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Font size: [A] [A] [A] HARRY DEITZ/For The News-Item Ralpho Township Police are investigating a one-vehicle accident that occurred around 4:35 a.m. Monday on Bottle Road, Paxinos.

A routine, late-night police patrol turned into a foot chase to apprehend the suspect of a hit-and-run accident early Wednesday morning.

A three-car accident around 4 p.m. Sunday on Route 61 between Paxinos and Stonington resulted in only minor injuries.

Gary Michael Sabo, 40, of 112 E. Fourth St., Mount Carmel, was charged by Mount Carmel Borough Police Patrolman Kevin Katch with one count each of manufacturing, delivery, possession with intent to deliver, indecent exposure, open lewdness, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after an incident at 2:17 a.m. Oct.

The Kiwanis Club recently hosted the Rev. Betty Ford, president of Manna for the Many, a charity organization that provides non-perishable food and other goods to needy families in the area.

A free lunch will be provided by Angel Table of First United Methodist Church from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church.

A Shamokin woman has died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning at the Brewery Curve on Route 61 south of here.

A Montour County man, who told police he collects welfare and sells scrap metal to get by, allegedly took metal and copper wiring from a Bloomsburg fire scene.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] LARRY DEKLINSKI/Staff Photo Victoria Slagle, 7, of Elysburg, receives a gift from Santa Claus after dropping off a Christmas letter at Santa's Mailbox at the entrance to the All Home Days Association picnic grounds, off Center Street in Elysburg.

A Mahoning Township man is accused of stealing scrap metal and copper wiring and tubing from the ruins of buildings recently destroyed by fire in downtown Bloomsburg.

Downtown Shamokin was once again transformed into a winter wonderland and Christmas village Saturday as hundreds of people of all ages enjoyed various holiday traditions, including the annual Santa Parade, giving the jolly old elf their wish lists, listening to yuletide carols, taking horse-drawn carriage rides and purchasing seasonal gifts from an ...

A man employed at the Danville State Hospital who created a fake letter stating a co-worker was being furloughed has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.

The October unemployment rate for Northumberland County rose to the highest it's been all year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

A Danville State Hospital worker who was fired after penning a fake termination letter to a co-worker apologized yesterday for what he called a "really bad joke." Bryan P. Sokoloskie, 25, Elysburg, admitted Tuesday to giving the letter to nurse Sheri Simpson in June.

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.

Twenty-seven local people won about $63,000 in lottery prizes in September, mostly from scratch-off tickets, state records show.

Fred Guzevich was driving through the Narrows on Route 42 toward Rupert when he saw a blue Ford Explorer that looked like his mother's vehicle in a crash up ahead.

An oversized load has broken down on the Danville-Riverside Bridge, blocking Route 54 in both directions.

Throughout the month of October, The Voice has been sharing the top ghost stories from the area, covering places from a haunted sorority house to the Haas Center's ballerina ghost and even a story about the "Flannel Man" in Bakeless.

Republican incumbent Kathleen Wolfe Strausser, of Elysburg, convincingly defeated Democratic challenger Patricia Holdren for Northumberland County prothonotary in the only contested race on the county ticket during Tuesday's general election.