Coal Township News

Coal Township man escapes injury in accident A Coal Township man escaped injury Tuesday morning when a flat tire caused his vehicle to crash on Interstate 81 in Delano Township.

The project, originated by student Jen Herb of Coal Township, was one of many that the class undertook as part of a community service elective in the class, taught by Anne Houser.

Both lanes of Route 147 just south of Sunbury is now open to traffic, according to state police at Stonington.

MIKE STAUGAITIS/Staff Photos Shawn McGugan, left, and Mike Zielinskie stand in front of the new billboard after they unveiled it Saturday morning in Shamokin.

The former secretary-treasurer of the Pastime Club in Shamokin will have to wait until a pre-sentence investigation is completed to determine if a judge will accept his no-contest plea.

A Montour County jury has cleared Geisinger Medical Center and two physicians of negligence in a civil court case involving a Shamokin woman who died following surgery eight years ago.

A lieutenant at Northumberland County Prison in Sunbury, who was charged twice with driving under the influence of alcohol relating to incidents that occurred within a year of each other, pleaded guilty Monday morning to two counts of DUI and will be sentenced within 60 days.

Pennsylvanians are tuned in to the health care reform debate, but they are deeply conflicted and a bit perplexed about both parties' plans, according to a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Police had not provided details on five of the 40 suspects charged Thursday in a countywide drug sweep coordinated by the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force.

A Coal Township man has been charged with stealing $5,000 in vehicle parts and labor from a Snyder County department store.

A Sunbury man driving in the left lane of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Sunday evening saw the driver of a vehicle in the right lane pointing a loaded handgun at him, state police said.

Police and state Transportation Department officials say it's not clear if road-rage incidents are more common now or if they are just easier to report because more people have cell phones in their cars.

A Coal Township man was injured in a fiery motorcycle accident Sunday night south of Trevorton, according to the state police at Stonington.

Rachel Carta/Staff Photo James F. Kelley and Joan Kelley, son and widow of the late James P. Kelley, respectively, hang a plaque dedicating a solarium at Mountain View Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to James P. Kelley on Sunday.

Incumbent Northumberland County Prothonotary Kathleen Strausser defeated Democratic challenger Patricia Holdren Tuesday to hold on to the seat for another four years.

A 44-year-old Coal Township man charged with stealing approximately $5,000 from Fairview Fire/Ambulance Company pleaded no contest Monday morning to one count of theft by unlawful taking, a felony of the third degree.

A man accused of stealing thousands from a fire company entered a plea Monday in Northumberland County.

The Islamic chaplain at the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, who claimed he had been harassed because of his Muslim faith since he was hired in 1995, has decided not to pursue a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, William Tanney and Cheryl Tanney to Joseph L. Pearson, property in Mount Carmel, $2,800. Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, Robert M. Hutko and Richard Walter Kramer to Joseph G. Menghin, property in Mount Carmel, $2,200. Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, Berniece M. Lucas and Bonnie L. Lucas to ...

A Shamokin man has been accused of mining coal without a license or permit by the state Department of Environmental Protection .