,...
View ArticleFire spotted early in Mount Carmel; all OK
MOUNT CARMEL - An accidental fire that started in the attic of 144 N. Walnut St. Saturday afternoon left a family of four temporarily homeless, but alert action by a relative helped prevent anyone...
View ArticleShamokin to get new street lights downtown
SHAMOKIN - Street lights along Independence Street have been malfunctioning too often, and PPL Electric Utilities will replace the aging system this year instead of waiting until 2014 as originally...
View ArticleMemorials: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
MOUNT CARMEL - The following memorials have been received for Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church during February.50th wedding anniversary for Thomas Sebastian from his wife and family.Theresa Bucanelli...
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Shamokin-Coal Township Public LibrarySHAMOKIN - The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library has announced that memorials for the period of Feb. 5 to 25 have been presented for the following...
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