Southern deals with elementary student talking about a bomb
by News-Item StaffCATAWISSA RR - A situation involving a Southern Columbia kindergarten student talking about a bomb on a bus was handled by the district administration and no police were called to...
View ArticleAlleged shooter has criminal past
HAZLETON - The Hazleton man who allegedly shot a Coal Township man in the leg Monday was hiding suspected crack cocaine, heroin and pills in his shoe and buttocks when police strip-searched him after a...
View ArticleElection News: Candidates file petitions
Candidates file petitionsSUNBURY - The following candidates have filed nomination petitions with the Northumberland County Board of Elections:Jesse Renninger Jr., Republican, constable, Rockefeller...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Drug sales at schoolMOUNT CARMEL - Two Mount Carmel males, ages 14 and 15, were charged in Northumberland County Juvenile Court with manufacturing, sale and delivery of a controlled substance following...
View ArticleUDA expels student over bullying, threat
ELIZABETHVILLE - State police at Lykens got involved in a bullying incident Tuesday at Upper Dauphin Area High School and a student has been expelled.According to Trooper Robert T. Hicks, public...
View ArticleSubscription drive under way
TREVORTON - The Trevorton Community Ambulance Association (TCAA) 2013 subscription drive is under way. Rates remain the same.A subscription covers a card holder for unlimited emergency service,...
View ArticleSequestration: Barletta rails over release of immigrants
Congressman Lou Barletta railed against a Homeland Security Department decision to release hundreds of illegal aliens from immigration jails. The move was made as sweeping budget cuts are all but...
View ArticleSequestration: 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: Week of March 3-9
Shamokin-Coal Township Monday - 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...
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