Clausi upset at grievance filed for assistant DA layoff
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi had strong words for the Teamsters union and a local representative Tuesday, upset that a grievance filed over the recent layoff of an...
View ArticleCASE OF PUPPY ABUSE HEADS TO COUNTY COURT
SHAMOKIN - The defendants charged with abusing a puppy are headed to county court, and 15,100 people who signed a petition believe they should receive the maximum punishment possible.Angelina...
View ArticleRt. 147 closed for 6 hours after lumber truck crash
JACKSON TOWNSHIP - A two-mile stretch of Route 147 was closed for six hours Tuesday after a tractor-trailer truck hauling lumber flipped onto its side, spilling its cargo over the highway a few miles...
View ArticleLawsuit filed against chief
KULPMONT - A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court against the borough and its mayor, police chief, borough council and police department claims a resident had her civil rights violated when she was...
View ArticlePolice clerk is charged with stealing
SHAMOKIN - A former clerk at the city police department was charged Tuesday with stealing $575 in parking ticket fines and payments for no-parking signs.Susan Witmer, 54, of 820 N. Sixth St., Shamokin,...
View ArticleCollege News: Edinboro U. acceptance
KULPMONT - Chelsea L. Troutman, of Kulpmont, has been accepted to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She will enter college in September. A senior at Mount Carmel Area High School, she is a daughter...
View ArticleMemorials: Divine Redeemer
MOUNT CARMEL - The following memorials were presented to Divine Redeemer Churc during February: Antoinette Slovinsky from daughter, Rosemarie. Peggy Crocco from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grochowski and...
View ArticleGallery hosting two-woman art show
SHAMOKIN - The Northumberland County Council of the Arts and Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, located in the Career and Arts Center on Arch Street, is hosting a two-woman art show, "2 Mixed Up Women: Art...
View ArticleNoteworthy 3/8/12
Stations of the Cross scheduledMOUNT CARMEL - Stations of the Cross at Divine Redeemer Church, Avenue and Poplar Street, will be held at 2 and 7 p.m. each Friday during Lent.The Stations of the Cross...
View ArticleWrongful termination suit is headed to court in 2013
SUNBURY - A trial involving a federal lawsuit filed in 2009 by fired deputy warden John Conrad for wrongful termination is scheduled for January 2013. A brief discussion about the pending litigation...
View ArticleMAN KILLED IN HEAD-ON
ELYSBURG - A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon in a collision with a school van on Route 54 just outside of Elysburg.Paramedics were working to resuscitate the male as he lay in the westbound...
View ArticleResidents voice criticism of planned PPL powerline
HICKORY CORNERS - More than 20 area residents, whose properties will be affected by the installation of a high-tension power line, near here, raised their objections while testifying under oath during...
View ArticlePut down the phone: Anti-texting law in effect today
Drivers, watch your speed, watch your lane, watch around you, but don't watch that smartphone or you will be fined. At 12:01 a.m. today, Pennsylvania's anti-texting law went into effect, giving police...
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COAL TOWNSHIP - Dreams for a sports complex just off of Route 225 in the Trevorton Road section of Coal Township came a big step closer to recently with approval of an architectural site drawing.During...
View ArticleOrganization News
Knights of ColumbusMOUNT CARMEL - Learning the principle of unity, 21 Catholic men advanced in their journey to knighthood by taking their second degree on Feb. 26. The degree was sponsored by Bishop...
View ArticleMinersville man killed, child wounded in ATV crash
SUMMIT STATION - A 57-year-old Minersville man was killed and a 4-year-old boy was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Wednesday in Wayne Township, according to state police at Schuylkill...
View ArticleIdentity of accident victim still withheld
ELYSBURG - The identity of the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident Wednesday on Route 54 near Elysburg has not yet been announced.Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley said Thursday the...
View ArticleRobert Kehler pleads guilty to tax evasion and theft of public money
by news-item staffWILLIAMSPORT - Robert K. Kehler, 54, whose Paxinos home and pool hall business in Shamokin were raided by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement in October 2010, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleSentence delayed again for man accused of punching police officer
SUNBURY - The sentencing of a 52-year-old Mount Carmel man accused of punching a borough policeman in the chest in December was delayed for a second time Thursday morning to grant his attorney more...
View ArticleNoteworthy 03-09-12
NoteworthyLow-cost vision clinic coming to areaSHAMOKIN - A low-income vision clinic is coming to Shamokin and Sunbury in May, and registration is necessary.Northwestern PA Optical Clinic will be at...
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