Police investigate assault of employee at Walmart
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police were called to the Walmart SuperCenter Saturday night after a reported assault on an associate following a retail theft.Police were called to the store at approximately 8:09 p.m....
View ArticleIn pursuit of citizenship Northumberland County woman describes emotional...
Editor's note: To protect her identity, the subject of the following story asked that her real name and some details about her past not be used. There are only a handful of people in "Ashley's" life...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, March 17, 2013
DivorcesRobert J. Dehart, 2084 Main St., Apt. 2, Dewart, from Louise A. Dehart, 822 File Road, Milton. Married Nov. 3, 1973.Marriage LicensesMichael Hughes to Jennifer Yost, both of 217 S. Walnut St.,...
View ArticleFamily Home administrator elected to board
LEMOYNE - Kathleen Hoffman, chief operating officer of Family Home Medical Home Health Agency, Mount Carmel, has been elected to the Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) Board of Directors for a...
View ArticleShamokin Area teams take lead in Week 3 of Stock Market Game
Shamokin Area teams in both the high school and middle school divisions are the leaders after Week 3 in the Economics Pennsylvania Stock Market Game Challenge. Advisers for the teams are David...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, March 17, 2013
Replacement of bridge plannedMONTOURSVILLE - A PennDOT bridge crew in Columbia County will begin the replacement of an aging bridge on Route 3008 (Bear Gap Road) in Cleveland Township starting the...
View ArticleGovernment debates options for illegals
Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on immigration reform, which featured testimony from Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, an undocumented worker from...
View Article13-year-old admits to setting fire at vacant East Avenue property
MOUNT CARMEL - A 13-year-old Mount Carmel boy faces arson charges in connection with a fire Sunday that heavily damaged the basement of a vacant property at 207 N. Chestnut St., which is connected to...
View ArticleJessie Con-Ui: Troubled youth to ruthless thug
Jessie Con-ui started drinking at 12 and killing at 25. Con-ui -Â the inmate implicated in a fatal attack on a correctional officer at United States Penitentiary at Canaan three weeks ago -Â lured a...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Monday, March 18, 2013
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed in magisterial court: Office of John Gembic III, Shamokin Geoffrey L. Mako, Shamokin, against Andrea Klebert-Baez, Coal Township, for...
View ArticleLocust Gap man completes beach patrol evaluation
YORK - Steve Haladay, 22, of Locust Gap, was the only competitor from Pennsylvania to successfully complete the Ocean City (Md.) Beach Patrol's first pre-employment physical skills evaluation held...
View ArticleLiquor 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...
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