Crest forecast to stay below Sunbury flood wall
SUNBURY - Revised forecasts late Thursday gave hope that the Susquehanna River would crest overnight without breaching the flood wall in the city. Kevin Fitzgerald, National Weather Service (NWS)...
View ArticleThursday night updates on flood
- Thursday afternoon, Northumberland County Director of Public Safety Steve Reiner announced mandatory evacuations for residents in the low-lying portions of Northumberland, with the county utilizing...
View ArticleShamokin cleans up after creek rises again
SHAMOKIN - As fire hoses pumped out a seemingly endless supply of water from basements in the Fifth Ward Thursday evening, residents drew comparisons to the flood of 1972 that resulted from Hurricane...
View ArticleEnduring a strange, stressful night
SHAMOKIN - All seemed contained and a bit subdued around 12:30 a.m. Thursday when I arrived at 4 S. Shamokin St., finally home from a busy night at the paper. The Shamokin Creek, near Rock and...
View ArticleBloomsburg students told to go home - but that wasn't easy
BLOOMSBURG - The call came just before 12:30 p.m., "Come get me." It was the type of short and sweet message received by relatives of many students at Bloomsburg University, not long after the...
View ArticleFlooding extensive in Herndon, points south
HERNDON - The borough's Rivershore neighborhood is experiencing extensive flooding from the raging Susquehanna River.By 12:45 p.m. Thursday, water was well into the first floors of the approximately...
View ArticleCounty prisoners moved to state prisons
Northumberland County Prison transferred 210 prisoners to two state prison facilities Thursday as a precaution because of the flooding potential from the Susquehanna River in Sunbury.The state...
View ArticleBurst of rain prompts two late-night rescues
A quick burst of rain shortly after midnight Wednesday led to several dramatic water rescues in Northumberland and Columbia counties.After a several hour period of dry weather Wednesday afternoon, a...
View ArticleOil silos topple at Duke Heating
WEIGH SCALES - Seven large oil silos at the Duke Heating Oil property collapsed about 3 a.m. Thursday, apparently from floodwaters washing out their foundation.The smell of heating oil was prevalent in...
View ArticleSenior Activities
Shamokin-Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; nickel bingo, noon to 1:15 p.m.; executive board meeting, noon; members meeting, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; lunch at Country...
View Article9/11 ceremony big moment for Shamokin native
SHANKSVILLE - A Shamokin native who helped shape the Flight 93 National Memorial being dedicated this weekend never imagined he would be part of something so important to the country."When the people...
View ArticleRoute 61 to Paxinos is open again
COAL TOWNSHIP - Route 61 was reopened Friday night from the Cameron Bridge to just past Badmans Hill Road near Weigh Scales.Route 61 from the Cameron Bridge to Route 487 in Paxinos had been closed...
View ArticleHanderhan trial postponed again
HARRISBURG - The child pornography trial of a retired Mount Carmel police officer has been delayed for the fifth time at the request of his attorney.On Sept. 8, U.S. Middle District Senior Judge...
View ArticleNoteworthy 9/10/11
Parking limits for 9/11 eventMOUNT CARMEL - No parking will be allowed on Oak Street from Third to Seventh streets or on Sixth Street from Oak to Hickory streets during the Sept. 11 memorial event,...
View ArticleFlood wall holds strong in Sunbury
SUNBURY - There was plenty of concern that rain from Tropical Storm Lee and a stalled cold front was sending enough water to push the Susquehanna River over the flood wall this week, but the concrete...
View ArticleMeter checks set for Coal Township
PPL officials are inspecting electric meter bases in Shamokin and Eugene Welsh, Coal Township commissioner chairman, said the same home-to-home procedure will begin today in portions of Ranshaw and...
View ArticleFlooding at Knoebels within inches of 1972
ELYSBURG - A piece of a car from a kiddie ride at Knoebels Amusement Resort was seen Friday morning floating in a puddle of muddy flood water - two miles downstream from the park. It is just one sign...
View ArticleFEMA aid available; residents urged to document everything
SHAMOKIN - As cleanup from this week's flooding continues, a word of advice from the city clerk: Document everything."The real key to all of this is no matter how this proceeds, anyone who has been...
View ArticleBloom crest sets record
The following flood data was reported Friday night by Greg DeVoir, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, State College:Bloomsburg: Crest was 32.75 feet, 11:30 a.m. Friday, establishing it...
View ArticlePower cut is ordered for homes in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - A plan to cut electrical service to approximately 200 customers in the Fifth Ward neighborhood and some homes along Second and Third streets that sustained damage from this week's flooding...
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