Jury trial scheduled for officer accused of keeping scrap money
SUNBURY - A suspended correctional officer/maintenance man at Northumberland County Prison accused of keeping approximately $320 he received for scrap metal instead of turning the money over to the...
View ArticleTrial postponed for sisters, city man charged in assault
SUNBURY - Two sisters and a Shamokin man charged in connection with an Oct. 6 disturbance at a Shamokin apartment involving the assault of a probation officer and the escape of one of the assailants...
View ArticleJudge vacates sentence of man who made lewd gesture at park
SUNBURY - A 21-year-old Mount Carmel man, who was sentenced earlier this year for making an obscene gesture in front of two young girls in Coal Township in late September, may now seek a trial on...
View ArticleSunbury winery owner enjoys bringing rock legends to town
SUNBURY - Tom Webb always envisioned live music being an important part of Spyglass Ridge Winery, which he started with his wife, Tammy, in the countryside of Rockefeller Township in the mid-1990s....
View ArticleRelief on the way
SHAMOKIN - The fireworks will be hot tonight, and so will the temperatures.National Weather Service Meteorologist Tony Mach reported that when the Shamokin fireworks start at 9:40 p.m. tonight, the...
View ArticleDinosaurs back - for good - at Reptiland
ALLENWOOD — Dinosaurs may be extinct, but love for the prehistoric creatures is certainly alive and kicking at Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland this summer. Popular demand brought back the “Dinosaurs Come to...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 07-08-12
Car rollsSTONINGTON - Malika M. Romine, 23, of Paxinos, was injured Saturday morning when a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier she was driving east on Old Reading Road slid off the road, rolled over and came to...
View ArticleFire hits farm
KLINGERSTOWN - Emergency personnel endured sweltering heat battling a fire at a large farm building five miles east of here in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Saturday afternoon.With...
View ArticleFor the Record
DivorcesPhoebe Bonomo from Daniel Bonomo, both of 1911 S&H Ave., Danville. Married July 8, 1995.Rafael Cameron, 527 Race St., Sunbury, from Melissa Cameron, 112 N. Eighth St., Sunbury. Married July...
View ArticleNoteworthy 07-08-12
'Twilight Gardens' workshop plannedMCEWENSVILLE - Northumberland County Penn State Master Gardener Mary Haas will present a "Twilight Gardens" workshop at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Montgomery House...
View ArticleSchools happy to see budget funds remain
Shamokin Area is receiving more money from the state under the 2012-13 budget - 29 cents more.It is in line to get $11,660,326 in total expenditures for next school year as state funding remained...
View ArticleWind tears down trees, halts power
THARPTOWN - Heavy winds knocked electrical wires onto Route 61 late Saturday afternoon, causing a power outage in the lower end of this Coal Township village.Strong winds also knocked over trees and...
View ArticleDamp fuses delay Shamokin fireworks on hot, stormy day
SHAMOKIN - They were definitely worth the wait. Despite being approximately 20 minutes later than scheduled, the 2012 fireworks display sponsored by Citizens for a Better Community (CBC) and Citizens...
View ArticleChase ends in crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - A police pursuit Saturday morning ended with the driver crashing his vehicle and fleeing the scene. According to a public information release report from state police at Stonington, the...
View Article3 hurt in ATV crash
STRONG - A 32-year-old Mount Carmel man was flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville early Sunday morning after being seriously injured in an accident involving two all-terrain vehicles on the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 07-09-12
Minor injury on I-80VALLEY TOWNSHIP - One minor injury was reported in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 at mile marker 224 in this Montour County township Sunday morning.State police at Milton...
View ArticleNoteworthy 07--9-12
Senior activities scheduledTREVORTON - The following are activities scheduled at the Trevorton Senior Action Center today through Friday, July 13. They were received too late to be included in the...
View ArticleMan pulled from burning home dies
SHENANDOAH - A 52-year-old borough man died after fire tore through his home and an attached, unoccupied home Saturday night.Samuel J. Nitolo Jr., 222 W. Columbus St., was rescued during a heroic...
View ArticleLocals benefit from AOAA event
COAL TOWNSHIP - Winners at last weekend's event at the proposed Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) went beyond those riding dirt bikes.Local fire companies, businesses and even a few police...
View ArticleCrash hurts 6
PILLOW - Two Trevorton men were flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville following a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Route 225 and Mahantongo Creek Road that also...
View Article