Voters say don't privatize lottery management
Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly think privatizing management of the state lottery is a bad idea with some saying they'll no longer play if that happens, according to a new Franklin & Marshall...
View ArticleCasey, Toomey to sit together at State of the Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the spirit of bipartisanship, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced they will sit together during President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday....
View ArticleCorbett privatization plan worries beer distributors
Local beer distributors are worried that the changes to the alcohol business proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett might just be the end of their livelihood.Under the governor's plan, announced Jan. 30 in...
View ArticleChurch NewsL Saturday, February 9, 2013
All SaintsAll Saints Evangelical Lutheran, 12th and Scott streets, Kulpmont.Pastor - The Rev. Alfred J. Bashore.Worship service with word and sacrament - 9 a.m.Participants - Marsha Karnes, communion...
View ArticleSCA seeks donations for 'Empty Bowl' fundraiser
CATAWISSA RR - The Southern Columbia Area senior class and art club announced Friday they are planning the inaugural Empty Bowl fundraiser to be held Feb. 24 in the high school cafeteria.The goal is to...
View ArticleElysburg area man guilty of burglary
POTTSVILLE - A Northumberland County man faces state prison time after being convicted Monday in Schuylkill County Court of breaking into a Shenandoah home in May.Dale R. Heintzelman, 35, of Bear Gap,...
View ArticleHearings set next week for couple charged in SUV theft
MOUNT CARMEL - The preliminary hearings for a young couple who allegedly stole a sports utility vehicle in December and eluded police for nearly nine hours while transporting an unrestrained...
View ArticleCode violations: Saturday, February 9, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - Borough Code Officer Robin Williams cited eight people for multiple ordinance violations:- Gulzar Ali, 44, of 550 W. Third St., was cited Jan. 25 for two counts of property maintenance...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, February 9, 2013
LCE violationsSHAMOKIN - Friendship Fire Engine and Hose Company, Rock and Chestnut streets, Shamokin, was cited Thursday by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (LCE) for failing to have a...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Property transfersJoseph A. Bressi to David J. and Susan C. Friel, property in Riverside, $127,000.Jason and Angela S. Kurtz to Angela S. Kurtz, property in Rockefeller Township, $1.Eugene I. Boyer,...
View ArticleCorbett hopes budget prelude to political comeback
In his first two budgets, Gov. Tom Corbett slashed and slashed.Critics say slashed and burned.Faced with the disappearance of federal stimulus funding and having promised not to raise taxes, including...
View ArticleMission group will bring 400 to help needy
SHAMOKIN - A Christian mission to the Shamokin area this summer is expected to bring more than 400 volunteers who will work to make light repairs on homes owned by the needy.The elderly, the poor, the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Driver 'serious'BEAR GAP - One person was injured Saturday in a crash on Route 54 in Ralpho Township.Reports from the scene indicate Cheryl Tammey was driving a Chevy Aveo about 10 a.m. near Bear Gap...
View ArticlePennDOT district office names Employee of the Year for 2012
MONTOURSVILLE - Audrey Costill, clerk II, has been named the PennDOT Engineering District 3-0 district-office Employee of the Year for 2012. Costill operates the print room, plans room and supply room...
View ArticleThird teen-ager sues over March accident
SUNBURY - The mother of a third teenager run over by an accused drunk driver in March while walking near Mount Carmel Area Elementary School has filed a civil suit against both the driver and a Coal...
View ArticleShamokin honors five officers
SHAMOKIN - A retired police department veteran, a newly promoted corporal and three other police officers were honored Monday by the mayor and city council. Cpl. Darwin Tobias III and Patrolman Scott...
View ArticleVFW auxiliary state president to pay visit to Mount Carmel Township
ATLAS - Sandra M. Brenner, newly elected state department president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, will make her official visit to District 12 at 2:30 p.m. Sunday when she'll meet...
View ArticlePope's announcement surprises local leaders
Although local priests and religious leaders were surprised and saddened to hear of Pope Benedict XVI's historic resignation, they praised his courage and faith in making the rare and difficult...
View ArticleJeep floors shed wall
ARISTES - Dense fog on Big Mountain played a role in a Shenandoah man driving through a stop sign and crashing through the cement block wall of a maintenance shed at Zion Methodist Cemetery on Monday....
View ArticleContingency fund considered for Shamokin finances
SHAMOKIN - The city will use, if needed, $25,000 from its contingency fund on day-to-day expenses ahead of the receipt of tax revenue next month. Real estate, per capita and occupational taxes are...
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