Milton chiropractor gets prison time
SUNBURY - A former Milton chiropractor has been sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 1/2 months in prison on charges he made inappropriate contact with four female patients last year.James Lee Carl, 36, was...
View ArticleNoteworthy 07-25-12
School bus stop changesCOAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School District reminds parents who have changed addresses, sitters or day-care providers that their children will require a different bus stop than...
View ArticleShamokin pool reopens today
SHAMOKIN - Mayor George Rozinskie announced Tuesday afternoon that a malfunctioning pump at the city pool has been repaired and the facility will open for normal hours, noon to 6 p.m., today. When the...
View ArticleFormer Warrior Run assistant AD sentenced
SUNBURY - The former assistant athletic director for the Warrior Run School District was sentenced to prison time following a hearing Monday in Northumberland County Court.The (Bloomsburg)...
View ArticlePeters to fight ouster from Northumberland County Planning Commission
SUNBURY - Montie Peters was removed from the Northumberland County Planning Commission Tuesday after 14 years, but he says it was done without cause and he'll appeal. Peters, who had resigned the...
View ArticleClausi criticizes Shoch for his mileage costs; commissioners vote to no...
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Chairman Vinny Clausi claimed Tuesday that fellow Commissioner Rick Shoch "charges the county to come to work" because he submits mileage reimbursement for...
View ArticleWelfare program that aids nearly 70,000 ends Wednesday
BY ROBERT SWIFT HARRISBURG - A decades-old state program that provides cash grants as a lifeline to the poor will go out of existence Wednesday with a one-month reprieve having run its course. The...
View ArticleKeep property tax reform debate going
An ambitious proposal to eliminate school property taxes and replace the lost revenue with higher income tax and a higher and expanded sales tax is slowly advancing in Harrisburg. Following a Senate...
View ArticleChange for the meters: Shamokin's final reading of proposed cost increase set...
SHAMOKIN - A quarter is still worth 1 hour of time at parking meters on Independence Street in the city's downtown, and 2 hours on Lincoln Street near City Hall. That's expected to change with a vote...
View ArticleNew fiscal office examines property tax bill
HARRISBURG - A precedent is being set as a school property tax elimination bill undergoes an in-depth analysis by the newly created state independent fiscal office. The office is studying a bill that...
View ArticleNoteworthy 07-30-12
Noteworthy Lake View Trail hike set for Tuesday BARNESVILLE - Naturalist Robin Tracey will host a hike on the Crow and Lake View Trails, starting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The hike is 5 1/2 miles long and...
View ArticleShoch: I never gave 'ultimatum'
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Rick Shoch said he has never summoned an employee to his office and issued an ultimatum, calling the suggestion by fellow Commissioners Stephen Bridy and...
View ArticleMan who crashed near gun club after high-speed chase is charged
COAL TOWNSHIP - A 19-year-old Shamokin man, who allegedly ran through 11 stop signs and one red light, swerved his vehicle at a state police cruiser and slammed on his brakes to cause an accident near...
View ArticlePreliminary hearing for local doctor postponed
SHAMOKIN - A preliminary hearing for a local doctor and member of Mount Carmel Area School Board charged with driving under the influence of alcohol has been continued until next month. Dr. Raymond J....
View ArticleMen wanted for theft of rifles, pistol
SHAMOKIN - Police are continuing their search for two area men charged with stealing six guns from a home at 115 S. First St. Saturday afternoon. Warrants have been issued for the arrests of Ronald A....
View ArticleCharges filed in city crash
SHAMOKIN - An 18-year-old Valley View man, who fled the scene of a two-vehicle accident at Market and Chestnut streets Friday night following a high-speed chase, has been charged with 11 offenses,...
View ArticleEx-Northwestern employee files discrimination complaint
COAL TOWNSHIP - A former Northwestern Academy employee has filed a "forced resignation complaint" against the facility and its parent company, Northwestern Human Services (NHS), alleging she was...
View ArticlePolice: Motorcycle crossed line, hit car
TREVORTON - One person remains in serious condition following a three-vehicle crash on Gap Road (Route 2044) at a section known as "dead man's curve" in Zerbe Township Sunday afternoon. Salvatore J....
View ArticleInmate shanked in neck
COAL TOWNSHIP - An inmate at SCI-Coal Township has been charged by state police with attempted homicide for allegedly stabbing another inmate in the neck with a six-inch metal shank in December in...
View ArticlePolice investigating assault involving teen, adult male
SHAMOKIN - Police are investigating an alleged altercation Sunday afternoon involving a 13-year-old girl and an adult male during a community service cleanup detail downtown. Patrolman Mark Costa said...
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