Memorials
Shamokin-Coal Township Public LibrarySHAMOKIN - The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library has announced that memorials for the period of July 24 to Aug. 20, 2013 have been presented for the following...
View ArticleLine Mountain students back to school today
MANDATA - The two buildings for Line Mountain School District students will be ready today, but there are still a few minor construction details that will not be completed on the first day of...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013
Recycling center closed for holidayCOAL TOWNSHIP - The Coal Township Recycling Center will be closed Saturday for the Labor Day weekend. It will re-open at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Also, all Coal Township...
View ArticleCoal Township commissioner resigns
COAL TOWNSHIP - A township commissioner resigned three days after being involved in a domestic dispute, but said Tuesday the two are not connected.Gerard W. Waugh III, who was charged with summary...
View ArticleArea gas prices hold tight this week
Susquehanna Valley gas prices remained at $3.56 this week, according to AAA East Central.On the national frontToday's national average price for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.54 per gallon. Today's...
View ArticleCollege News: Laureti graduates residency program
HARRISBURG - Dr. Joseph Laureti III graduated from the Osteopathic Residency program at Pinnacle Health Systems.He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laureti Jr., of Shenandoah, a grandson of Loretta...
View ArticleTruck driver from Excelsior crash still in fair condition
DANVILLE - The driver of a tanker truck that plunged off a bridge abutment early Monday remained in fair condition Tuesday afternoon at Geisinger Medical Center. John Firestine, 49, of E. Clay St.,...
View ArticleLycoming County judge to hear Shamokin RTK case
SUNBURY - A Lycoming County judge will hear the open records appeal involving the City of Shamokin and Stephen Bridy.Judge Richard A. Gray has scheduled a status conference with attorneys for 2:30 p.m....
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EXCELSIOR - Monday's crash of a milk tanker truck off a bridge on a curvy section of Route 901 wasn't the first bizarre accident at the site.In fact, before the bridge was even formally open to the...
View ArticleFour teens escape Northwestern Academy
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police here are searching for four black cadets who escaped early Wednesday morning from Northwestern Academy by stealing an employee's car and locking him in a room.Police said the...
View ArticleCoal Township man pleads guilty for not reporting income to retirement board
HARRISBURG - A Coal Township man pleaded guilty to failing to report to the retirement board in charge of his disability benefits that he was working in Shamokin.According to court documents from the...
View ArticleBarletta hosts public forum at Northumberland County Administration Center
SUNBURY - Welfare reform, illegal immigration, Obamacare and Syria were the main topics of conversation at a one-hour public forum hosted Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (PA-11). Approximately 30...
View ArticleGilberton chief posts another video days before suspension ends
GILBERTON - A special meeting of Gilberton Borough Council on Friday could determine the continuing employment of borough police Chief Mark Kessler on the final day of his suspension.Borough council...
View ArticleGembic to have surgery
SHAMOKIN - Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III was hospitalized recently with kidney-related problems that will require surgery. He will not be able to return to work until at least the second...
View ArticleTanker driver rolled truck in New Jersey in April
A Shamokin man behind the wheel of a milk tanker truck that fell 40 feet off a bridge abutment near Excelsior Monday was also the driver of a milk tanker truck that rolled over in New Jersey April...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013
Community service set for SaturdayCOAL TOWNSHIP - Participants in a community service program coordinated by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at Brewser's...
View ArticleWIC office reduction avoided
SHAMOKIN - The planned reduction of operating hours at the Shamokin WIC office will not occurs Friday as planned.Family Planning Plus, which operates the Women, Infants and Children Program locally,...
View ArticleNolter's hearing Friday in federal court in W-B
WILKES-BARRE - A hearing is scheduled in federal court Friday for the Mount Carmel man accused of embezzling more than $7,000 from a local chapter of the United Steelworkers union.Earlier this month,...
View ArticleMount Carmel teen accused of using brass knuckles in assault, robbery
MOUNT CARMEL - A borough teen has been charged with multiple felony offenses including robbery for allegedly punching a man in the face with brass knuckles, kicking him and stealing his wallet and cell...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Aug. 30, 2013
Offices closed for holiday KULPMONT - The Kulpmont Borough office and the Kulpmont-Marion Heights Joint Municipal Authority offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. Alzheimer training...
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