City registers for alert system to aid missing person search
SHAMOKIN - The city police department has registered with a national nonprofit organization to enhance community awareness when a child is reported missing.Area residents can register with A Child Is...
View ArticleShamokin bills county for $1,220 for Clausi's requests
SHAMOKIN - A $1,220 bill was sent from City Hall to Northumberland County commissioners seeking payment of legal costs stemming from Vinny Clausi's request for health care insurance information for...
View ArticleWoman died of natural causes
COAL TOWNSHIP - The woman whose body was found in a wooded area east of Locust Gap died of natural causes, according to the Northumberland County coroner.James F. Kelley said the death of Rochelle M....
View ArticleRalpho Township neighbors worry about runoff from new home site
ELYSBURG - Neighbors expressed concern to Ralpho Township officials Tuesday night that construction of a home along Hillside Avenue will cause further water runoff problems at their properties.Mark...
View ArticleBlaschak reports productions, sales record for the second straight year
MAHANOY CITY - For the second year in a row, Blaschak Coal Corp. has achieved record mine production, experiencing a 33 percent increase in output in 2012, the company recently reported in a press...
View ArticleFour heroin ODs investigated; Coal Township police study link to arrests at...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police are investigating four suspected heroin overdoses that occurred in the township during the past two months, two of which resulted in death. Heroin packaging in those cases is...
View ArticleUtilities could pay more to dig streets in Coal Township
COAL TOWNSHIP - An ordinance being considered by Coal Township commissioners will increase the onus on utility companies to repave roadways after completing underground work. Anyone digging up a...
View Article'Raise the Region' tops out at $726,827
WILLIAMSPORT - The inaugural Raise the Region online fundraising campaign raised more than $700,000 for 161 nonprofit organizations in a six-county area.Sponsored by the First Community Foundation...
View ArticleSlavic festival gives glimpse of Civil War
SHAMOKIN - "Friends Like Eagles; Polish Officers in America's Civil War," which commemorated the 105th anniversary of the Civil War, was held Monday in the auditorium at the Northumberland County...
View ArticleGang status didn't restrict suspect in Canaan guard death
Part three in a series The suspect in the killing of federal correctional officer Eric Williams had much more freedom at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan than he did when he was imprisoned in Arizona....
View ArticleFire strikes again at scene of Sunbury fatality
SUNBURY - The Penn Street neighborhood where a fire killed a man Tuesday night was the scene of another fire early Thursday morning, this time destroying an adjoining home that was saved by...
View ArticleGrand jury report: Turnpike vendors went along with pay-to-play scheme
Officially, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission had up-front ways of deciding which companies deserved turnpike contracts, but major contractors figured out the back-door method for persuading...
View ArticlePLENTY OF EVENTS TO SUPPORT
Beer pong tournamentA beer pong tournament to support 2013 Anthracite Coalympics will be held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Redman Club, upstairs, Shamokin.The $10 cover charge...
View ArticleEngineer for sewer project says no delay is warranted
WEIGH SCALES - A request by a contractor to delay the start of sewer system repairs in the Shamokin Creek channel shouldn't be obliged, the Shamokin-Coal Township Joint Sewer Authority engineer said...
View Article8 MCA teams head to Odyssey of the Mind
MOUNT CARMEL - Eight teams of students from Mount Carmel Area will participate in this weekend's Odyssey of the Mind competition at Berwick Area High School.There are five teams from the high school...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, March 15, 2013
Ladies Day at Pitman churchPITMAN - The 20th annual Ladies Day at Zion Evangelical Congregational Church will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6, with registration from 8:30 to 9 a.m. The...
View ArticleTeacher DUI crash victim is charged with assault in Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - A borough teen has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend and punching her puppy. Tyler Michael Wondoloski, 19, of 802 W. Fifth St., remains in Northumberland County Prison in lieu...
View ArticleHighway safety funds approved for Danville project
HARRISBURG - Federal highway safety funds totaling almost a half-million dollars will be dedicated to improvements at Route 54 in conjunction with the Danville Flood Control Project.State Sen. John R....
View ArticlePolice send St. Patrick's Day weekend warning: Don't drink and drive
COAL TOWNSHIP - Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in a safe and responsible way. That was the message expressed by Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini, Coal Township police and an official...
View ArticleCollege News: LaSalle University
PHILADELPHIA - Rebecca Long was named to the dean's list at LaSalle University Long, a 2012 graduate of Line Mountain High School, is a daughter of Kim Long and Scott Erdman. The dean's list...
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