Lawyer with local ties accused of stealing $6K from Schuylkill County
POTTSVILLE - A lawyer who served as Schuylkill County custody conciliator was arrested Friday for allegedly billing the county for work she did not do over nearly four years.Lynne G. Bressi, 63, is...
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MOUNT CARMEL - Three men were arrested Friday afternoon after police caught them fleeing from a Ralpho Township home they attempted to burglarize by posing as employees of the water company.The men...
View ArticlePolice pursue bully angle
TREVORTON - Police are aware of the accusations of bullying in the death of Britney Tongel and are actively investigating that angle, Sgt. Sean McGinley, commander of the Stonington state police...
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Vigil planned SundayTREVORTON - A candlelight vigil in memory of Britney Tongel will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Treveorton Athletic Association ballfields at the west end of the village.
View ArticlePhillips makes plan to run official
SUNBURY - It's official: Merle H. Phillips will seek election to remain on the Northumberland County board of commissioners.Phillips, appointed in November to serve the final year of Kurt Masser's...
View ArticleStock Market Game under way for '11
Few schools were brave enough to enter their first trades as the annual Stock Market Game for local schools, sponsored by Sunbury Motors and The News-Item, got under way.Six high school teams and four...
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DivorcesVickie Reese, P.O. Box 823, Watsontown, from Lawrence P. Reese Jr., 453 Hester Drive, Watsontown. Married April 12, 1974.Property TransfersCatherine E. Yuricich (estate), Barbara A. Yuricich...
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Friends of SUN Home plan luncheonNORTHUMBERLAND - The Friends of SUN Home, the auxiliary of SUN Home Health and Hospice, will hold their annual spring luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 7,...
View ArticleLines converge here Students say Gowen City area, equidistant from three 9/11...
GOWEN CITY - A group of students from a Michigan university have discovered an obscure connection between the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001, and the Shamokin area.The exact equidistant point to all three...
View ArticleMinor rock slide reported
RUSH TOWNSHIP - State police and PennDOT employees were summoned to a minor rock slide at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday along Route 54 at an area known as "The Narrows" near Riverside.No injuries were...
View ArticleMother says her daughter fought against one of Britney's bullies
TREVORTON - A Trevorton woman said her daughter was so upset about the continued bullying of Britney Tongel that she started a fight with one of the alleged bullies that resulted in a 20-day suspension...
View ArticleState says LIHEAP customers should avoid Duke Heating Oil
WEIGH SCALES - The state is recommending customers receiving public assistance for their heating oil not use a Shamokin area company because of a number of complaints about non-delivery.The Department...
View ArticleConahan ended up the principal, yet unseen, figure in Ciavarella trial
A trial is a pursuit of truth, but no trial reveals the whole truth.Prosecutors in the trial of Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. chose to focus on a narrow band of evidence in the wider spectrum of the...
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- Louis F. Trainer, 24, of 339 S. Orange St., Mount Carmel, waived all charges in three separate cases during his preliminary hearing Feb. 16 before Magisterial District Judge Hugh A. Jones, of Mount...
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Noteworthy Food pantry distribution Saturday ATLAS - Mount Carmel Township Food Pantry distribution will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 for residents in Atlas, Diamondtown, Strong,...
View ArticleHigh school sweethearts mark 70th birthdays
KULPMONT - Sandra and Joseph Cesari, who will celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary later this year, today mark another milestone together - their 70th birthdays.Mr. Cesari had intended to submit...
View ArticleWorkforce Board receives 3 proposals for CareerLink
LEWISBURG - Three proposals have been received for a CareerLink site that will serve Northumberland and Snyder counties, Shannon Miller, executive director of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce...
View ArticleAshland legionnaires to have home again
ASHLAND - Members of the Ashland American Legion will soon have a place to call home again.A building is being constructed at Centre and Fifth streets that will house Legion Post 434 after its former...
View ArticleTongel to be laid to rest today
NESCOPECK - The funeral for 17-year-old Britney Tongel is set for 1 p.m. today at the Heller Funeral Home, 633 Third St., in this Luzerne County borough. Two separate viewings, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6...
View ArticleToo soon after warm sunshine, more flakes fall
SHAMOKIN - Warmer temperatures reaching upwards of 50 to 60 degrees may have brought a temporary lull in the winter weather, but it's back again as the area received another 3 inches of white stuff...
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