OVERLOOK — Controlling crowds, rerouting traffic and protecting firefighters and equipment are vital jobs delegated to the fire police, and the Overlook Fire Co., Station 290, is looking for a few good applicants.
DEN-MAR GARDENS — Mount Carmel Borough Fire Chief John Janolek Sr. advised council the department is down a dozen emergency radios due to their tendency to short circuit when wet.
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Rosemary Brown plans to introduce legislation that will require schools to have an automatic external defibrillator (AED) present at all interscholastic athletic events, including practices.
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SHAMOKIN — Twelve defendants entered guilty pleas recently before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III.
OVERLOOK — Controlling crowds, rerouting traffic and protecting firefighters and equipment are vital jobs delegated to the fire police, and the Overlook Fire Co., Station 290, is looking for a few good applicants.
The number of people hospitalized in Pennsylvania for treatment of COVID-19 symptoms dropped to 4,614 Sunday, according to the state Department of Health, even as the number of people diagnosed with the virus rose by 6,023.
WILLIAMSPORT — A veteran’s donation of a calculator upon her graduation from Pennsylvania College of Technology sparked the launch of a calculator loan program for other veteran and active-duty military students.
KELLY TOWNSHIP — Lewisburg Area School District (LASD) students returned to in-person education this week and their building principals told school directors about it at the Thursday night board meeting.
SUNBURY — The Northumberland County commissioners said they worked as a team to fairly and properly allocate more than $8.2 million in CARES Act County Relief Block Grant (CRBG) funds to address COVID-19 needs.
HARRISBURG — Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continued to slightly decrease, according to the latest statistics released Friday by the Department of Health.
KULPMONT — Recycling services — offered free to borough residents — are on the verge of being retracted due to the inability of some people to follow the rules, officials say.
HARRISBURG – Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced Thursday that the commonwealth has activated Phase B of the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program to expand its mission to include personal care and assisted living facilities.
BLOOMSBURG — The return of automobile racing to the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds wheeled closer to becoming a reality Friday as a multi-time national racing champion joined a Bloomsburg man in lapping an under-construction dirt-racing track for the first time.
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LEWISBURG — Water temperatures were likely in the 30s Wednesday when two men pulled a woman from the Susquehanna River's West Branch after she jumped from the Lewisburg bridge.
DANVILLE — Providing new full-time jobs while supporting Pennsylvania agriculture and reducing truck traffic all are planned goals nestled within a $2.6 million grant recently awarded to Boyd Station LLC, a soybean processor on Elysburg Road, just outside of Riverside.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court last week granted a Schuylkill County school district’s request to hear a case that may resolve whether public schools may discipline students for off-campus speech with a sufficient connection to the school environment.
MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — A Harrisburg woman is likely to be charged as a result of a crash involving three vehicles and house early Sunday in the 800 block of West Fifth Street.
WATSONTOWN — Tears were flowing Saturday morning at Murray Motors in Hughesville as a weight was lifted from the shoulders of a single-mother from Watsontown who has been battling breast cancer.
MILTON — Multiple instances of non-compliance have been identified at a nursing center which battled a COVID-19 outbreak in August, and subsequently had multiple incidents of non-compliance identified against it.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania State Police say the fourth quarter of 2020 was the busiest in the history of the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS), breaking the previous record that was set in the third quarter of 2020.
A daughter, June Frances Bucher, was born Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, to Sophie Mae Bendas and Kyle Bucher, of Kulpmont. The baby weighed 3 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 16.5 inches long.
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MOUNT CARMEL — Despite the pandemic, the Mount Carmel Lions Club finished out 2020 still meeting the many needs at the community, district, state and international level.
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KULPMONT — The borough’s $767,200 spending plan for 2021 received unanimous final approval Wednesday night. It remains unchanged from the preliminary version approved last month.
HARRISBURG — A three-person panel of Superior Court judges recently upheld a sentence of 1/2 to 23 months of incarceration against an Aristes man convicted of indecent assault.
LEWISBURG — An officer with the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department and a Lewisburg resident are recounting the harrowing moments in which they pulled a woman from the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, along with members of the Union County Sheriff's Office.
UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP — The Pennsylvania State Police has released information on two additional incidents involving thefts from motor vehicles that occurred in the township.
TREVORTON — Line Mountain Elementary School Principal Jeanne Menko announced that the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Mobile Ag Ed Science Lab will visit the Trevorton school during the first week of February.
HARRISBURG — New deaths linked to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in each of the six-area counties in our area, based on data provided by the state Department of Health. Confirmed new cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday rose by 271.
COAL TOWNSHIP — A Ranshaw woman is facing felony charges of neglect of a care-dependent person and involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly failed to care for her 83-year-old husband, who was suffering from dementia and died Nov. 2.
SHAMOKIN — Plans are moving forward to replace two blighted buildings with a pocket park that city leaders hope will be the start of a makeover for the business district.
RALPHO TOWNSHIP — The Ralpho Township Police Department continues to investigate a three-vehicle crash Friday night on state Route 61 near the Wayside Inn.
DANVILLE — Until COVID-19 hit close to home, Leanne Ryan of Elysburg had been on the fence about whether she wanted to be vaccinated against the virus.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine Tuesday said the state is would be following federal guidelines that are expected to be released by U.S. Health and Human Services.
HARRISBURG — This year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show is a far cry from the traditional version, but opportunities still abound for youth and those involved or interested in agriculture.
HARRISBURG – End Zone Bar & Grill in Kulpmont has been cited by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (BLCE) for allegedly selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated person and not following commonwealth orders and mandates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A two-vehicle crash on Market and Walnut streets in Shamokin occurred shortly after noon Tuesday. There were initial report of injuries. Shamokin Fire Bureau emergency and fire units responded along with Shamokin and Coal Township police and fire police. Shamokin City police are investigatin…
SHAMOKIN — Six defendants recently entered guilty pleas and were ordered by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III to pay fines and costs. They are:
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SHAMOKIN — Mayor John Brown warned residents that employees will eventually be cut if the city leaves Act 47 and is unable to maintain its enhanced earned income tax.
SHAMOKIN — Citizens for a Better Community (CBC) is planning two projects that will recognize those who worked in the textile and mining industries.
A convenience store in Elysburg sold a scratch-off ticket worth $1 million while the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots topped a combined $1 billion.
SUNBURY — An accused rapist is headed back to the Northumberland County Jail after he violated his parole conditions in a separate case.
HARRISBURG — The state Department of Health on Monday reported an additional 37 cases of coronavirus in Northumberland County — and another 5,338 cases across the state. The updates result in 5,765 total cases in the county and 726,154 in Pennsylvania as a whole.
The average price for gasoline across the Susquehanna Valley is two cents higher this week at $2.595 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
SHAMOKIN — The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library, 210 E. Independence St., announces its book list for January.
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