Frackville man dies in crash
DEER LAKE - A Frackville man was killed when his car was crushed between a tractor-trailer and another car at Routes 61 and 895 early Thursday morning.Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner William Cairnes,...
View ArticleRabbittransit announces new website, plans mobile version
YORK - Rabbittransit, the company that oversees the Northumberland County Transportation Department and its Shared Ride program, announced the launch of a new website. The updated layout and navigation...
View ArticleWork at Madison Court Apartments includes paint, carpets, sprinklers
SHAMOKIN - Since acquiring Center City Apartments, Shamokin Housing Authority (SHA) workers have been busy the past couple of weeks learning all they can about the building and its operation. During...
View ArticleAuthority restructuring complete
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Industrial Development Authority (NCIDA) has finalized its 24-month process to restructure its management.During a meeting last month, the authority and its sister...
View ArticlePolice seek driver who left scene of rear-ender accident
SUNBURY - State troopers are seeking information on the driver of a vehicle that was rear-ended by another vehicle reportedly following too closely on Thursday on Mile Hill Road.The driver of the...
View ArticleElectrical fire contained to kitchen
ATLAS - The quick work of firefighters and the alertness of a family prevented a small fire from spreading to adjoining row homes early Friday morning. Firefighters contained fire damage to a...
View ArticleSpecial rendition of 'Amazing Grace' part of today's orchestra concert at...
COAL TOWNSHIP - An arrangement of "Amazing Grace" composed for the 10th anniversary national tribute concert for the Sept. 11 terror attacks will be performed for the first time by a high school...
View ArticleFlu season is one of worst in years, health officials say
SHAMOKIN - The current flu season is on track to be one of the worst in the last seven years, according to the regional director for VNA Health System."The 2009-2010 season is recorded as the worst so...
View ArticlePPL asking for new charge to recoup repair costs more quickly
When PPL customers pay their electric bills, a good portion covers repair and replacement of poles and wires the company performed as many as three or four years ago. But under a pending new addition...
View ArticlePUC rejects PPL's attempt at eminent domain in lower Northumberland County
HARRISBURG - Two administrative law judges from the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) made a recommendation to deny nine applications of eminent domain filed by PPL Electric Utilities, including...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, January 12, 2013
Games of chance seminar plannedMOUNT CARMEL - State Rep. Kurt Masser (R-107) will be hosting a small games of chance seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at the American Legion Post 91.Masser will...
View ArticleDean's list at Wilkes University
WILKES-BARRE - Megan Ciborowski, of Coal Township, has been named to the dean's list at Wilkes University for the fall semester with a 4.0 grade-point average. A first-year pharmacy student, she is a...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Saturday, January 12, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Feb. 25 at Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleBachelor of Science from Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK - Jared W. Holdren, of Coal Township, graduated Dec. 22 from Penn State University's Main Campus with a Bachelor of Science in security and risk analysis and secondary degrees in...
View ArticleThree hurt in two crashes in four minutes
HERNDON - Two crashes that occurred within minutes of each other Friday in the lower end of the county caused injuries to three people.Emergency personnel were dispatched at noon to Herndon Bypass...
View ArticleSuspect in Shamokin crowbar attack turns self in, is arraigned
SHAMOKIN - A 33-year-old city man wanted for hitting a Coal Township man in the face and head with a crowbar last week voluntarily turned himself into police Thursday morning and was arraigned on...
View ArticleUnited Way nears halfway point of its $50,000 goal
SHAMOKIN - The Lower Anthracite Region United Way (LARUW) has collected $23,975.60 as its campaign continues toward a goal of $50,000, chapter Executive Director Whitney Fetterman reported Friday.She...
View ArticleTrevorton Center
TREVORTON - The Trevorton Senior Action Center held its monthly meeting Jan. 3, with nine memberspresent. The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Edwina Savidge, president, read a...
View ArticleDean's list at Penn State University
UNIVERSITY PARK - Cody Shustack, who graduated fourth in his class in 2012 from Mount Carmel Area High School, was recently named to the dean's list at Penn State University, University Park Campus...
View ArticleCollege News: Misericordia dean's list
DALLAS, Pa. - Tamara Bradley has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Misericordia University with a grade-point average of 3.93. A junior nursing major, she has earned dean's list...
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