Liquor privatization faces key vote
HARRISBURG - One of the first major votes of this legislative session is scheduled for today, when a House committee considers Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal to privatize the state-owned liquor system....
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, March 18, 2013
No bingo at Mother Cabrini SHAMOKIN - Mother Cabrini Church bingo scheduled for tonight has been canceled due to the weather forecast calling for a wintry mix of snow and rain. Luncheon rescheduled...
View Article2 MC teens sustain injuries in crash at entrance to Wal-Mart
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two Mount Carmel teens were hospitalized as a result of a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Route 61 at the entrance to Wal-Mart Supercenter. Coal Township Patrolman Edward Purcell...
View Article'Everything Equine' photo exhibit planned Event is benefit for Special...
SELINSGROVE - Photographers in the Susquehanna Valley are invited to participate in Everything Equine, an exhibit to be held at The Post and Lintel gallery in Selinsgrove from April 19 to 25. The...
View ArticleChristian-based counseling firm opens office at Shamokin family health center
SHAMOKIN - Susquehanna Valley Center of Hope announces the opening of a satellite counseling office at the Miller Donmoyer Family Health Center, 255 W. Spruce St., on Wednesday.Center of Hope is a...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Route 11 bridge rehab starts todayNORTHUMBERLAND - Weather permitting, a maintenance rehabilitation project will start this morning on the White Bridge that carries Route 11 over the West Branch of the...
View ArticleCommittee endorses revamped liquor bill
HARRISBURG - A legislative panel on Monday endorsed a revamped version of Gov. Tom Corbett's liquor privatization bill that would give existing beer distributors first crack at liquor and wine licenses...
View ArticleCharges filed in robbery of Mt. Carmel pedestrian
MOUNT CARMEL - A 22-year-old borough man who allegedly robbed $90 from a pedestrian last week has been charged with multiple offenses, including felonies of robbery and flight to avoid...
View ArticleNeighbors come to aid of elderly Ranshaw woman during fire
RANSHAW - An 80-year-old Webster Street woman was left homeless Monday morning when fire gutted the upper floors of her property, but quick and heroic action by neighbors prevented her from being...
View ArticleElysburg woman pleads guilty in rest room heroin use case
BLOOMSBURG - Courtney Hollingshead, 26, of Elysburg, has pleaded guilty in Columbia County Court to two counts of having drug paraphernalia. The Press-Enterprise in Bloomsburg reported the charges...
View ArticleSCA district voters will elect some school board members at large
BLOOMSBURG - This is the first election that Southern Columbia Area School District voters will elect some of school board members at large.Columbia County Court approved a school district petition to...
View ArticleSleet, freezing rain is expected today
Anyone expecting the early spring predicted by Punxsutawney Phil was sorely disappointed Monday when a storm dropped snow all over Northumberland County, causing a number of accidents on treacherous...
View ArticleWoman threatens mother, sisters' lives at hospital
DANVILLE - Elizabeth Wilson, 41, of Montoursville, faces charges after allegedly threatening to kill her mother and two sisters if her father died during heart surgery at Geisinger Medical Center.The...
View ArticleColumbia County candidates file nominating petitions for primary
BLOOMSBURG - The following candidates filed nominating petitions with the Columbia County Board of Elections for the May 21 primary, according to information provided by Matthew Repasky, director of...
View ArticleTeen charged in Sunday MC arson
MOUNT CARMEL - Police have formally charged a 13-year-old boy with intentionally setting Sunday's fire at a vacant property at 207 N. Chestnut St.The teen, who is scheduled to appear for a juvenile...
View ArticleAqua to begin pipe overhaul
SHAMOKIN - Aqua Pennsylvania Inc.'s, Roaring Creek Division (Aqua) will begin two major main pipe replacement projects this spring totaling more than $1.6 million to improve system reliability and...
View ArticleTwo Shamokin men charged in fires in court for formal arraignments
By Mark Gilger SHAMOKIN - Two city men previously charged in connection with fires on North Shamokin Street in January were formally arraigned Tuesday by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III....
View ArticleAOAA names 25 to committees
SHAMOKIN - Twenty-five individuals were approved to the four Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) Authority committees Tuesday night during the regular monthly meeting. Each...
View ArticleGrieving & Celebrating: St. John's to close church, move to parish hall
COAL TOWNSHIP - When the congregation of St. John's United Methodist Church arrived for worship this past Sunday, a centerpiece of the church was noticeably absent. A nearly 7-foot tall mural of the...
View ArticlePrison, medical firm acknowledge investigation of former employees' allegations
SUNBURY - An investigation into allegations that medical staff of Prime Care Medical were not properly treating inmates at Northumberland County Prison is under way, commissioner and prison board...
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