Diocese assigns clergy to new locations
HARRISBURG - The following are among assignments effective Monday as announced by the Most Rev. Joseph P. McFadden, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg:- The Rev. Monsignor Robert E. Lawrence...
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Air Force Airman Justin C. Krah graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in...
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MOUNT CARMEL - Rehearsals are under way for the summer musical production of "Annie," presented by the Anthracite Citizens Theatre to be performed in August.The response to the auditions for the...
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Group holds monthly meetingMOUNT CARMEL - Anthracite Citizens' Theatre (ACT) held its monthly meeting June 8. The meeting was called to order by President Dan Mock with six people in...
View ArticleFire cadet program Saturday, Sunday
ELYSBURG - The Elysburg Fire Company No. 1 will host a fire cadet weekend Saturday and Sunday. The special program is designed to teach local youth about emergency responding, provided by local trained...
View ArticleFire leaves eight homeless in Minersville
MINERSVILLE - Emil Rizzi woke just after 2 a.m. Monday to find his home at 235 S. Delaware Ave. filling with smoke.He woke his girlfriend, Lisa McGovern, and went to his back porch, where he found...
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Reading program starts June 28SHAMOKIN - The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library will present its summer reading program beginning Tuesday, June 28. The program, held each Tuesday, will start at...
View ArticleLocal man receives degree from Duke
DURHAM, N.C. - Brian Coleman received a Masters of Engineering Management degree from Duke University on May 15. He is a son of Jack and Marge Coleman, and a grandson of the late John and Mary Coleman,...
View ArticleArea native makes dean's list
DANVILLE - Braxton Pappas, a son of Mathlene and Dennis Campbell and David Pappas, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Thomas Jefferson School of Nursing in Danville with a...
View Articlepolice: Middleport man hit 4 teens with pickup truck
KASKA - A Middleport man was jailed Saturday after allegedly hitting four teenagers with his pickup truck in a wooded area off Kaska Road in Blythe Township.Trooper Brent Spleen of state police at...
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DANVILLE - Geisinger Health System and Bloomsburg Health System announced Monday the signing of a non-binding letter of intent to explore the potential merger of the Bloomsburg organization into...
View ArticleOne dead, one injured when vehicle crashes, catches fire
WEST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - One person was killed and another injured when a vehicle crashed and caught fire near 2001 Upper Road at approximately 9:30 p.m. Monday. The names of the driver and passenger...
View ArticleKulpmont plumber holds open house less than a year after devastating fire...
KULPMONT - Almost a year after a fire destroyed Pappy Baluta and Sons Plumbing and Heating business, owner Ed Baluta cut the ribbon to open a new store located where the old one used to stand."The fire...
View Article'Red' Miscavige, 87, Mt. Carmel 'champion,' dies
MOUNT CARMEL - The borough has lost a longtime businessman and community champion.Anthony V. "Red" Miscavige Jr., 87, of 328 W. Third St., well-known for his downtown insurance business and his many...
View ArticleDefendant has sued staff at SCI-Greene
As Brentt Sherwood continues the appeal process on his death sentence, the former Northumberland man is progressing with a federal civil rights lawsuit against nine state prison officials in which he's...
View ArticleSherwood attorney in court; convict's execution on hold
SUNBURY - Convicted child killer Brentt Michael Sherwood is continuing the appeal of his death sentence, which was ordered last year by then-Gov. Ed Rendell.Sherwood is on death row for beating to...
View ArticleTafner appeals restitution
HARRISBURG - Thea Tafner began her 30-month federal prison sentence Monday, but the former American Hose and Chemical Fire Company official is appealing a sentencing requirement that she immediately...
View ArticleShamokin man dies in crash
WEST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - Adam G. Shaffer, 29, of Shamokin, died in a one-vehicle crash at 9:42 p.m. Monday on SR 2044 in West Cameron Township. State police at Stonington reported Shaffer lost control...
View ArticleOur Lady's festival set for this weekend
MOUNT CARMEL - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 47 S. Market St., will hold its annual festival at Fourth and Market streets from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday with the Shoreliners Band and from 5 to 11 p.m....
View ArticleDean's list
LORETTO - Joseph A. Klebon, a son of Barbara and Joseph Klebon, Paxinos, has been named to the dean's list at Saint Francis University for the spring 2011 semester with a 3.6 grade-point average.To be...
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