WIFFLE MANIA 12-year-old MCA boy uses birthday as a way to help Sandy Hook...
ATLAS - Tommy Reisinger read a news report about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six staff members were murdered last December.Twenty children, all between 6...
View ArticleKashnoski vying for SASB
COAL TOWNSHIP - Richard A. Kashnoski is a candidate for the Shamokin Area School Board.A graduate of Shamokin Area High School, he earned a degree in finance and business administration at Bloomsburg...
View ArticleFree tax help for military personnel and their families
Many members of the military are able to get their tax returns prepared for free on or off most military bases including overseas locations. The U.S. Armed Forces participates in the Volunteer Income...
View ArticleWeek 6 leaders: Shamokin Area, high school; Mount Carmel Area, middle school
Shamokin Area kept its lead in Week 6 in the high school division in the Economics Pennsylvania Stock Market Game. The team's adviser is David Kopitsky.In the middle school division, Mount Carmel Area...
View ArticleBrush Valley salutes its health care professionals
A Chamber cheer to the medical professionals within our community who provide quality health care services to local residents. Community health care includes services provided to people in a hospital...
View ArticleYoung man dies in what was believed to be a motorcycle accident
It appears a 17-year-old man died Saturday morning after falling off a motorcycle on a dirt road, Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan said. Pottsville police are still investigating the case...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, April 7, 2013
DivorceDaniel L. Goss II, P.O. Box 27, Dewart, from Michelle L. Goss, P.O. Box 42, Dewart. Married May 14, 1999.Marriage licensesMatthew L. Reader, of 1670 Brush Valley Road, Sunbury, to Valerie Lynn...
View ArticleHundreds attend Sunbury Animal Hospital open house
Hundreds of pet owners and others attended an open house Saturday at the new Sunbury Pet Animal Hospital, located in a rustic setting on Route 890 in Rockefeller Township near Augustaville. Tours of...
View ArticleThe News-Item wins press awards in sports, page design
SHAMOKIN - The News-Item won two awards in the 2013 Keystone Press Awards contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA).Dan MacArthur won a first place in Sports Beat Reporting for...
View ArticleCollege News: Literary work published
SELINSGROVE - Abriel Newton, of Elysburg, recently had her piece, "The Quiet is Enough," published in Essay, a campus literary magazine at Susquehanna University. Launched in 2000 and published...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, April 8, 2013
Report card distribution ThursdayCOAL TOWNSHIP - Report cards will be distributed Thursday to students of Shamokin Area Middle/High School.Immigration economist to speakBLOOMSBURG - A Harvard...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Landlord-tenant disputes April 8, 2013
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed in magisterial district court:Office of John Gembic III, Shamokin- T&V Partners, Sunbury, awarded $2,240.15 on March 25 in rent in...
View ArticleShamokin man killed in off-road dirt bike crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - A 37-year-old Shamokin man was killed Sunday when he was thrown from a dirt bike on a mountain road not far from Shamokin. Malcolm Walburn was identified as the victim by Coal Township...
View ArticleMCA computer fair winners
Pic 1: MaryRose Latorre, Hannah FetterolfPic 2: Rosey SandovalPic 3: Alyssa Bielski, Brianna Lutz
View ArticleStrip mine project set to begin near Shamokin
BURNSIDE - Motorists traveling Route 125 through this small patch south of Shamokin may have noticed a change in the landscape. Several acres of trees northeast of the village were cut at the end of...
View ArticleRider tossed after pulling ATV into path of Cadillac in West Cameron Twp.
GOWEN CITY - A 21-year-old New Jersey man was injured after his all-terrain vehicle collided with a passenger car Sunday afternoon in West Cameron Township. Matthew J. Moore, of Lindenwold, told state...
View Article1 victim of deadly Mahanoy fire still critical; no cause yet determined
By FRANK ANDRUSCAVAGE MAHANOY CITY - A borough man rescued from his apartment during an early Saturday morning blaze remains in critical condition in the trauma center at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar...
View ArticleNo local signs of PSSA opt outs, but same frustrations felt
There's been no talk of local parents looking to opt-out their children from state standardized testing this week, three school administrators said. A Pittsburgh mother did just that, and she's called...
View ArticleOpen records bill emerging as appeals jump
HARRISBURG - A major bill to overhaul the state open records law is nearing introduction as the number of appeals of record access decisions made by state and local governments is skyrocketing. Senate...
View ArticleMax tax exception approved at SCA
CATAWISSA RR - Southern Columbia Area School District was approved for an exception by the state to raise taxes above the maximum threshold in order to help fill a $454,100 deficit in the 2013-14...
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