Elysburg News

Northumberland County's unemployment rate reached double digits in May - the first it's been that high in nearly 17 years.

While watching his favorite movie, as if in solidarity with the guys on the Notre Dame football team, James Fenstermacher could be heard chanting "Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Ru-dy!" "Like Rudy, my father kept up the good fight against his illness, long after peers would have given in," said Dustin Fenstermacher, of Philadelphia.

Elysburg, Northumberland County- It was quite a picnic Friday at Knoebels Amusement Park for a very special group of people.

The week-long Pennsylvania State Trap Shoot that began Saturday and draws about 2,500 shooters annually to the Valley Gun & Country Club is normally a financial bonanza for the surrounding economy, but vendors are reporting relatively soft sales.

Kids enjoy the warm summer weather while picnicking outdoors at Jacobsburg State Park in Northampton County.

A Northumberland County woman was killed in a crash Saturday afternoon near Elysburg.

Charles Gordner of Danville, right, is escorted by Trooper Wayne Ghrist, from the Pennsylvania State Police, to his preliminary hearing Tuesday Liz Rohde / The Daily Item Published May 26, 2009 05:23 pm - A woman kidnapped and robbed at knife point outside of the Susquehanna Valley Mall last week said her kidnapper did not seem like a violent ...

Danville residents Jennifer Colella and Susan Barkasy specialize in making creative cakes where everything, including the laces on this sneaker and the apples in the basket above, are edible.

A slippery curve on Irish Valley Road briefly turned Chanae Kohan's 2003 Jeep Liberty into an airplane and then a boat Monday morning.

A legacy of thrills Reading native Herbert P. Schmeck, who died in 1956, designed 80 roller coasters in the 20th century for amusement parks across the country.

Daily Item file photoParticipants in the 2008 Marlee Reed Memorial Ride leave American Legion Post 44, near Northumberland.

For Ray and Matt Siko, a childhood spent hanging out in the Kulpmont fire hall with their father led each of them to pursue careers in community service.

One spot that is always busy when the weather gets nice is Knoebels Amusement Resort near Elysburg in Northumberland County.

A once vacant convent will now be filled again. A group of nuns are singing songs of praise.

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg announced Friday that a second community of Discalced Carmelite nuns will be established in the diocese in the monastery in Elysburg.

When a child disappears, it may be virtually impossible to overreact. This week, more than 150 searchers sprang into action after an Elysburg couple reported their 12-year-old daughter missing.

The panic in a close-knit Northumberland County community ended late Monday afternoon when a 12-year-old girl was found safe, hours after being reported missing.

After an almost eight-hour search involving more than 160 emergency personnel and volunteers, a missing 12-year-old girl was found apparently safe and sound late Monday afternoon.

Emergency officials in Northumberland County are searching for a missing girl. Brenna Gessner, 12, was last seen at 11 p.m. Sunday at her home on North Market Street in Elysburg.

Janet Allis has spent a lifetime learning and teaching, mostly as a 4-H participant and educator.