Organization News: Trevorton Senior Action Center
The Trevorton Senior Action Center held its monthly meeting at the center on Thursday, Sept. 5. The president, Edwina Savidge, opened the meeting with prayer and Pledge of Allegiance and called the...
View ArticleRain doesn't stop 9/11 salute in Mount Carmel
BY LARRY DEKLINSKI Staff Writer larry_d@newsitem.com MOUNT CARMEL - Lightning and heavy rain did not stop local firefighters Wednesday from honoring their fallen brothers and sisters who were killed...
View ArticleInmate death protocol adopted at Northumberland County Prison
SUNBURY - New inmate death protocol were passed Wednesday morning by the Northumberland County Prison Board that detail what prison officials should do in the event of an unnatural death.The procedures...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Oct. 21 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleSTUFF THE BUS CAMPAIGN United Way collects backpacks, school supplies for...
SHAMOKIN - The Lower Anthracite Region United Way (LARUW) participated in another successful Stuff the Bus Campaign.Backpacks, which were collected and filled with back-to-school necessities, have been...
View ArticleLow numbers prompt Liberty, Rescue to explore jointure
SHAMOKIN - Declining membership has resulted in an explorative jointure of the Liberty and Rescue fire companies.Members of Liberty began operating out of the Rescue on Sept. 1, moving their vehicles...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013
Food distribution set for SaturdayMOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Borough Food Pantry will hold its monthly distribution from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Notary Shop, 215 S. Oak St., for borough residents...
View ArticleLM administrator raises will be performance based
MANDATA - The Line Mountain School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a new Act 93 agreement involving most administrators. Retroactive to July 1 and effective through June 30, 2018, the agreement...
View ArticleTen-digit dialing starts Sept. 21
The change from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) of mandatory ten-digit dialing is set to begin in less than two weeks for residential and business customers within the existing 570...
View ArticleShamokin woman sought on drug charges
SHAMOKIN - A 24-year-old Shamokin woman who remained at large Wednesday has been charged with multiple felony offenses involving the delivery of heroin and cocaine in the city and Coal Township.Five...
View ArticleKerry set to test Russia on Syria weapons
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva Thursday morning to test the seriousness of a Russian proposal to secure Syria's chemical weapons. Kerry and a team of U.S. experts...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Sept. 13, 2013
Tax office open SaturdayMARION HEIGHTS - The Mount Carmel Township and Marion Heights tax office will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Residents are reminded that second installments are due.Also,...
View ArticleFatima pilgrim statue to visit Divine Redeemer
MOUNT CARMEL - The International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be touring the Diocese of Harrisburg during the first three weeks in November, and one of its destinations will be Divine...
View ArticleShamokin woman wanted on drug charges is in custody
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Shamokin woman wanted on multiple felony drug charges was taken into custody late Wednesday night and committed to Northumberland County Prison in Sunbury.Sarah Ann Karpinski, 24, of...
View ArticleCoal Township man wanted in theft flees Gembic's office
SHAMOKIN - Coal Township police are continuing to search for a man wanted on theft-related offenses who fled Monday afternoon from the office of Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III after being...
View ArticleTwo charged in Coal Township jewelry theft
COAL TOWNSHIP - An Ashland area woman and a Tharptown man have been charged with stealing $2,700 in jewelry from a home on West State Street in April.Jenna Ocacio-Rodriguez, 28, also known as Jenna...
View ArticleAmerican Hose, West End are taking their time with consolidation
MOUNT CARMEL - Officials with West End and American Hose and Chemical fire companies are confident the two entities will consolidate, but they aren't committing to a timeframe. The process, which...
View ArticleCoal Township has less than a month to find replacement for ex-commissioner
COAL TOWNSHIP - Township commissioners have less than a month to fill the seat of now ex-commissioner Jerry Waugh.Waugh, 40, of 30 Wilson Ave., Coal Township, submitted his letter of resignation to the...
View ArticlePolice: Coal Township woman threatened deputy with razor
COAL TOWNSHIP - A township woman has been charged with threatening to slash a deputy police chief with a razor early Monday morning after she cut herself with the same blade at her home.Melissa D....
View ArticleSuspended Gilberton chief tosses hat into Schuylkill County sheriff ring
FRACKVILLE - A new hat has been thrown into the ring for the election of Schuylkill County sheriff: Mark Kessler has declared himself a write-in candidate for the office.The embattled police chief of...
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